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Review (Guest): Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Edited By: Paul B. Rich and Isabelle Duyvesteyn Routledge, 2012 Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 ‘counterinsurgency’ (COIN) has enjoyed a revival. The perceived failure of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a ‘backlash’ principally by advocates of the use of conventional warfare against insurgents, …

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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 …

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Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 55

Free Software Supporter Issue 55, October 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 63,183 other activists. That’s 1,414 more than last month! View this issue online here: http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2012/october El Free Software Supporter estará disponible en castellano a partir de …

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Michel Bauwens: P2P State Approaches – The Partner State

Category:P2P State Approaches Introduction Michel Bauwens: The basic orientation of p2p theory towards societal reform: transforming civil society, the private and the state To the Finland Station: the political approach of P2P Theory Tommaso Fattori: The Public – Commons Partnership and the Commonification of that which is Public. Towards a Legal Framework for the Commons …

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Tom Atlee: Public Wisdom Practical Links

21st Century Town Meetings Appreciative Inquiry Argument Mapping Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) bCisiveOnline Canada Maclean experiment charrette choice-creating citizen consensus councils (CCCs) citizen deliberative councils (CDCs) citizen councilor forums citizen panels [By Popular Demand] citizen reflective councils   Citizens’ Assembly citizens juries civic journalism Community-Based Watershed Management Councils community quality of life indicators Commons Cafés …

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