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 Return of the Pirates

Since the events of 9/11, governments, port operators, and shipping firms have been trying to figure out to make the global supply chain more secure without impeding the flow of international goods.

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Politics in the Middle East

With people watching closely to see what happens as a new U.S. administration comes to power, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reminds us that there are a number of political changes blowing

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Trade and Peace in Africa

Bad news out of the Congo and Sudan flows like muddy river water after a rainstorm. Herman J. Cohen, a former assistant secretary of state for Africa from 1989 to 1993, believes

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Iraqi Democracy

In his book entitled Blueprint for Action, my colleague Tom Barnett wrote: “The Bush Administration’s decision to lay a Big Bang on the Middle East (my preferred term for the purposeful shock

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Irregular Warfare gets an Upgrade

Security is the bedrock upon which prosperity must build. The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, remind us (as if we need reminding) that the world can be a scary place. Days

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Transforming U.S. Foreign Policy

With the change in U.S. administrations just over a month away, some of the details about how U.S. foreign policy might change are becoming clearer. Yesterday, President-elect Obama introduced the troika that

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Global Trends 2025

Anyone vaguely familiar with what we in America call the “intelligence community” knows that it is resembles a garden salad — a bunch of separate organizations tossed in a bowl. Calling it a

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Longing for the Taliban in Afghanistan?

Barack Obama has focused his presidential campaign’s security strategy on getting U.S. troops out of Iraq and strengthening the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan. His calls for more troops has now been echoed

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