29 May 2013 Protecting People with Technology – Modernizing UN Peacekeeping Operations

Protecting People with Technology: Modernizing U.N. Peacekeeping A conversation with Dr. Walter Dorn, author of “Keeping Watch: Monitoring, Technology & Innovation in UN Peace Operations” Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Time: 2-3:30 p.m. Location: The Stimson Center 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor Washington, D.C. RSVP HERE Download PDF:  Dorn 29- Protecting People with Technology.Stimson-1 …

Worth a Look: New Book on Air Power in UN Operations

Wings for Peace: Air Power in UN Operations Contents 24 February 2013 Front Material 0.1    Preface 0.2    Foreword Roméo Dallaire 0.3    Introduction Walter Dorn Part I:  The UN’s First “Air Force”: Congo 1960-64 1.0    Introduction 1.1    Dropping Bombs and Firing Missiles: The United Nations Mission in the Congo Walter Dorn and Robert Pauk …

David Isenberg: James Howcroft on Making Intelligence Relevant in the 21st Century

Making Intelligence Relevant for the Missions of the 21st Century by James Howcroft Small Wars Journal | December 19, 2012 The international challenges which threaten the security of the United States and our partners in the 21st century are not primarily posed by conventional military forces. Despite the “pivot” toward a conventional peer competitor in …

Practical Reflections on United Nations Intelligence + UN RECAP

Updated 21 Dec 2012 1800 Short Persistent URL for This Post: http://tinyurl.com/UN-21-Intel DOCUMENT:  2012 Reflections on UN Intelligence 2.3 21 Dec 2012 I had occasion to look at the Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization, and thought this would be a good time to integrate some of what I have …

Reference (2010): Human Intelligence (HUMINT) – All Humans, All Minds, All the Time [PDF & Full Text Online]

Human Intelligence (HUMINT): All Humans, All Minds, All the Time (US Army Strategic Studies Institute, June 2010) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-HUMINT Below the line: full text for automated translation.  The Amazon version is published by someone else abusing my original copyright granted only to SSI. Click on cover for free PDF download, or read full text …

Review: Keeping Watch – Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations

Walter Dorn Phenomenal Contribution to UN and to Literature,August 13, 2011 Professor Walter Dorn is the de facto dean of the small number of scholars who study the specific topic of peacekeeping intelligence, or intelligence support to United Nations (UN) operations. Since his pioneering early studies of UN successes in the Congo in the 1960’s …