Results for “PLA Institute of Military Culture”

…or Britain’s SAS. It may be that the way I thought and acted, the way I dealt with danger or with crises, came from someplace inside me. Even as a young kid, I was always quiet, serious, contemplative. But my 13 years as a part of Israel’s main special-forces unit, especially onc...

…of Networks Joshua Cooper Ramo 1 . Part One: The Nature of Our Age In which the revolutionary character of our era is explained. The need for a new instinct is introduced. The historical stakes are weighed. Chapter 1: The Master Chapter 2: The Age of Network Power Chapter 3: The...

…l and understanding one’s irrational behaviors could make a person’s life worse (such as by defeating the benefits of a placebo), Ariely responded that there could be a short-term cost, but that there would also likely be long-term benefits, and that reading his book would not ma...

…4, 2013, Washington D.C. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia, file a three-count criminal complaint against Snowden charging him with theft of government documents, unauthorized communication of national defense information and the willful communicatio...

…us evil AI." —John Brockman More than sixty years ago, mathematician-philosopher Norbert Wiener published a book on the place of machines in society that ended with a warning: “we shall never receive the right answers to our questions unless we ask the right questions…. The hour...

… to the challenge of crippling the opposition without annihilating it, and flouting the rule of law while maintaining a plausible veneer of order, legitimacy, and prosperity. Central to the modern authoritarian strategy is the capture of institutions that undergird political plur...

…y in the region wondered when he would emerge again to help shape the course of the tumultuous Arab Spring, which has replaced a pair of U.S.-allied dictatorships with elected Islamist governments. Within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, much has changed since the direct peace t...

… “I told Krassner one time that his writings made me hopeful. He found this an odd compliment to offer a satirist. I explained that he made supposedly serious matters seem ridiculous, and that this inspired many of his readers to decide for themselves what was ridiculous and wha...

… 19, 2013 Along with adding the finishing touches to his inaugural address on Monday, President Obama has plenty on his plate. He is consumed by the responsibilities of selecting new Cabinet members and preparing strategies to get them confirmed. He already had his fair share of...

Explaining our taste for excessive harm Marc D. Hauser Viking/Penguin For Jacques and Bert Hauser, my parents, my friends, and my reminder that life should be lived to its fullest Hauser Evilicious. Front matter 2 Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ⎯⎯ Plato To witness s...

…em. The Palestinian Authority has been steadily building support for such a resolution in September, a move that could place Israel into a diplomatic vise. Israel would be occupying land belonging to a fellow United Nations member, land it has controlled and settled for more tha...

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…lomat, who served for ten years as my special assistant and political adviser in my different United Nations capacities played an instrumental role for the production of this volume. He made essential substantive inputs to the organization and compilation of the documents and the...

…e willing to kill thousands of their citizens to hang on, and the rebel movements in both countries seem too weak to displace the dictators by force. Outside military intervention may seem tempting, but it isn’t working very well in Libya, and might fare even worse in Syria. The...

…uct Licensing: From Tae Bo to Teddy Ruxpin Real Licensing Agreement with Real Dollars Online Round-the-World (RTW) Trip Planner ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE TO THE EXPANDED AND UPDATED EDITION The 4-Hour Workweek was turned down by 26 out of 27 publishers. After it was sold, the presi...