tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474717207235253262024-03-13T00:22:01.189-04:00For Everyone's SAChaos, Mayhem, Change and OpportunitiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-63245881263816671382023-09-28T21:55:00.001-04:002023-09-28T21:55:58.875-04:00China Prepares for War: A Timelinehttps://www.youtube.com/live/98kMSEkPiLo?si=9lRRESfxF6cO0A1SUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-53346738341987642982023-09-28T21:52:00.001-04:002023-09-28T21:52:57.491-04:00GEC Special Report: How the People’s Republic of China Seeks to Reshape the Global Information Environment - United States Department of StateGEC Special Report: How the People's Republic of China Seeks to Reshape the Global Information Environment - United States Department of StateExcerpt: "EXECUTIVE SUMMARYEvery country should have the ability to tell its story to the world. However, a nation's narrative should be based on facts and rise and fall on its own merits. The PRC employs a variety of deceptive and coercive methods asUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-9802340035349131182023-09-27T06:52:00.000-04:002023-09-27T06:59:28.687-04:00Talking Strategy: Kautilya: India’s Forerunner to Machiavelli? with Professor Kaushik RoyKautilya: India's Forerunner to Machiavelli? with Professor Kaushik RoyTalking StrategyKautilya lived in India from 375 to 283 BC. He ranks alongside Sun Tzu as one of the great early sages who wrote about the relations between polities, and thus also about wars between them. Kaushik Roy, Guru Nanak Chair Professor at Jadavpur University, India, joins Beatrice and Paul to discuss his work. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-55286687510430779142023-09-27T06:51:00.000-04:002023-09-27T06:59:25.760-04:00Talking Strategy: S4E1: Subotai the Valiant: Genghis Khan’s Master StrategistS4E1: Subotai the Valiant: Genghis Khan's Master StrategistTalking StrategyThe credit for successful military campaigns often goes to the senior commander, when in fact, the brilliance of the operation and the planning happened at much lower levels of the organisation. This is the case with Subotai (1175 – 1248), Genghis Khan's leading general. Veteran and military historian Dr Angelo Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-76358270799690071702023-09-04T20:34:00.004-04:002023-09-04T20:41:31.674-04:00China Understands "Whoever rules the waves rules the world." Source Article: Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?Key point:Source: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/Thayer Mahan: "Whoever rules the waves rules the world." “China’s goal is world dominance through authoritarian control. And authoritarianism is what they are exporting to other countries and regions by Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-70538669532951609292021-09-16T02:50:00.001-04:002021-09-16T02:50:18.145-04:00Democracy versus Authoritarianism - A Grand Strategy of Democratic SolidarityA Grand Strategy of Democratic SolidarityDated - March 21Article Key Points and Excerpts: --The battle between democratic systems and authoritarian regimes. "Democracies are again threatened by illiberal influences within their borders and by ambitious autocratic regimes—principally China and Russia—seeking to reshape global order.""Today, however, the strategic landscape has shifted Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-33960481656501081382021-08-24T21:52:00.001-04:002021-08-24T21:52:14.090-04:00Phones of nine Bahraini activists found to have been hacked with NSO spyware24Aug21
Article Key points/excerpts:
Toronto-based Citizen lab identified four activists targeted
by the Bahraini government using NSO Group software“NSO is an Israeli surveillance company regulated by
Israel’s ministry of defence”NSO sells “its spyware technology to government clients
around the world” conducting criminal and security investigations.NSO sells its software in 40 unnamed Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-54966681807342350022020-10-25T20:50:00.001-04:002020-10-25T20:51:46.458-04:00China’s Strategic Objectives in a Post-COVID-19 World China's Strategic Objectives in a Post-COVID-19 World By Benjamin Tze Ern Ho PRISM Vol. 9, No. 1 Article states China's Strategic Objectives are: · Ensuring Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Legitimacy · Widening the International Support Base · Increase International Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-89015509262909222092020-03-13T18:48:00.001-04:002020-03-13T18:48:21.247-04:00World Health Organization-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Report | Public Intelligencehttps://publicintelligence.net/who-china-mission-covid-19/ Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-36281086792848883592020-03-05T20:31:00.001-05:002020-03-10T21:38:07.881-04:00DuckDuckGo shares a list of thousands of web trackers that gather your data
https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/05/duckduckgo-tracker-radar-web-tracking/
Article Key Points:
- Tools exist to block some websites from tracking your activities. One Tool is Tracker Radar.
