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Increasingly, the tone, texture and tempo of unrest grow. There is a global discontent, and grievances mount; Arab Spring, Occupy, Eurozone, the global economic crisis, unemployment, Syria, Iran and US-Pakistan are a few of the events and places that are prominent in the news. The themes of discontent resonates, there are multiple simultaneous revolutions...
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Social media is the new first method of pre-emptive strike: That is, if it can be coordinated and executed in synch with credibility within a cultural narrative that resonates Social media and blogs have gone beyond a competition for internet market share to circumventing government control through the use of a crowd-sourced narrative that...
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In each of the cases, everyone is moving closer to something that could be described as the red-line. Extremely important and fundamental issues are at stake: Syria, free market transits, nuclear programs, covert war, battered economies, and strong ideologies, with increasing and declining spheres of influence for respective players. There is much outrage, fear...
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The defense authorization Act of 2012 which was signed into law on 23 Dec 2011 is alarming yet has received little attention in the news, and for some, it appears to cross the threshold of how much State Control there should be. The Act could infringe on Freedom of Speech and could allow the...
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The use of history is a critical element in the planning process in devising plans and methods. We use analysis, reports and our own experience to assess and judge plans and planning. History and analogies used in the process are used to generally advocate for or against a challenge that we are faced...
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Foremost on the minds of most Americans is the state of the economy and the budget deficit; with a mandated “super committee” expected to cut expenditures by more than 1 trillion dollars above current cuts. Decisions by congress will have reaching impact for years, if not for decades to come. As US domestic issues take...
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