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Iraq's WMD Capability
BRITISH AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION COUNCIL BASIC SPECIAL REPORT Unravelling the Known Unknowns: Why no Weapons of Mass Destruction have been found in Iraq By David Isenberg and Ian Davis BASIC Special Report 2004.1 January 2004 1 The British American Security Information Council The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is an independent research organization that analyzes international security issues. BASIC works to promote awareness of security issues among the public, policy makers and the media in order to foster informed debate on both sides of the Atlantic. BASIC in the U.K. is a registered charity no. 1001081 BASIC in the U.S. is a non-profit organization constituted under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code David Isenberg, Senior Analyst David Isenberg joined BASIC's Washington office in November 2002. He has a wide background in arms control and national security issues, and brings close to 20 years of experience in this field, including three years as a member of DynMeridian's Arms Control & Threat Reduction Division, and nine years as Senior Analyst at the Center for Defense Information. Ian Davis, Director Dr. Ian Davis is Executive Director of BASIC and has a rich background in government, academia, and the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector. He received both his Ph.D. and B.A. in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford. He was formerly Program Manager at Saferworld before being appointed as the new Executive Director of BASIC in October 2001. He has published widely on British defense and foreign policy, European security, the international arms trade, arms export controls, small arms and light weapons and defense diversification. -
Cli-Fi: a Companion
Stef Craps Jeff Nichols’s Take Shelter (2011) Cli-Fi Psychic Released in 2011, Take Shelter is an American feature film written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain.1 Set in LaGrange, Ohio, it tells the story of a family man and construction worker, called Curtis LaForche (Shannon), who is plagued by a series of apocalyptic nightmares and visions. He starts to believe that he is developing paranoid schizophrenia, the illness with which his now-institutionalized mother was diagnosed when she was a similar age and which he has feared inheriting his whole life. At the same time, he becomes increasingly obsessed with the need to shelter his family − his wife Samantha (Chastain) and their hearing-impaired young daughter Hannah − from the coming storm that he cannot help thinking his terrifying dreams and hallucinations signal. Foremost among the protective measures he takes to keep his family safe is the renovation and expansion of the tornado shelter in his backyard, which he can ill afford and which causes him to lose his job and his health insurance, as a result of which Hannah cannot have the cochlear implant surgery she was scheduled to undergo. The ques- tion of whether Curtis is a prophet or mentally disturbed drives the film and remains unresolved until the epilogue, when his premonitions turn out to be true as an actual end-of-the-world storm is about to hit. Take Shelter captures many of the anxieties of living in the post-9/11, post-Katrina and post-financial crisis USA, thanks to the ‘flexible metaphor’ of Curtis’s apocalyptic visions.2 Increasing in violence and intensity as the film progresses, they take the form of thunderstorms, twisters, flash floods, 1 Take Shelter, dir. -
Identity & In-Group Critique in James Mason's Siege
A Paler Shade of White: Identity & In-group Critique in James Mason’s Siege J.M. Berger RESOLVE NETWORK | April 2021 Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism Series https://doi.org/10.37805/remve2021.1 The views expressed in this publication are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the RESOLVE Network, the U.S. Institute of Peace, or any entity of the U.S. government. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 2 HISTORY AND CONTEXT ...................................................................................... 4 METHODOLOGY: LINKAGEBASED ANALYSIS ............................................... 6 OVERVIEW OF CONTENT ..................................................................................... 7 INGROUP CRISIS: A PALER SHADE OF WHITE .............................................13 INGROUPS IN CRISIS ........................................................................................20 THE OUTGROUP IN THE INGROUP ...............................................................23 CONCLUSION: INSIGHTS & RECOMMENDATIONS .....................................25 BIBLIOGRAPHY .....................................................................................................28 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Discussions of extremist ideologies naturally focus on how in-groups criticize and attack out-groups. But -
