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From the TED website:

Thomas P.M. Barnett’s bracing confidence and radical recommendations make him a powerful force shaping the future of the US military.
In his book The Pentagon’s New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century, Barnett draws on a fascinating combination of economic, political and cultural factors to predict and explain the nature of modern warfare. He presents concrete, …

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(HT: Elizrael)

In case you missed this, the New York Times reports:
Cyberattacks on the U.S. Department of Defense — many of them coming from China — have jumped sharply in 2009, a U.S. congressional committee reported Thursday.
Citing data provided by the U.S. Strategic Command, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said that there were 43,785 malicious cyber incidents targeting Defense …

Copenhagen Accord
The Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, and other heads of delegation present at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen,
In pursuit of the ultimate objective of the Convention as stated in its Article 2, Being guided by the principles and provisions of the Convention, Noting the results of work done by the two Ad hoc …

Exciting news reported on the Georgetown University website:
Georgetown University and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab have formed a partnership to focus on the areas of cybersecurity; biosecurity; nonproliferation; and global climate, energy and environmental security issues.
This collaborative effort will help explore different policy options that could accelerate the introduction of technology aimed at solving critical global programs.
Spiros Dimolitsas, senior vice …

The  AP via the Washington Post is reporting this morning:
Iraq’s deputy foreign minister says Iranian troops have seized an oil well in southern Iraq along their disputed border.Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Haj Aziz said Friday that Iranian troops seized oil well No. 4 Thursday night.
He said he did not know whether Iranians were still in control of the oil well. …

Here is the transcript from the Department of State website:
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all for coming this morning. I arrived in Copenhagen several hours ago. I’ve just had a briefing on the state of the negotiations. I’d like to give you a brief report on where we stand and then make an announcement.
First, let me thank Todd Stern and the …

A number of previous posts have praised the nomination of Erin Conaton to be Under Secretary of the Air Force. And now, in keeping with sad senatorial practice, Government Executive reports:
Frustrated with the Air Force’s handling of the latest competition for a lucrative contract to build a fleet of aerial refueling tankers, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is blocking the confirmation …