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Paul Kane on Reforming the Military
I’m of the opinion that Gates’ supposid sweeping reforms aren’t nearly enough (indeed, they barely scratch the surface), so I read Kane’s piece in the NYT today. He wants to: distribute the Air Force among the other services, ditch “up … Continue reading
‘Resilient Nation’
Charlie Edwards of Demos has a great new report out titled “Resilient Nation“. It really parallels my own work on the topic (if you’d like to see the chapter I wrote on it, ‘Reconfiguring the National Security Architecture’ let me … Continue reading
Diaspora Resiliency
Something to consider: There’s a narrative in place (complete with 12 steps) for in-place alternatives (community tribes) to the nation state to ramp back up to sustainable strength. While family linkages are generally strong within immigrant social networks, they are ill-suited … Continue reading
On Tracking Entrepreneurship
This article in TheStreet tracks a boom in entrepreneurship with the lame metric of how many MBA kids are taking courses in entrepreneurship. A much better approach would be to see participation in entrepreneurial competitions (because of the hard dollars … Continue reading
Differing takes on Cyber Warfare
Jeff Car argues there is more state control (in say Russia and China) over hackers than John alludes to in his latest brief. Think of cyberhacker managment as akin to managing the Awakening. The manager is the weaker party and … Continue reading