Daily Archives: December 14, 2010

President Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex

Interesting piece on the origins of Republican US President Dwight D Eisenhower’s (1890-1969, President 1953-61) farewell address in 1961, when he coined the famous phrase ‘military-industrial complex’ that he warned was taking over US Foreign Policy and creating a garrison … Continue reading

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Conflict Poetry: From ‘The Lusiads’ by Luiz Vaz de Camoes

I am reading Robert D Kaplan’s interesting, thought provoking recent book ‘Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power’. He quotes from the epic Portuguese poem ‘The Lusiads’ by Camoes (1524-1580), commenting on the Portuguese colonial empire (though … Continue reading

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Conflict Resolution Strategy: Top Ten Reasons Why Very Smart People Can Be Unwise in Conflict

Recent history provides many examples (think Wall Street, think Israeli policy, think the Iraq War Strategy, think of smart people you know personally) where very smart people make very unwise decisions in terms of meeting their/wider interests. I have had … Continue reading

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