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Review: Global Trends 2030 – Alternative Worlds [Paperback, Well Priced]

National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI/NIC) 3.0 out of 5 stars $75 Billion a Year and This is the Poster Child for the Public, March 26, 2013 Certainly worth reading, along with other and generally better reports linked below, but a huge disappointment. There is nothing here actually useful to …

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Winslow Wheeler: GAO (A Legislative Entity) Plays Courtesan to Lockheed, DoD, and the Congressional Recipients of Lockheed Largesse + F-35 RECAP

DOD is circling the wagons to keep the F-35 propped up in the declining Pentagon budget.  Importantly, as noted by a prime Lockheed mouthpiece offering his thankfulness for it, GAO’s newest report on the F-35 offers a conclusion that the F-35 is on track for improvement–the data notwithstanding.  In point of fact, what the GAO conclusion …

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2007 Earth Intelligence Network — Authors, Books, Centers, Forecasts

Earth Intelligence Network SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/EIN-Experts Cited Authors Ranked by Mary Ellen Bates Using File 7 (Social Science Citation Index) at Dialog.  Books selected and most reviewed by Robert Steele.  Centers and Forecasts developed by Winston Maike (RIP).  Pending migration the original postings of authors, books, and centers can be seen at  Global Challenges and …

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2007 Winston Maike — In Memory — EIN Topic Summaries & Forecasts

Winston Maike (RIP) was the earliest adopter of the OSS.Net concepts and contributed in many ways over the years from 1993 onwards.  He corrected the Latin in the first motto, E Vertiate Potens (From Truth, We the People Are Made Powerful), and was the principal mind and drafter of the Earth Intelligence Network topic summaries …

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Dolphin: Chinese Congress Puts Environment on the Table — Major Revolt within Congress, More Reforms Anticipated

China People’s Congress environment surprise TIM PALMER: In China the fallout is still being felt from an open rebellion over air pollution at the country’s annual session of parliament. It was a dramatic shift for a Congress that’s normally seen as no more than a rubber stamp. Sensing a growing environmental crisis, a third of …

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Reference: DNI Global Threat Testimony 2013

2013-03-12 DNI to SSCI Threat Assessment HIGHLIGHTS: Recognizes how quickly and radically the world — and our threat environment — are changing. “This environment is demanding reevaluations of the way we do business, expanding our analytic envelope, and altering the vocabulary of intellignece.  Threats are more diverse, interconnected, and viral than at any other time …

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