Review: Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East

NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels 5.0 out of 5 stars Influential, Integrative, with Integrity, Avoids Three Core Topics December 6, 2012 Here’s what is really great about this book: 01)  The authors are connected, admired, and conversant with the great minds of Silicon Valley (Eric Schmidt offers a very strong blurb) …

Berto Jongman: Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)

  Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT) – Same Song, New Melody? Florian Schaurer Open Source Intelligence Blog, 31 October 2012 Without setting the schmaltzy pride of belated parents aside, David Omand, Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller – as an online first article in Taylor & Francis’ well-established periodical ‘Intelligence and National Security‘ – are ‘Introducing Social …

2012 Robert Steele: Addressing the Seven Sins of Foreign Policy — Why Defense, Not State, Is the Linch Pin for Global Engagement

Short Persistent URL: http://tinyurl.com/Kerry-Flournoy I wrote this with John Kerry and Michele Flourney in mind, but regardless of who is eventually made Secretary of Defense, the core concept remains: the center of gravity for massive change in the US Government and in the nature of how the US Government ineracts with the rest of the …

Worth a Look: The Millenium Project

The Millennium Project was founded in 1996 after a three-year feasibility study with the United Nations University, Smithsonian Institution, Futures Group International, and the American Council for the UNU. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, …