CrisisWatch Report N°86, 1 October 2010

Seven actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in September 2010, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch, released today. Guinea saw increased political and ethnic divisions, exacerbated by controversies related to the presidential elections. Two days of violent clashes in the capital between …

Journal: Chinese Super-Computing…

China’s ‘big hole’ marks scale of supercomputing race 1,000 U.S. scientists are involved in exascale development, but China and Europe have stepped up their investment, IBM warns Computerworld – WASHINGTON — To make a point about China’s interest in supercomputing, David Turek, IBM’s vice president of deep computing, displayed a slide with a picture depicting …

Search: “the central problem of our time” Steele

Journal: Politics & Intelligence–Partners Only When Integrity is Central to Both Robert Steele as posted 13 October 2009.  The below paragraph is cited in Kent C. Myers, Reflexive Practice: Professional Thinking for a Turbulent World (New York, NY: Palgrave McMillan, 2010); p. 86. The central problem of our time is the failure of human organization–its …

Journal: Over $1 trillion Wasted on Wars, Veterans and Families of Veterans Vocal Against Both Elective Wars

$1 trillion wasted on wars By KEVIN RAFFERTY Aug 4, 2010 Special to The Japan Times HONG KONG — The calculator busily counting out how much money the United States has spent on wars since 2001 has raced past $1 trillion — $1,024 billion plus at the start of August. There is little point in …

NIGHTWATCH Extract: Consulate Closed, Window Opens

Mexico: For the record. The United States closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, according to The Associated Press. The US Embassy announced the consulate will “remain closed until the security review is completed.” Three additional paragraphs from this item deleted, can be seen at …