Новости за 01.06.2018

Charlie Winter, of ICSR @ Kings College London, has been cited before on the information campaign of ISIS and AQ. This week he spoke at a UN meeting on countering terrorist narratives and preventing terrorist use of the Internet. You can read his short speech or watch it. He ends with:...

This is a new book by Clint Watts, who once frequented the Forum and the full title is: 'Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World Of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News'. In an email his short description is: ---Quote--- ....explores how bad actors have come to social...

A typical long article from 'The Economist' on policing with the joys of more data and surveillance. It cites many different systems, nearly always with an American context and ends calling for a wider public debate - which at least here in the UK has yet to emerge....

An opinion piece by the Australian commentator, Hugh White, that opens with: ---Quote--- Australia’s problem with China is bigger and simpler than we think, and thus harder to solve. It isn’t that Beijing doesn’t like Julie Bishop, or that it’s offended by our new political interference...

Welcome to Bizarrotan: Combined Operations in the Bizarro World SWJED Fri, 06/01/2018 - 10:39am

Designing accurate wargames is necessary for planning operations resulting in stable and resilient end states. This article is the first installment of Bizarro World’s “Bizarrotan scenario” aiming to successfully link short-term military capabilities with long-term political objectives in a complex operational environment.

Via a South African newspaper website an article from Mozambique itself, referring to a study (see next paragraph) and the article has more background facts - so worth a read....

Stunning Failures Found in Global Train and Equip Counter-Terrorism Programs

Stunning Failures Found in Global Train and Equip Counter-Terrorism Programs by Geoff Ziezulewicz - Military Times

Assad Wants American Troops Out of Syria and Threatens to Attack Region Under US-Backed Kurds

Assad Wants American Troops Out of Syria and Threatens to Attack Region Under US-Backed Kurds by Philip Issa – Associated Press