The Radical Roots of the Alt-Right
Gale Primary Sources Start at the source. The Radical Roots of the Alt-Right Josh Vandiver Ball State University Various source media, Political Extremism and Radicalism in the Twentieth Century EMPOWER™ RESEARCH The radical political movement known as the Alt-Right Revolution, and Evolian Traditionalism – for an is, without question, a twenty-first century American audience. phenomenon.1 As the hipster-esque ‘alt’ prefix 3. A refined and intensified gender politics, a suggests, the movement aspires to offer a youthful form of ‘ultra-masculinism.’ alternative to conservatism or the Establishment Right, a clean break and a fresh start for the new century and .2 the Millennial and ‘Z’ generations While the first has long been a feature of American political life (albeit a highly marginal one), and the second has been paralleled elsewhere on the Unlike earlier radical right movements, the Alt-Right transnational right, together the three make for an operates natively within the political medium of late unusual fusion. modernity – cyberspace – because it emerged within that medium and has been continuously shaped by its ongoing development. This operational innovation will Seminal Alt-Right figures, such as Andrew Anglin,4 continue to have far-reaching and unpredictable Richard Spencer,5 and Greg Johnson,6 have been active effects, but researchers should take care to precisely for less than a decade. While none has continuously delineate the Alt-Right’s broader uniqueness. designated the movement as ‘Alt-Right’ (including Investigating the Alt-Right’s incipient ideology – the Spencer, who coined the term), each has consistently ferment of political discourses, images, and ideas with returned to it as demarcating the ideological territory which it seeks to define itself – one finds numerous they share. -
Booksellers, the First Amendment, and Controversial Texts
January 2020 Tuesday Topic: Booksellers, The First Amendment, and Controversial Texts Welcome to Tuesday Topics, a monthly series covering topics with intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. Each message is prepared by a member of OLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee or a guest writer. Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to the IFC Committee. Booksellers, the First Amendment, and Controversial Texts In the wake of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, at least two booksellers have either elected to remove titles related to white supremacist violence from sale, or been pressed to do so by concerned citizens. Amazon.com has removed The Turner Diaries from its store, along with merchandise associated with the group QAnon, citing violation of its terms of service. The Turner Diaries, which was published in 1978 by William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald, depicts a fictional coup in the US conducted by an underground group of white supremacists. It has been cited as a foundational text by modern racist and white nationalist groups, most famously in relation to the 1995 bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City. The availability of Andy Ngo’s forthcoming book, Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, on the Powell’s Books website was the subject of protests in Portland during the week following the Capitol attack, as well. Powell’s has chosen to continue to sell the book through its online store, but will not carry physical copies of the books on its shelves. In an open letter published on the Powell’s website, President and owner Emily Powell cited the bookstore’s continued support of freedom of speech and public discourse in the decision to retain the title. -
Weighing Evidence in an Information War
Weighing evidence in an information war Paul McKeigue Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics 23 January 2019 Fake news and disinformation Government response to the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (2018): • ‘fake news’ is a poorly-defined and misleading term that conflates a variety of false information, from genuine error through to foreign interference in democratic processes • the Government has sought to move away from ‘fake news’ and instead has sought to address ‘disinformation’ and wider online manipulation. • we have defined disinformation as the deliberate creation and sharing of false and/or manipulated information that is intended to deceive and mislead audiences, either for the purposes of causing harm, or for political, personal or financial gain. • we will consider options to improve critical thinking skills and resilience to disinformation in the context of political engagement. Disinformation, conspiracy theory or truth? – some disputed explanations Official Year Event explanation Alternative explanation 1981 Yellow rain in Laos Communist Mass defecation flights of and Cambodia mycotoxin Asian honeybees warfare 2001 WTC collapse Hijacked aircraft Planned demolition 2006 Litvinenko poisoning Russian assassins Accidental mishandling of polonium 2013- Alleged chemical Regime chemical Managed massacre of 18 attacks in Syria warfare captives 2016 Brexit referendum Revolt against Manipulation of voters by result migration policy informatics companies 2017 Noise-induced illness Communist -
