Bob Gleichauf, EVP, Global Technology at In-Q-Tel, in a recently released position paper on the Chips and Science Act of 2022, explains why the legislation needs a "check engine light" to indicate …
Opportunities for Advantage: Reshoring Manufacturing and Shortening Supply Chains
Background Global supply chains continue to experience the impact of the late March 2022 Shanghai and Shenzen Covid-19 lockdowns in China, which impacted the port operations of both cities, sending a …
Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing, Security Researcher Protections, and Open Source Security Topics of May 2022 OODA Network Member Meeting
To help members optimize opportunities and reduce risk, OODA hosts a monthly video call to discuss items of common interest to our membership. These highly collaborative sessions are always a great …
Reshoring Will Accelerate: Businesses should fully assess supply chains first
Reshoring is the transfer of business operations back to its country of origin. The term is usually associated with manufacturing but it applies to any business operation. The trend of reshoring …
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NATO Versus “The Ultimate Threat Multiplier”
In 2017, NATO released a seminal report that concluded that climate change is the ultimate “threat multiplier," exacerbating political instability in the world’s most unstable regions, with …
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“Uniting Forward Thinkers”: NATO DIANA’s 2024 Challenges
In the run-up to this week's 2024 NATO Summit in Washington D.C., NATO DIANA announced the innovation accelerator's 2024 Innovation Challenges. Details here. About NATO’s Defence Innovation …
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Is the Mass Casualty Event at the Annual Hajj Pilgrimage the Largest to Date Induced by Wet Bulb Conditions?
Recent reports peg the final number of fatalities at the centuries-old Hajj Pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia at anywhere from 550 to 645 people (and rising). For now, we are …
A Dispatch from the Ministry for the Future: “Wet Bulb” Heat and Humidity Conditions in the U.S.
The opening scene of "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson is a powerful and harrowing depiction of a catastrophic heatwave in India - where temperatures specifically reach critical …
Hardware-Level Zero Trust and Quantifiable Assurance are the Future of Compute and the Global IT Supply Chain
In a fusion of a sub-theme from the OODA Almanac 2024 - Computation is the Ultimate First Principle - and several of the implications from our OODA Stratigame - Scenario Planning for Global Computer …
OODA Loop on the Road: Field Research at Several Notable Spring 2024 Conferences
The OODA Loop Team has been on the road this week, as we were invited by a few "communities of practice" to attend their annual conferences. Some are industry sectors, while most cut across all …