Clans and open source intelligence…
by David Steven | Mar 18, 2007
Premise 1: “The end of the Cold War is ushering in a new world order of clans, tribes, and ethnic groups that have been smothered for generations under the weight of nation-states.”
Premise 2: “The foundation of global communities [is] the ability to acquire and quickly use information to gain an advantage.”
Premise 3: “The winner in global competition today is one who can cycle information faster than the opposition. It is more than just having information; it is a matter of using it faster and better than the other person.”
Premise 4: “We need to demystify and de-spook some of our intelligence… Rather than use information and intelligence, we horde it.”
From a 1995 Marine Corps Gazette article…
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David Steven is a senior fellow at the UN Foundation and at New York University, where he founded the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a multi-stakeholder partnership to deliver the SDG targets for preventing all forms of violence, strengthening governance, and promoting justice and inclusion. He was lead author for the ministerial Task Force on Justice for All and senior external adviser for the UN-World Bank flagship study on prevention, Pathways for Peace. He is a former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of The Risk Pivot: Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution (Brookings Institution Press, 2014). In 2001, he helped develop and launch the UK’s network of climate diplomats. David lives in and works from Pisa, Italy.
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