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Event/Trip Report/Reference: 1200-1330 8 Apr Woodrow Wilson Center DC In Search of a National Security Narrative for the 21st Century

“The National Conversation” Debuts The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has announced a new initiative launching April 8, 2011: The National Conversation at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The National Conversation will examine overarching themes of U.S. international and domestic policy, drawing on high-profile guests and experts from all sides of the political sphere to …

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Search: “the truth at any cost reduces all other

This is Robert Steele’s core phrase, apart from the two Latin mottos (at end). “The truth at any cost lowers all other costs.” Citation (2 options): Robert Steele, “About” at Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, 4 July 2010. Robert Steele, “Cyber-Command or IO 21,” US Army Information Operations Conference, 6 April 2011. It …

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AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga

Subject: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga By Joe Bageant Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can …

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Reflections on Revolution, Information & Civil Affairs

The globalisation of revolution Taral Barlaawi Al Jazeera, 21 March 2011 Revolutions are caused by human agency; not telecommunications technologies, scholar argues. To listen to the hype about social networking websites and the Egyptian revolution, one would think it was Silicon Valley and not the Egyptian people who overthrew Mubarak. Via its technologies, the West …

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