Soviet Active Measures an Update Jul 1982.P65
Special Report No. 101 Soviet Active Measures: An Update July 1982 United States Department of State Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, D.C. This report describes Soviet active Forgeries After an initial mailing to Spanish measures which have come to light since journalists failed to obtain publication, the the publication of Special Report No. 88, Forgeries are a frequently used active forgery was circulated on November 11 to Soviet Active Measures: Forgery, measures technique. Several have come to all delegations (except the U.S and Spanish) Disinformation, Political Operations, in light in recent months. Their appearance has to the Conference of Security and Coopera- October 1981. been timed to influence Western opinion on tion in Europe (CSCE), then meeting in current sensitive issues. As far as we are Madrid. This time several Madrid newspa- The Soviet Union uses the term active aware, only one of these recent forgeries pers ran stories that exposed the letter as a measures (aktivnyye meropriyatiya) to achieved uncritical publication. fabrication probably of Soviet origin. cover a broad range of activities designed to Forgeries are usually sent through the promote Soviet foreign policy goals, mail to journalists, officials, or other persons The Clark-Stearns Letter. In January including undercutting opponents of the who might make them available to the 1982, a forged letter and an accompanying U.S.S.R. Active measures include media. Forgeries normally do not carry a research analysis dated September 23, 1981, disinformation, manipulating the media in return address, nor is the sender identified in from Judge William Clark, then Deputy foreign countries, the use of Communist a way that can be checked. -
A Manifesto for the Creative Economy
A MANIFESTO FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY Hasan Bakhshi, Ian Hargreaves and Juan Mateos-Garcia April 2013 About Nesta Nesta is the UK’s innovation foundation. An independent charity, we help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. We do this by providing investments and grants and mobilising research, networks and skills. Nesta Operating Company is a registered charity in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SCO42833. Registered office: 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE. www.nesta.org.uk © Nesta 2013. A MANIFESTO FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY About the authors A Manifesto for the Creative Economy is the work of Hasan Bakhshi, Ian Hargreaves and Juan Mateos-Garcia. Hasan Bakhshi is Director, Creative Economy in Nesta’s Policy & Research Unit and Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology. He has led Nesta’s creative economy policy and research work for the past six years. His recent work has included the Next Gen report with Ian Livingstone, Alex Hope and Juan Mateos-Garcia and the design and oversight of the Digital R&D Funds for the Arts. His earlier work at Nesta included co- authoring the Staying Ahead report with Will Hutton and Philippe Schneider. Ian Hargreaves was a Nesta Research Fellow in 2012/13. He is Professor of Digital Economy at Cardiff University and author of Digital Opportunity, A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, commissioned by the UK Government and published in 2011. In 2009, the Welsh Government commissioned him to lead a review of the creative industries in Wales which led in 2010 to the publication of The Heart of Digital Wales: a review of creative industries. -
Strategic Latency: Red, White, and Blue Managing the National and International Security Consequences of Disruptive Technologies Zachary S
Strategic Latency: Red, White, and Blue Managing the National and International Security Consequences of Disruptive Technologies Zachary S. Davis and Michael Nacht, editors Center for Global Security Research Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory February 2018 Disclaimer: This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, nor any of their employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States government or Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States government or Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. LLNL-BOOK-746803 Strategic Latency: Red, White, and Blue: Managing the National and International Security Consequences of Disruptive Technologies Zachary S. Davis and Michael Nacht, editors Center for Global Security Research Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory February -
Agenda Publishing
