Berto Jongman: Hybrid Conflict Security Pulse

Hybrid Conflict The Global Security Pulse (GSP) tracks emerging security trends and risks worldwide, allowing you to stay ahead in new security developments. This month we present novel developments and must-reads on hybrid conflict. Our research suggests that the international security environment is increasingly characterized by hybrid strategies that fall under military, political, economic, information, and …

Ed Jewett: DHS Censoring Videos During Elections

Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity director Christopher Krebs details the “war room” he hosted at DHS during the 2018 US midterm elections where state and US govt officials told social media platforms which alleged disinfo videos to take down Source Click on Source to Watch Atlantic Council video documenting censorship.

Steele on Books & America: Love it or Lose it! VIDEO ++

Part I: Top 50 books (cosmic mind-altering books) Part II: The other 2,000 books in 26 clusters (a national conversation) Part III: SPY IMPROV – Questions & Answers To view in full screen mode click on vimeo word at lower right screen. Additional videos, graphics, scripts, and linked tables of book reviews below.

Berto Jongman: China’s Total Surveillance Program

China’s New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide The Chinese government has been working for several years on a comprehensive Internet security/surveillance program.  This program is based on the Cybersecurity Law adopted on 2016. The plan is vast and includes a number of subsidiary laws and regulations. On December 1, 2018, the Chinese Ministry of …

SPECIAL: Diversity, Disagreement, Listening, & Life — What’s Missing in America?

What Teaching Ethics in Appalachia Taught Me About Bridging America’s Partisan Divide There’s a language for talking about hot-button issues. And we’re not learning it. By EVAN MANDERY, Politico, October 13, 2019 We can teach people to distinguish unreasonable arguments from reasonable arguments with which they disagree and, where differences are unresolvable, how to disagree …

Review (Guest): Google Archipelago – The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom

5 Star – Deep Look at New Form of Tyranny Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom begins with familiar cultural politics as points of entry to the book’s theme regarding the reach, penetration, and soon the ubiquity of the digital world. In a book about enormous sea changes brought about by …