Archive for the 'Terrorism' Category
John Robb’s book Brave New War is out, for awhile now, and I’ve just read some excerpts and reviews. I have every expectation that it is an excellent book, but of course I do have to read it first. I had enjoyed being a frequent commentator over at Global Guerillas and I enjoyed [...]
Mark C R UK asks, in response to my post Posse Comitatus, Requiescat In Pace:
“But how many functional enemies willing to disperse such agents and have the (alarming) patience to wait for for years before mortality begins?”
And this questions fits right in with the subject of a [...]
Well, just a slight ripple in the press, about the lack of preparedness for a bio-terror event, and the glacial pace that the authorities are preparing for such an event is contrasted with the near certainty among those leaders polled that a bio-terror attack is likely within the next 5 years. This [...]
There are so many little nuggets in Amartya Sen’s book Development as Freedom that I really don’t know where to start, as there were so many little post-it notes stuck at passages that I thought were either entertaining or made excellent points, or contained interesting perspectives on points I’d thought about before that I stopped [...]
John Robb has an interesting post in which two astute points are made, and flowing from these, an important question is raised. The answer to his question depends on our thinking across disciplines, to see a very similar structure in a problem that was solved in Victorian London. A [...]
The popular image of Biological Warfare engages our attention through references to exotic illness that cause rapid death, and are extremely contagious. The Ebola or Marburg Hemorrhagic Virus is typical of those that are mentioned on CDC’s special pathogen branch lists. Descriptions of civilization-killing diseases in the popular media are similar: consider, [...]
Well, we can learn much from Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, and, as noted several times here, there exists a whole set of connexions between Sustainability and War processes, especially in the way that they will both drive Urbanism/Urban Form in the next century or so. (When I say War here, I am referring to 5GW, [...]
Another post over at Global Guerillas, in which everyone dances around the truth, afraid to touch the real issues:
Another post over at Global Guerillas, in which everyone dances around the truth, afraid to touch the real issues:
Another data point on the relationship between Sustainability and 5GW (fifth generation warfare) is presented below. First, an article from the Financial Times:
Climate change ‘could tip states into failure’
By Hugh Williamson in Berlin
Published: October 24 2006 03:00 | Last updated: October 24 2006 03:00
Global warming could endanger the political stability of entire [...]
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