agenda publishing 2020 agenda publishing Agenda Publishing Ltd Contents The Core Bath Lane World Economies 8 Newcastle Helix The Economy: Key Ideas 12 Newcastle upon Tyne Finance Matters 18 NE4 5TF Building Progressive Alternatives 22 UK Economic Transformations 24 The Gendered Economy 25 ' +44 (0)191 495 7330 Comparative Political Economy 26 8 [email protected] Business with China 29 www.agendapub.com The Economics of Big Business 30 Key backlist 36 Subscribe to our free monthly Ordering and sales information 38 email update and receive a free Agents and representatives 39 paperback! To sign up go to: Index 40 bit.ly/emailagendapub cover image: © istock (from the jacket of Post- Keynesian Theory Revisited by Matteo Iannizzotto). GENERAL INTEREST 1 Finntopia NEW What We Can Learn From The World’s Happiest Country Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen The 2019 World Happiness Report ranked Finland, for the second year running, as the world’s happiest country, both for its total population and for the immigrants living there. The United States and the UK were placed nineteenth and fifteenth, respectively. The Nordic model has long been touted as the aspiration for social and public policy in Europe and North America, but what is it about Finland that makes the country so successful and seemingly such a great place to live? Is it simply the level of government spending on health, education and welfare? Is it that Finland has one of the lowest rates of social inequality and childhood Contents poverty and highest rates of literacy and education? Part I Context Finland clearly has problems of its own – for example, 1. -
Whpr19761012-026
,- PAN AMEaiAN WHITE HOUSE PRESS CHARTER OCTOB·12-13, 1976 TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND RETURN -------------------------------------- WIRES: Howard Benedict Associated Press Don Rothberg Associated Press Richard Growald United Press International Arnold Sawislak United Press International Ralph Harr~s Reuters Louis Foy Agence France Presse NEWSPAPERS: Ed Walsh Washington Post Jack Germond Washington Star Muriel Dobbin Baltimore Sun Sandy Grady Philadelphia Bulletin Lucien Warren Buffalo Evening News Charles Mohr New York Times James Wieghart New York Daily News Clyde Haberman New York Post (Jn NYC) Dennis Farney Wall Street Journal Marty Schram News day Alan Emory Watertown (NY) Times (Jn NYC) Al Blanchard Detroit News Rick Zimmerman Cleveland Plain Dealer Curtis Wilkie Boston Globe Mort Kondracke Chicago Sun- Times (Off NYC) Aldo Beckman Chicago Tribune Robert Gruenberg Chicago Daily News Richard Dudman St. Louis Post-Dispatch Gaylord Shaw Los Angeles Times Rudy Abramson Los Angeles Times John Geddie Dallas Morning News Judy Wieseler Houston Chronicle Saul Kohler Newhouse Newspapers Art Wiese Houston Post Henry Gold Kansas City Star (Off NYC) Al Sullivan United States Information Agency Richard Maloy Thomson Newspapers (Off Newark) Don Campbell Gannett Newspapers Joseph Kraft Field Newspaper Syndicate (Jn NYC only' Steve Mitchell Cox Newspapers Andrew Glass Cox Newspapers Joe Albright Cox Newspapers (Jn NYC) Benjamin Shore Copley News Service Tom Tiede NEA-Scripps -Howard (Off NYC) William Broom Ridder Ted Knap Scripps-Howard Robert Boyd Knight Newspapers Lester Kinsolving United Features/WAVA Peter Loesche SPD-Rundschau MAGAZINES: Pierre Salinger L'Express Strobe Talbott Time James Dowell Newsweek John Mashek U.S. News & World Report Michael Grossman Joh11s Hopkins Press Martha Kumar Johns Hopkins Press John Buckley Western Union Digitized from Box 32 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. -
Cogs and Monsters V2.2
Cogs and Monsters1 Inaugural Lecture, 20 November 2018 Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy Thank you Helen for such a generous introduction, and to all of you for coming here this evening. This is an opportunity for me to say thank you to my colleagues in the Bennett Institute, in POLIS, in Churchill College and in across the university, for the warm welcome I’ve been given since arriving here. And to thank Peter Bennett, too, not only for his generosity enabling the creation of the Institute, but also because it could not be more timely given the obvious challenges of these turbulent times. The purpose of an institute like ours is to contribute to the understanding and practice of public policy. This purpose raises two fundamental questions. What makes one policy better than another, what counts as progress? And how can the desirable outcomes be brought about? Often people pose the first, the ‘what’, question in relatively narrow terms: anti-trust policy should increase or maintain competition; monetary policy should achieve stable inflation. But that just puts it at one remove: what ends are these narrow goals serving? Often the aim is implicitly something like faster economic growth or higher productivity. But others could include distribution, or sustainability. So the first issue I will be discussing in this lecture is how we know whether or not things are getting better. The metrics we use are inadequate, partly because of technological change, but partly because policymakers (especially economists) have forgotten that social metrics unavoidably embed values. Economic data are made as well as ‘given’.