The Intellectual Edge. A Competitive Advantage for Future War and Strategic Competition

…in the early twenty-first century, the train of progress is again pulling out of the station—and this will probably be the last train ever to leave the station called Homo Sapiens. Those who miss this train will never get a second chance. In order to get a seat on it you need to understand twenty-first century technology, and in particular the powers of biotechnology and computer algorithms… [T]hose left behind will face extinction. (Yuval Noah HaRaRi en Ryan, 2020; 6)

Human Terrain at the Crossroads

La información recolectada por las HTS fue de gran utilidad para operaciones militares en Afganistán e Irak, pero el funcionamiento de los HTS cesó en 2013 por la falta de información inmediata que generara estrategias kinéticas militares, por la participación de civiles en operaciones bélicas, críticas de científicos sociales al uso del conocimiento y una labor neocolonialista, así como principalmente por el alto costo económico -800 millones de dólares en 7 años.

Síntesis informativa - 10 de abril 2020

THE NEW YORK TIMES

National rivalries are jeopardizing access to medical goods that may determine who lives and who die

At least 69 countries have banned or restricted the export of protective equipment, medical devices or medicines, according to the Global Trade Alert project at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The World Health Organization is warning that protectionism could limit the global availability of vaccines.

Síntesis informativa - 3 de abril 2020

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Oil is continuing its rebound but stocks are unsteady

Oil prices rose sharply on Friday, after a surge on Thursday that extended to a rally in shares of energy companies, after President Trump said he expected that Saudi Arabia and Russia would substantially cut their oil production to halt the collapse of prices. The price of Brent crude rose about 10 percent on Friday to about $32 a barrel.