WMD Intelligence Analysis of Lessons from Iraq to Iran: Only Dot the I's - Don't Cross the T's
On January 29, 2010, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave evidence to the Iraq Enquiry in London, which was broadcast worldwide on satellite TV by the BBC. He emphasized the need to learn the lessons of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from the case of Iraq for the case of Iran. In his words “propping up one dictator to handle another dictator is not the way, we must get rid of the dictator.” More interesting is how many intelligence analysts are being instructed to dot the I’s but in the case of Iraq the analysis went to far and also crossed the T’s. Here is the previously untold story of what really happened.
Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS-Online Journal
The American grand strategic experience has been framed largely as the historic triumph of democracy over tyranny, and in its evolution as a state, from agrarian society to modern-industrial superpower, it has wedded capitalism with democracy into its favored ideology. But a less often told but every bit as salient tale of America’s formative experience is that of the conquest by the emergent American state of the many fractious indigenous tribes whose homelands became American territory through war, conquest, and unequal (and highly coercive) diplomacy.
Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity - A Platform for Designing Business Architecture
In a global market economy, a viable business cannot be locked into a single form or function anymore. Rather, success is contingent upon a self-renewing capacity to spontaneously create structures, functions, and processes responsive to a fluctuating business landscape. Now in its third edition, Systems Thinking synthesizes systems theory and interactive design, providing an operational methodology for defining problems and designing solutions in an environment increasingly characterized by chaos and complexity. 
 
The current edition has been updated to include all new chapters on self-organizing systems, Holistic, Operational, and Design thinking. Gharajedaghi covers recent crises in financial systems and job markets, the housing bubble, and environment, assessing their impact on systems thinking. A companion website to accompany the book is available at www.interactdesign.com. 
 
 
 
Four NEW chapters on self-organizing systems, holistic thinking, operational thinking, and design thinking 
Covers the recent crises in financial systems and job markets globally, the housing bubble, and the environment, assessing their impact on systems thinking 
Companion website to accompany the book is available at interactdesign.com 
 
Table of Contents 
 
 
Part I: Systems Philosophy: The Name of the Devil 
 
Chapter 1: How the Game Is Evolving 
 
Part II Systems Theory: The Nature of the Beast 
 
Chapter 2: Systems Principles 
 
Chapter 3: Socio-cultural Systems 
 
Chapter 4: Socio-cultural System 2 
 
Part III: Systems Methodology: Logic of the Madness 
 
Chapter 5: Holistic Thinking 
 
Chapter 6: Operational Thinking 
 
Chapter 7: Design Thinking 
 
Chapter 8: Design Thinking (2), Formulation of mess 
 
Chapter 9: Designing thinking (3), Business Architecture 
 
Part IV: Systems Practice: The Gutsy Few 
 
Chapter 10: Oneida Nation 
 
Chapter 11: Butterworth Health System 
 
Chapter 12: Marriott Corporation 
 
Chapter 13; Commonwealth Energy 
 
Chapter 14: Carrier Corporation 
 
Conclusion