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Worth a Look: The Golden Hour and Rebalancing the Instruments of National Power

As we begin winding down in Iraq, many years after General Garner had us lined up to exit without destroying the Golden Hour, and as we reflect on Afghnaistan, which we also lost by refusing Charlie Wilson’s urgent pleas to continue the money after the Soviet left, but earmarked for schools, water, and other necessary …

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Journal: Global Climate Change Lobby Intent on Copenhagen Stalemate

Starting in July 2009, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists fielded a multinational team of reporters to uncover the special interests attempting to influence negotiations leading to the pivotal December talks on a climate change treaty in Copenhagen. The project built upon the Center’s previous reporting in Washington on efforts to influence the U.S. Congress …

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Worth A Look: System Vulnerability Approach to Climate Change

Berto Jongman Recommends: Impacts of Climate Change: A System Vulnerability Approach (2007) By Nils Gilman, Peter Schwartz, Doug Randall Over the past two decades, and especially in the last few years, climate change has become one of the most heavily researched subjects in science. Yet climate change impact studies remain at the low end of …

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Journal: DARPA Tests Twitter

DARPA to hold Internet competition Challenge features 10 red balloons By Doug Beizer Nov 04, 2009 A contest planned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will challenge contestants to use the Internet to locate the 10 large red weather balloons the agency will place across the continental United States, DARPA officials announced last week.   …

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