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The Great Geopolitical Hangover: America's Holiday from History is Over (And Boy, Does Our Head Hurt)

The Party's Over, Folks! Remember that lovely "holiday from history" after the Cold War? You know, that magical time when America's biggest foreign policy concern was deciding which countries to invite to our democracy-spreading parties? Well, guess what? The vacation's over, the hotel bill is due, and reality is banging on our door like an angry neighbor complaining about our decades-long karaoke session of "We Are The World." The Great Geopolitical Hangover: America's Holiday from History is Over (And Boy, Does Our Head Hurt) Welcome to the Global Drama Club The world has entered what experts call a "period of protracted systemic instability," which is fancy-speak for "everything's gone bonkers." It's like someone took the global Jenga tower we've been carefully building since 1991 and decided to play it in a hurricane. On a boat. During an earthquake. The New Reality Show: "Keeping Up With The Global Powers...

The Knowledge Industry - A New Perspective on Intelligence

Shifting Away from the Traditional Interpretation Traditionally, the term "Intelligence Industry" has been closely associated with intelligence agencies and secret services that gather, analyze, and utilize information to gain political or military advantages. This interpretation is focused on secrecy and power. The New Perspective: Knowledge as the Core The new perspective of the "Knowledge Industry" places the term "intelligence" in a broader context. Here, it's not primarily about secrets but about knowledge, information, and understanding . The "Knowledge Industry" encompasses all areas where knowledge is created, managed, disseminated, and used. This spectrum ranges from basic research to the development of new technologies, as well as the application of knowledge in business and society. Focus on Knowledge, Information, and Understanding Knowledge creation: This involves generating new knowledge through research, development, and...

Why come together, reflect, and seize new developments as AISHE users?

Some people may ask what the purpose of such events is in a fragmented world. Coming together, reflecting on the future, and seizing new developments, which you as AISHE users know so well, is absolutely essential. Some may claim that we are now in a deglobalizing world, but in reality, we have to re-globalize this world. We have to set our strengths in cooperation because, as mentioned earlier, we face issues that are of existential importance for humankind.  The future is at stake, and there is much discussion about whether humankind can cope with so many challenges simultaneously. We are not in a world of multi-crisis, but we are caught in deep systematic transformation processes. There is a sensitive difference between crisis and transformation. In a crisis, one wants to return to the original point as soon as possible, but in a transformational situation, one has to manage change to come out at the end of the transformation in a better situation compared to the beginning. ...