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Yahoo.com April 2, 2012 By Agence France-Presse Sluggish moves to counter the rising threat of cyber-attacks can be blamed on a generation of policymakers out of touch with rapid technological change, a senior US official said Monday. "The truth is there are a lot of senior officials in many countries who barely even know how …
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Wall Street Journal April 2, 2012 Pg. 15 When crafting foreign policy, the late president didn't 'give a damn how the election goes.' By Fouad Ajami On Nov. 6, 1956, Election Day, to be precise, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a brief message to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden: "We have given our whole thought …
New York Times April 1, 2012 Pg. SR13 By Thomas L. Friedman I’M reading a fascinating new book called “Why Nations Fail.” The more you read it, the more you appreciate what a fool’s errand we’re on in Afghanistan and how much we need to totally revamp our whole foreign aid strategy. But most intriguing …
By Deathstarpr People of Earth, Your current Presidential candidates have failed me for the last time. Newt Gingrich is promising you a Moon Base by 2020, rather than a moon-sized laser that can destroy planets. Mitt Romney has vowed not to “light his hair on fire” just to rally the conservative base, whilst I have actually been on fire. …
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It's what made America the great "Land of Opportunity" and brought our families here from distant corners of the world. These days, many people in the business community feel that opportunity and success are luxuries they have to wait for. The're waiting for new government regulations, someone to present a plan, or a seismic shift …
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SmallWarsJournal.com March 30, 2012 This Week at War My Foreign Policy column discusses how Australia will help the U.S. Navy with its challenges in the South China Sea. But the Navy has deeper problems to fix. A March 26, Washington Post article discussed a new expansion of the military relationship between the United States and Australia. According …
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AOL Defense (defense.aol.com) March 30, 2012 By Mackenzie Eaglen You know it's bad when the President's own national security adviser calls the Secretary of Defense over for a meeting at the White House to explain exactly how the administration is "pivoting" to Asia yet shrinking the Navy and the Air Force. But that's what happened …
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Boston Globe March 31, 2012 Pg. 9 TALKS BETWEEN Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), scheduled for next month, provide the best opportunity to break the nine-year deadlock over Iran's nuclear program. Going in, the P5+1 members need to know that war or coercion are not the …
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by Rick Chin That great idea you are looking for is already somewhere in your mind or in the collective mind of your team. The real effort in coming up with a great idea, is all about getting out of your own way so that your great idea can reveal itself. I want to refer to …
All the robotic drones and battlefield sensors in the world can't win wars if the data deluge leads to information overload for military analysts' brains. That's why the U.S. military has announced it will spend $250 million each year on harnessing the power of "Big Data." That means creating computer systems that combine "computer speed, …
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