Graphic: OSINT DOSC MDSC as Kernel for Global Grid to Meet Stabilization & Reconstruction as Well as Whole of Government Policy, Acquisition, and Operations Support

Source Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is high school–advanced is Multinational Multiagency Multidiscipline Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making (M4IS2).  The fastest way to re-invent and revitalize intelligence for any nation (or region such as Africa or South America) is to create a Defense Open Source Center (DOSC) that serves as the interface between a Multinational Decision Support …

Review: Peace–A History of Movements and Ideas

An Utterly Superb Intellectual Contribution–a Major New Reference January 10, 2010 David Cortright This book is a gift to humanity, a foundational reference of such extraorindary value that I earnestly believe it should be required reading for every single liberal arts program in the world, and used as a core book in all graduate international …

Worth a Look: Economic Intelligence for the Public

Chris Martinsen’s Free Crash Course on Economics # Chapter Duration Translations — Introduction (on this page, above) 1:47 Español, Français 1 Three Beliefs 1:46 Español, Français 2 The Three “E”s 1:38 Español, Français 3 Exponential Growth 6:20 Español, Français 4 Compounding is the Problem 3:06 Español, Français 5 Growth vs. Prosperity 3:40 Español, Français 6 …

Worth a Look: Deep Web Multilingual Federated Search

Deep Web Implements the Multilingual Search that Google Imagines Donald A. DePalma 17 December 2009 Filed under (Translation & Localization, Translation Technologies) In an interview with the U.K. newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Google vice president for search products Marissa Mayer challenged the readership to “Imagine what it would be like if there was a tool …

Review: Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction (Paperback)

Utterly Brilliant Synthesis, Vital First Step–US Violates Every Single Principle December 18, 2009 United States Institute of Peace This book is a six-star special and will be so rated at Phi Beta Iota, the Public Intelligence Blog, where I cluster like non-fictions books in 98 categories, one of which is Stabilization & Reconstruction. At its …