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An Integral Palestinian Intervention

Quoted (with minor edits) from: " Spiral Dynamics and the Palestinian-Israel Conflict" and interview between Jeff Salzman and Don Beck. 1 of 4 in integral Profiles: Don Beck. Ref: http://integrallife.com/node/47929
"A healthy blue culture addresses the problems created by red. Each of the systems depends on the others. You have to think within the flow [...]

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TED Talk – Engineering value-for-many

Design and manufacturing often focuses on luxury products or drugs to improve sex. R. A. Mashelkar describes the virtues of designs for ultra-low-cost products: dramatic transformational innovation that is extremely affordable.
Getting MORE productivity from LESS investment for MORE benefit to MORE people.
The Nano automobile. Prosthetic devices ($28 foot). Treatment for psoriasis. Also consider the “one [...]

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A Primer on Situational Awareness

Source: Stratfor Global Intelligence – Security Weekly
Terrorism (and a great many other undesirable situations) do not erupt spontaneously, but are the end consequence and product of a series of preparatory or enabling steps. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS allows us to respond appropriately to a developing situation and may allow us to disrupt the chain of events.

Awareness requires [...]

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Learning from History | 25 Million Soviet Afghanistan Documents

Solving the Afghanistan Puzzle | Hoover Institution
“A new research program is using the Hoover Archives to study the original Russian-language records of the Soviet Union’s long involvement in Afghanistan, including the ten years of intense military conflict there. Dubbed Mining Afghan Lessons from Soviet Era (MALSE), the program explores ways in which the United States [...]

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Belfer Center: The Future of Pakistan

Hassan Abbas, a former Pakistani government official and senior advisor to Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, recently spoke to Simon Shercliff, First Secretary Foreign Security and Policy for the British Embassy, about the future of Pakistan. Their conversation touched on a range of topics, including the militants’ recent attacks on the Pakistani military, Pakistan’s relationship [...]

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