The 194 representatives of Interpol’s member states met last Wednesday for the annual congress in Dubai during which they elected the new President of the organization, the South Korean Kim Jong-Yang. The other potential candidate was the Russian Alexander Prokopchuk, but Western states were strongly opposed to his nomination due to the current nature of […]
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In the light of Khashoggi‘s murder, Saudi Arabia’s future and Mohammed bin Salam’s (MBS) 2030 vision appear as uncertain as ever. The crown prince, a man once identified as the progressive reformer bringing the Kingdom out of its extemporal and traditional bubble to embrace modernity, change and evolution, is now under fire with his capabilities
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As every man and his dog continues to deny being the anonymous author of the recent New York Times’ stunning editorial against Donald Trump, it is worth considering not so much the polemics of what is said but the manner in which it was delivered. Opposition to Trump is well-established but this is the first
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We have already examined some of the main reasons why intelligence can fail, and the traps that analysts must be wary of in determining the truth of a matter. But this is only one half of the coin – there are also internal, inherent failures in reacting to and organising such intelligence on the corporate
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A common area of scientific wondering is the idea of simulation theory: that we are all living in an artificial, created world and that nothing we see is ‘real’. While it may not quite be the case that we are living in the Matrix, on some level in the intelligence and political spheres there are
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The intelligence community has had its share of failures over the years, from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 to the lack of sharing that contributed to 9/11. But while governmental agencies are always looking to learn from these failures, there are equal lessons for the corporate sector about the pitfalls that accompany
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