Wiki source on web applications for presentations and digital stories

Cogdogroo is an excellent wiki compilation of web applications that can add pizazz to a dull text presentation or digital reports and stories.

Compliments to Wishtank and Skilluminati

Thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing, wishtank and its sister web project on 5th generation warfare skilluminati, are an illuminating presence on the web of the type of critical thinking the intelligence community would greatly benefit from.
Cheers! Keep it up.

Classics and Politics

In an amusing article, What can Boris learn from the classics?, Finlo Rohrer writes for BBC News that classical education can give great insights into politics and the psychology of political leadership. The article is less about Boris Johnson, London’s new mayor, than about the role of classics in contemporary education.
Being a Classist by education [...]

Putin Video

In light of my recent posts on Russia and my discussion on perception vs. reality in the situation assessment, I just couldn’t resist adding this video. It’s a hoot!

 

Russian Foreign Policy toward the Balkans: A Situation Assessment

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Here is the final version of my part of the project on Russia. I hope to be able to publish here the team’s final report, which includes an analysis of competing hypotheses on Russian Reorganization of the Civilian Nuclear Energy Sector, a cost benefit analysis of Russia - Ukraine energy security relations, and a social [...]

Introduction to Situation Assessment on Russian Foreign Policy toward the Balkans

I’m having so much fun writing this! The final product should be ready by Wednesday. Last minute comments welcome as always.
Russian Foreign Policy toward the Balkans: A Situation Assessment
Introduction
Situation assessment as a methodology aims to provide the context for strategic planning, decision-making and action. As such, it is primarily a descriptive methodology that examines events [...]

Scenario Planning as Part of Strategy Development

In my daily work, I hear the phrase “strategic planning” with such frequency that it has become by now a signal for “switching off”, i.e. stop paying attention…here we go again…not another strategy…and not the same strategy with different words, please! What a relief to read something actually intelligently written, like Conway’s article “Scenario Planning: [...]