By J. William DeMarco In 2007-08 I was fortunate enough to be selected a a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An outstanding year spent with some of the foremost personalities in National Security on both the Right and the Left sides of the aisle. While there we were required …
Strategic Error By Robert Haddick
DeM Banter: Excellent points... and views... could we add the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in there as well... as warnings or surprises that were missed? SmallWarsJournal.com August 24, 2012 This Week At War In my Foreign Policy column, I explain why better strategic warning won't by itself make the U.S. and its allies safer. The Defense Intelligence …
What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day BY KEVIN PURDY
View Original / Inc.com Remember when you used to have a period at the beginning of every day to think about your schedule, catch up with friends, maybe knock out a few tasks? It was called home room, and it went away after high school. But many successful people schedule themselves a kind of grown-up …
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Why America Lacks Global Leaders by Bronwyn Fryer
blogs.hbr.org / view original DeM Banter: Many thoughts from this short article... Cultural empathy? Or is American arrogance? Is there a place for both? Is there an arrogance at all? Agree on the education piece...but is this a pendulum that swings between the arts and hard sciences? Is it economy based? Things to ponder today... There's a difference …
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How ‘Air-Sea Battle’ Fits In U.S. Planning By Michael O’Hanlon and James Steinberg
Washington Post August 24, 2012 Pg. 13 The new concept of American overseas military operations known as “Air-Sea Battle” has come under scrutiny and criticism. Popular with the Air Force and Navy, it has been construed as an aggressive policy, and some in the Pentagon see it as a way for those two services to …
A Time To Redesign Government By Michele A. Flournoy
DeM Banter: Brilliant lady...used much of her work at Hoover and honored to work with her (at much distance) in the Pentagon. Always thought provoking. Washington Post August 23, 2012 Pg. 15 As the United States peers into the abyss beyond the "fiscal cliff," we must come to terms with a sobering reality: Even if …
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Giving In to the Surveillance State by Shane Harris
DeM Banter: Good, Bad, Ugly? Tough call when you are looking at greater good type operations...but it does reek of a good Orwellian novel I once read... information age in now....thoughts? Is there a better way? NY Times: OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Published: August 22, 2012 Washington IN March 2002, John M. Poindexter, a former national security …
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Do You Have the Will to Lead? BY POLLY LABARRE
DeM Banter: Guest curation from John Knight...thank you for the article... tons to think about here. Strong piece I will have to pull apart many times over. FEBRUARY 29, 2000 Philosopher Peter Koestenbaum poses the truly big questions: How do we act when risks seem overwhelming? What does it mean to be a successful …
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Darpa Looks to Make Cyberwar Routine With Secret ‘Plan X’ by Noah Shachtman
view original / wired.com DeM Banter: So do I believe this will lead to the "Rise of the Machines?" No, but the Info Revolution is coming home to roost...especially when you combine this with the computing and internet power required of RPAs (drones)....things could get interesting if we were to fight a near peer competitor... The Pentagon’s …
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Listening to Complainers Is Bad for Your Brain by Minda Zetlin
view original / inc.com Exposure to nonstop negativity actually impairs brain function. Here's how to defend yourself. Do you hate it when people complain? It turns out there's a good reason: Listening to too much complaining is bad for your brain in multiple ways, according to Trevor Blake, a serial entrepreneur and author of Three Simple Steps: A …
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