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10:34,000 Arabic Speaking Ratio
Via Terrorism Unveiled – Apparently “only 10 of 34,000 [State Department] employees are rated fully fluent in Arabic.” That is to say the lead agency in the GWOT, the one charged with reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan only has 10 fully … Continue reading
al Qaeda’s Innovation Cycle
A discussion on Robb’s site touches on something I give a great deal of thought to – why has al Qaeda not transitioned into a Global Guerrilla entity – my answer is based on an understanding of innovation. The very … Continue reading
State Bureaucratic Shifts
Larry Johnson discusses the prolonged innovation cycle/rule set shift lag timeFormer is consistent with Robb’s terminology and the latter with Barnett the CIA is experiencing as we begin the Global War on Terror. Specifically his discusses the inability for a … Continue reading
Dilemma of the Nation State
TigerHawk touches on what I discuss here. He just does not go deep enough to get the universals. As globalization continues its march the nation state faces a divergent path. On one hand it can progress to become a more … Continue reading
Breeding Ground for Non State Actors
This piece by Donald Steinberg highlights the reasons why failed states are prime breeding grounds for non state actors – Fourth Generation warriors or Global Guerrilas. There are at least 1 million internally displaced persons in Sudan, Colombia, Congo, Uganda, … Continue reading