Global Trends 2030: What Does the Future Hold?
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has released its quadrennial report forecasting global trends that have a major impact on our …
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More Robotics Rodeos
If it wasn’t for the possible alliterative value, it’s likely that someone would have come up with a term to …
Cybersecurity and Sequestration
When sequestration hit on March 1, it couldn’t have happened at a worse time for federal employees charged with protecting …
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds and Hedging Strategies
The Global Trends 2030 report builds on the precedent set by earlier editions of Global Trends in identifying four possible …
The 2014 Defense Budget Request: Another Whack at Personnel Costs
On April 10, when the Department of Defense (DoD) finally released its 2014 Defense budget request, there was one thing …
Terrorist Attacks in April
Following any violent event, the most intriguing and perhaps important point of study is why something occurred. In a search …
The 2014 Defense Budget Request Invites a New Round of Head-scratching
When the Obama Administration finally released its 2014 budget proposal on April 10 – more then two months later than …
Sequestration Affects Military Families
After the sequestration hammer fell on March 1, Congress immediately began considering options for cushioning the blow to some federal …
Communications With Loved Ones While Deployed
Today’s deployed service members have better access to communications with loved ones than their predecessors could dream of. From satellite …
Global Trends 2030: Technological Game Changers
Perspective
As we noted in the previous post, the United States remains among the world’s most open, innovative, and flexible …