Clay Shirky on information overload and filtering.
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.
Axis of Oil
Last week Fox News interviewed CIA Director Michael Hayden on which countries the next US administration should focus their attention on. In summary: North...
Hutton and the new defence agenda
As news of Hutton's new role as Defence Secretary travels across Politics Home, Twitter and email a few quick thoughts: Next week John Hutton will face his...
Brown’s reshuffle
News is dripping in that Peter Mandelson will return to the Cabinet for a third time. Des Browne has been replaced by John Hutton as Secretary of State for...
Friday’s mid morning map
Just spotted the following map in The Atlantic . From The Atlantic Riots and protests over food prices have broken out in 30 countries since 2007. Haiti’s...
Vulnerable to attack
The Hollowmen are back with a close-to-the-bone episode on terrorism. This is 27 minutes and 46 seconds of brilliance, there never has been a more important...
A Ha, me hearties!
I know what you're thinking. What are pirates going to do with 30 Russian T72 tanks? Not much probably but the rest of the cargo, a mixture of RPGs and the...
The Politics of British Defence
Menzies Campbell, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats is the latest member of the establishment to call for a review of British defence policy....
Stockwell photo
As reported elsewhere: Jurors have retraced the final steps of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, including visiting the Tube station where he was shot dead...
Monday’s list
Picture the scene: It's Labour Party Conference 2008, Geoff Hoon is busy in interviews saying the Cabinet is totally united. While James Purnell argues that...
Chuck Norris fact #09
LARRY KING: The question about the money spent on Iraq was a fair question, Chuck. Isn't that a lot of money? CHUCK NORRIS: ... we can debate the question of...
9/11 Anniversary
In the run up to tomorrow's anniversary (the wikipedia article on 9/11 is locked because of a high risk of vandalism) here are some interesting reports and...
Making a splash
Swim like a dolphin. Hat tip - Noel Shachtman
National Security Forum – who would you choose?
Back in July I wrote a post on who I thought would sit on the national security forum. The NSF would likely be a NDPB made up of 12 publicly appointed members...
Hurricane Gustav
Hurricane Gustav has already swept through Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. After Cuba, its projected path will take it over the Gulf of Mexico,...
Shaking up Australian national security
When Gordon Brown became Prime Minister he hit the ground reviewing. From education to health, welfare to security no policy area was too large or small. One...
Global Vulnerability
The new report on Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change: Mapping emerging trends and risk hotspots, which was carried out by CARE International, the UN...
Team Miliband
The gossip-laden public affairs magazine Pr Week, which caught our attention some months ago, is back with a focus on Miliband. One article leads with news...
The Caucasus crisis: Conspiracy theory #21
Numerous conspiracy theories on the Caucasus crisis are zipping round cyberspace. The latest from from Scott Lucas at Birmingham University: it turns out that...
The Olympics via Venezuelan state TV
The games are over, but courtesy of Daniel Duquenal, a video gem from the swimming pool. Michael Phelps is on his way to win his 8th gold medal, Venezuelan...
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