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Neal Rauhauser: Syrian Refugees in All Directions, Destabilizing Region

Post-Assad Syria: Turkey’s Perspective I just finished reading the Bipartisan Policy Center‘s paper U.S. – Turkish Cooperation Towards A Post Assad Syria. I knew I had been missing nuance but I did not realize how much complexity there was in the relationship between the two countries. First, Syria has been spilling refugees all over the region. …

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Neal Rauhauser: Balochistan, Eygpt, Lebanon, Syria, & Yemen

Balochistan Triple Tap Structure hit, suicide bomber success, another suicide bomber at the hospital handling casualties, and then a unit of unknown size storms the hospital in an attack lasting hours? I first noticed the Balochistan independence movement about six months ago. The action that gets reported has thus far been in Pakistan. CORRECTION: Balochistan Triple Tap …

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Neal Rauhauser: Israel Has No Claim on Litani Waters [But Stealing Water — Lots Of It — from Aquifers]

Israel: No Claim On Litani Waters Quality information on the Rivers Of The Fertile Cresent tends to be dense and technical, but there are occasional bits of political dynamite, such as this quote. The Fig. 1 mentioned is the above map of the Jordan & Litani river basins. On the other hand, it is worthy to …

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Neal Rauhauser: Rivers of the Fertile Crescent (Six Graphics)

Rivers Of The Fertile Crescent The Fertile Cresent is often referred to as the cradle of civilization. The map show the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. Not shown but equally important are the Jordan, which drains to the Dead Sea, and Lebanon’s Litani River. Each of these waterways is shared between at least three countries, …

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Neal Rauhauser: Cyber-Security Global Knowledge Network

Worth a look. ICS-ISAC and the Global Knowledge Sharing Network Posted on May 20, 2012 by icscybersecurity ICS-ISAC and the Global Knowledge Sharing Network The Industrial Control System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ICS-ISAC) is part of the Global Knowledge Network (GKN). The Global Knowledge Network has been evolving for a number of years and is …

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Neal Rauhauser: National Defense University’s New Directions

National Defense University’s New Directions I recently finished NDU’s Convergence, which is a collection of monographs on illicit networks. Queued up right behind it New Directions in U.S. National Security Strategy, Defense Plans, and Diplomacy: A Review of Official Strategic Documents, which I finished a first review of last night. The book collects seven important strategic …

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