Category Archives: Security
UAVs, Navy, Satellites, Battle Stars
This post, which I want to keep pretty short, feeds off my post on re-orienting national security priorities. I read a fascinating paper provocatively entitled “How the US Lost the Naval War of 2015″ (PDF), by James Kraska. It takes … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, Globalization, Military, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
Reorienting National Security Priorities
Below is my plan for reorienting American security priorities, which I think are currently misaligned, often conflicting, and outdated. This is not a plan for innovation, or financial reform (which is one of the most pressing national issues), or for … Continue reading
Filed under Energy, Foreign, Government, International Affairs, Military, Policy, Security
State of the Nation After 9/11/09
Oh man, where to begin. I think I’ve been a little frustrated lately because I haven’t written in a while. So let’s get it out there so I can move on. National Tea Party, 9/12 This last Saturday was the … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, Policy, Politics, Security, Stock Market
Recruitment
I was having lunch with a couple buddies of mine, one of whom took Michael Scheuer’s “Al-Qaeda and the Global Jihad” class with me. He reminded me of one of Professor Scheuer’s best points made during the semester. I might … Continue reading
US Forces “Volunteer” to Leave Iraq
It’s interesting to live through the times of American occupation of Iraq. What the Bush Administration sees as a necessary move, not without its faults, that has eventually led to a nascent democracy, is nothing short of tragically comic. What … Continue reading
Underground Warblogging
Warblogging died in 2006. It died when the military and US government decided that ANY servicemember’s content online must be approved through the chain of command, AFTER informing the command that that content MAY exist. (i.e. registering one’s blog even … Continue reading
Bob Baer on “Fresh Air”
My mom and a classmate recommended that I listen to Baer speak on NPR. It’s a long interview, but well worth it. Listen here. He talks mainly about Iran but it has implications in a lot of different areas. A … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, International Affairs, Iraq, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
The Debate on Pakistan
Last night I watched the presidential debate. Whatever. But one part that really pissed me off was when Obama and McCain talked about Pakistan (here’s a transcript). First off, McCain mispronounced or did not know the new Pakistani president’s name, … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, International Affairs, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
Quotes from “Inside the Jihad”
I’m reading an excellent book, Omar Nasiri’s “Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al-Qaeda”, for Michael Scheuer’s class about a guy from Morocco who ends up being a spy within a mujaheddin cell in Belgium and then goes through terrorist … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, Globalization, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
Stereotyping Grad Programs
In my “What’s Shaping the Internet?” class last week, we were talking about universal communication access briefly when the only MBA student in the class commented that he thought it was all a waste of money and that he believed … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Communications, Education, Policy, Security