- Readers can download the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser which is built with Tracker Radar. Tracker Radar is also available for Chrome, Safari and Firefox.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-43181398695324984912020-03-04T02:39:00.001-05:002020-03-04T02:39:27.199-05:00ISW Blog: Iraq Situation Report: February 20 - 25, 2020http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2020/03/iraq-situation-report-february-20-25.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-69664485465684207612020-03-04T02:24:00.001-05:002020-03-04T02:24:21.864-05:00This Filter Makes Your Photos Invisible to Facial Recognitionhttps://onezero.medium.com/this-filter-makes-your-photos-invisible-to-facial-recognition-a26929b5ccfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-89646844957430447062020-03-01T21:18:00.001-05:002020-03-01T21:18:33.864-05:00Warning Issued For Millions Of Microsoft Windows 10 Users" In a new write-up, the ever-excellent BleepingComputer reveals that every Windows 10 computer is vulnerable to a serious (and widespread) system hack unless they change the default settings for viewing files. "https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/03/01/microsoft-windows-10-warning-file-explorer-hack-upgrade-windows-10/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-86491353013686527722020-03-01T17:06:00.001-05:002020-03-01T17:06:38.596-05:00[LIVE] Coronavirus: Real Time Counter, World Map, Newshttps://youtu.be/qgylp3Td1BwUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-84142477364152325752020-03-01T09:35:00.001-05:002020-03-01T09:35:16.662-05:00• Chart: The Countries Best And Worst Prepared For An Epidemic | Statistahttps://www.statista.com/chart/20629/ability-to-respond-to-an-epidemic-or-pandemic/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-18234002746182776152020-02-29T15:30:00.001-05:002020-02-29T15:30:16.290-05:00The Top 3 Priorities Of New Space Force: Stopher « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentaryhttps://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/the-top-3-priorities-of-new-space-force-stopher/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-27772886384481282782020-02-29T15:29:00.001-05:002020-02-29T15:29:27.514-05:00Elon Musk: ‘Radical Innovation’ Needed To Beat China Militarily « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary"The foundation of war is economics," Musk told an audience here in Orlando at the annual Air Force Association meeting today. ""In the absence of radical innovation, the US will be militarily second."https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/elon-musk-radical-innovation-needed-to-beat-china-militarily/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-23734289113534399692020-02-28T05:32:00.003-05:002020-02-28T05:32:37.836-05:00Predictions for 2030 by people shaping the world - MIT Technology Reviewhttps://www.technologyreview.com/s/615228/predictions-2030-people-shaping-the-world-davos/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-58685492724099081802020-02-28T05:32:00.001-05:002020-02-28T05:32:22.352-05:00Defying Populism: In Defence of Cosmopolitanism | Balkan Insighthttps://balkaninsight.com/2020/02/20/defying-populism-in-defence-of-cosmopolitanism/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-4510125784105283092020-02-28T05:22:00.001-05:002020-02-28T05:22:22.285-05:00Navy & Marines Caught By Surprise By Esper’s Budget Cuts « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentaryhttps://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/navy-marines-caught-by-surprise-by-espers-budget-cuts/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-17622612804831031782020-02-28T05:21:00.001-05:002020-02-28T05:21:37.673-05:00Navy & Marines Caught By Surprise By Esper’s Budget Cuts<!-- start coded_template: id:9918874037 path:Coded files/Custom/email/responsive_email/Breaking Defense Daily 2019.html --> Breaking Defense: Daily 2019 <!--[if mso]> body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif!important; } #preview_text { display: none!important;Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-33618428866293467722020-02-27T08:37:00.001-05:002020-02-27T08:37:21.320-05:00This Technique Uses AI to Fool Other AIs Changing a single word can alter the way an AI program judges a job applicant or assesses a medical claim.https://www.wired.com/story/technique-uses-ai-fool-other-ais/ Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-72462600478445794872020-02-27T05:32:00.001-05:002020-02-27T05:32:50.738-05:00Esper Knocks Navy Planning; Thornberry & Dems Oppose $3.8B For Wall « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary" The Navy Department's failure to submit the 30-year shipbuilding plan, which is due with the defense budget every four years, rankled lawmakers far more. Esper said he hadn't seen it yet, and would submit it "once I've had a chance to review it and digest it and follow up on it." That wasn't the answer Rep. John Garamendi was looking for. "You are heading for a major brawl with this Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-35993664418030800672020-02-26T07:01:00.001-05:002020-02-26T07:01:46.367-05:00The Side Effect of Tech for Decentralized Command | Proceedings - February 2020 Vol. 146/2/1,404https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/february/side-effect-tech-decentralized-commandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447471720723525326.post-76158505663292905412020-02-26T06:10:00.001-05:002020-02-26T06:10:06.654-05:00The US Intelligence Community Is Caught in a Collector’s Trap - Defense One"At base, intelligence leaders must remind themselves that they are not in the business of collecting and protecting information, but of delivering insight and facilitating understanding so that better decisions can be made to advance national interests."https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/02/us-intelligence-community-caught-collectors-trap/163304/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com