Category: Security

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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The Challenge of Power

The Washington Post recently published a fascinating profile about a young Iraqi power broker who has become the dominant authority in small Iraqi town called Thuluyah [“New Paths to Power Emerge in

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Diplomacy in the Obama Administration

With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton poised to be the most notable of President Obama’s cabinet appointments, a lot of attention has been given to how new administration’s foreign policy might evolve. Having

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Democracy in Africa — The Case of Ghana

The eve of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration is a good time to reflect on the subject of peaceful transition of power. Although U.S. presidential elections are costly, interminably long, and often filled

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Bosnia and the Challenge of Fake States

States whose borders have been created by outsiders (generally by former colonial masters) are sometimes referred to as “fake states” because their borders fail to account for ethnic differences or historical or

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More on Somalia

In a previous post [Somalia — Poster Child of Failed States], I discussed how difficult and hopeless things are in Somalia. The lawlessness that defines Somalia has made it a haven for

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