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 …
What Next? The Passage of U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
Here are experts from the Wilson Center and EU policymakers reacting to the recent approval of supplemental military aid from the U.S. to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan—all in the context of the future …
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Will Military Aid Abroad Accelerate the Disintermediation of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base?
Before and after the recent passage of military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, The German …
Biologically Engineered DNA Data Storage will be a Layer of the Convergent Exponential Tech Stack
Science fiction has probably done a huge disservice to the emerging bioeconomy, depicting any engagement with biology-based entities or systems with what always seems to include the prerequisite …
Is Your Board of Directors Integrating AI Governance into its Corporate Oversight and Disclosure Efforts?
ISS-Corporate, a Maryland-based company that offers corporate structure solutions for everything from executive compensation to cyber risk programs, has a compelling thought leadership library. We …
Widespread European Farmer Protests, Some Violent, are Another Dispatch from The Ministry for the Future
In this, the fifth installment in our "Dispatches from the Ministry for the Future" series, we take the time to do more of a deep dive into the speculative fiction/science fiction novel that inspired …
Are Chinese-Made Ship-to-Shore Cranes at U.S. Ports a Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability?
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (made into law in December 2022) included some specific military-related cybersecurity provisions, including a required study of cybersecurity and …