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From the CEO: Personalized and Personal Democracy
As I write while reflecting on the Islands Forum 2012 conference I just attended in Singapore, reserving the right to revise and extend my remarks, there are two grand strategic challenges with which ‘Democracy’ is confronted. First, the personalization of [...]

Overnight News

Check out our overnight news summaries to stay up to date on global news. Analysts working overnight cull news pertaining to international security issues, technology and global weather threats from outlets around the world:

ONS: 17 May 2012
KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda killed 50 civilians in the east of DRC. AMERICAS: Chilean police arrested 70 students protesting for education reform. ASIA: 29 Chinese fishermen were kidnapped by North Koreans, demanding ransom [...]
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ONS: 16 May 2012
KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: South Sudan has not yet received an invite from Sudan to resume peace negotiations. AMERICAS: In Mexico, the Zetas denied killing 49 people whose beheaded and mutilated bodies were discovered. ASIA: Pakistan’s President Zardari will attend the [...]
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ONS: 15 May 2012
KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: 11 Pakistani peacekeepers were injured after attacks in the DRC. AMERICAS: Former Colombian President Uribe branded Venezuelan President Chavez a “murderer”. ASIA: Pakistani officials considered ending its blockade of NATO supplies through its border. EUROPE: Former Ukrainian [...]
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Thought Leadership

From the CEO: Personalized and Personal Democracy
As I write while reflecting on the Islands Forum 2012 conference I just attended in Singapore, reserving the right to revise and extend my remarks, there are two grand strategic challenges with which ‘Democracy’ is confronted. First, the personalization of [...]
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Visualizing Tension in the South China Sea
By viewing media coverage in chronological order on a timeline, one can get a unique insight into an issue, accurately map key trends and then use this knowledge to conjecture future developments. Take for example the South China Sea, a [...]
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Egypt’s Narrative Evolution
January 25, 2011. The day will be remembered as a symbol of nonviolent political change and what the collective will of a people can accomplish; it also permanently changed Egypt’s narrative and the nation’s collective identity. Narrative matters. Narrative patterns [...]
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Can Singapore Tweet, Facebook, and YouTube its Way to a Multi-Party Democracy?
If you wanted to investigate the impact of social media on politics, you couldn’t ask for a better test case than Singapore. Tomorrow, Singapore goes to the polls for watershed elections and, for the first time in the nation’s history, [...]
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Understanding and Filtering Crowdsourced News
The utility of social media to report breaking news is well documented, but verifying and filtering information remains key to understanding the underlying trends. Just consider these two examples: In March 2010, the Egyptian stock market dropped by over 6 [...]
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The Coach: Secrets of Presenting
My first post discussed the importance of storytelling in spoken-word presentations. Human history and tribal lore were passed from generation to generation stories. Stories are remembered. However, there are limits to what stories can do. Think of the presentation as [...]
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