The key word you need in your vocabulary this Winter: Reboot. As in: 'We need to reboot the global economic system'. 'Cameron attempts to reboot party image...
Charlie Edwards
Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.
A sea change in approach
While one part of the US Navy argues for a next generation of frigates, elsewhere a small band of reformers in the USN including US Marines are experimenting...
Iraq 2011
The web-comic Shooting Wars, hit people's screens in May 2006. It followed a young journalist named Jimmy Burns, who found himself video-blogging across the...
Lest we forget
One of thirty-one photos recently published in The Boston Globe: Imam Hashim Raza leads mourners in prayer during a funeral for Mohsin Naqvi at al-Fatima...
Flash
Via Alex Barker @ the FT. Alex is right. This has got way out of hand.
Should the British be thinking of leaving Basra so soon?
The received wisdom within the British Government and the higher echelons of the Ministry of Defence’s Main Building is that the situation in Basra is safer...
Renegade
The US secret service has assigned Obama the code name 'Renegade'. The Chicago Tribune, Obama's hometown paper, reported that Obama's wife has been named...
The future of the Royal Navy?
The UK defence budget is tight. Defence spending plans are tighter still. While Alex has posted on what the credit crunch will mean for development and...
Pirates and the future of 4GW
William S Lind suggests that beyond Afghanistan, the Fourth Generation future belongs neither to al Qaeda nor to the Taliban but to two more sophisticated...
You know you’re in a network when…
1. You arrive at a meeting and hear several other people in the room say they have the same title and/or role as you. 2. You land a new job with a clear...
Seasonal Resilience: The 4 seasons – Fire, flood, drought & earthquake
Every year, between October and February the Santa Ana winds flow down the valleys and canyons of California picking up speed. As the winds increase so does...
The 100 day assessment
The soldier-scholar General Petraeus is launching a major reassessment of U.S. strategy for Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and the surrounding region, the...
Think global, Act local
Brent Smith, a Professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Arkansas has just published an interesting paper (pdf) on terrorist behaviour....
Social Media in Action: Wikipedia and 7/7
Readers of this blog will be familiar with our enthusiasm for Web 2.0 especially when used in times of emergency. Following the London bombings a wikipedia...
The Laundry Warriors
Smart Intelligence via Bruce Schneier. The following operation was used against the IRA: One of the most interesting operations was the laundry mat [sic]....
Monday’s map: China’s 1.3 Billion people
Comparisons below: 1. Guangdong (113 million) Germany plus Uganda (3) 2. Henan (99 million) Mexico 3. Shandong (92 million) Philippines 4. Sichuan (87...
You are on twitter – right?
I've just spent a day and half at a RUSI conference on resilience. Most of the sessions included some discussion about communication; either there still...
‘My fellow prisoners’
McCain: "You and I together will confront the $10 trillion debt the federal government has run up and balance the federal budget by the end of my term in...
George Parr explains the financial collapse
The financial collapse explained by George Parr, the UK's leading financial expert. The short video includes Spanish subtitles for our growing fan base in...
Manic Monday, toxic Tuesday – can we weather Wednesday?
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