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Semaine du
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Intelligence économique
- Intelligence
économique défensive : la physionomie nationale du
risque financier
Direction Centrale des Renseignements Généraux 21/11/06
"Depuis le 1er janvier 2006, les renseignements
généraux ont recensé 1.578 cas de vulnérabilités ou d’agressions
économiques hostiles, concernant 888 entreprises
(sur plus de 2.000 sensibilisées).
La surface statistique ainsi offerte à l’analyse permet
aujourd’hui d’isoler et d’examiner, par natures de
risques, les contours de la physionomie nationale de l’insécurité
économique..."
Terrorisme -
Analyzing
terror campaigns on the internet: Technical sophistication,
content richness, and Web interactivity
International
Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Volume 65, Issue 1 , 01/2007
"Terrorists and extremists are increasingly utilizing
Internet technology to enhance their ability to influence the
outside world. Due to the lack of multi-lingual and multimedia
terrorist/extremist collections and advanced analytical
methodologies, our empirical understanding of their Internet
usage is still very limited. To address this research gap, we
explore an integrated approach for identifying and collecting
terrorist/extremist Web contents. We also propose a Dark Web
Attribute System (DWAS) to enable quantitative Dark Web
content analysis from three perspectives: technical
sophistication, content richness, and Web interactivity..."
Terrorisme -
Effective
Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data
Mining
Cato Institute, Policy Analysis no. 584 December 11, 2006
“...Though data mining has many valuable uses, it is not
well suited to the terrorist discovery problem. It would be
unfortunate if data mining for terrorism discovery had
currency within national security, law enforcement, and
technology circles because pursuing this use of data mining
would waste taxpayer dollars, needlessly infringe on privacy
and civil liberties, and misdirect the valuable time and
energy of the men and women in the national security community...”
Espace - Space
Operations: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-2, 27 November 2006
U.S. Air Force (via Federation of American Scientists)
"This version updates Air Force space doctrine based on
recent operational experience. The chapter on command and
control defines space coordinating authority (page 13),
discusses the joint force air and space component
commander’s role as the supported commander for counterspace
operations (page 15), and includes the position of director of
space forces (page 16). The planning chapter describes space
integration considerations for planners based on observations
during recent military operations (page 21). The execution
chapter expands discussion of the space air and space
operations center, which now operates as the joint space
operations center (page 29). Finally, the development of the
space professionals chapter updates the discussion of
exercises, wargames, red teaming and experiments..."
Liban - Lebanon
at a Tripwire
International Crisis Group, Middle East Briefing N°20 21
December 2006
"Lebanon has badly lost its balance and is at risk of new
collapse, moving ever closer to explosive Sunni-Shiite
polarisation with a divided, debilitated Christian community
in between. The fragile political and sectarian equilibrium
established since the end of its bloody civil war in 1990 was
never a panacea and came at heavy cost. It depended on Western
and Israeli acquiescence in Syria’s tutelage and a domestic
system that hindered urgently needed internal reforms, and
change was long overdue. But the upsetting of the old
equilibrium, due in no small part to a tug-of-war by outsiders
over its future, has been chaotic and deeply divisive, pitting
one half of the country against the other. Both Lebanon’s
own politicians and outside players need to recognise the
enormous risks of a zero-sum struggle and seek compromises
before it is too late..."
Arabie Saoudite,
Iran, Irak - Saudis
report Shi'ite 'state' inside of Iraq
By Sharon Behn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES December 18, 2006
"Iran has effectively created a Shi'ite "state
within a state" in neighboring Iraq, defying both Iraqi
Sunnis and neighboring Sunni nations, according to a Saudi
security report..."
Lire également, Read also :
Saudis
give a grim 'what if' should U.S. opt to leave Iraq
IHT 13/12/06
Irak - After
Baker-Hamilton: What to Do in Iraq
International Crisis Group, Middle East Report N°60 19
December 2006
"Slowly, incrementally, the realisation that a new
strategy is needed for Iraq finally is dawning on U.S.
policy-makers. It was about time. By underscoring the U.S.
intervention’s disastrous political, security, and economic
balance sheet, and by highlighting the need for both a new
regional and Iraqi strategy, the Baker-Hamilton report
represents an important and refreshing moment in the
country’s domestic debate. Many of its key – and
controversial – recommendations should be wholly supported,
including engaging Iran and Syria, revitalising the
Arab-Israeli peace process, reintegrating Baathists,
instituting a far-reaching amnesty, delaying the Kirkuk
referendum, negotiating the withdrawal of U.S. forces with
Iraqis and engaging all parties in Iraq..."
Irak - Report
to Congress: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq
U.S. Department of Defense, 11/2006
"In the past three months, the total number of attacks
increased 22%. Some of this increase is attributable to a
seasonal spike in violence during Ramadan. Coalition forces
remained the target of the majority of attacks (68%), but the
overwhelming majority of casualties were suffered by Iraqis.
Total civilian casualties increased by 2% over the previous
reporting period. Fifty-four percent of all attacks occurred
in only 2 of Iraq’s 18 provinces (Baghdad and Anbar).
Violence in Iraq was divided along ethnic, religious, and
tribal lines, and political factions within these groups, and
was often localized to specific communities. Outside of the
Sunni Triangle, more than 90% of Iraqis reported feeling very
safe in their neighborhoods. Still, concern regarding civil
war ran high among the Iraqi populace..."
Irak - US
military's classification of Baghdad's ethno-sectarian divide
Lire, Read :
How
violence is forging a brutal divide in Baghdad
The Times 14/12/06
"Baghdad is like a jungle, the grey-bearded Shia militia
leader said. “It is a savage place where the wild animals
fight for their piece of territory. Each animal wants to take
more land than the other.”..."
Irak,
Reconstruction - Development
Assistance Database IRAQ
"The main objectives of the DAD is to serve as a reliable
and credible source of information on overall donor
contributions to Iraq’s reconstruction, economic recovery
and socio-economic development, as well as to support the
Government in effectively managing development assistance and
promoting the accountable and transparent use of resources. We
believe that the level of completeness, accuracy and
ultimately the reliability of the information contained in the
DAD depend on each donor’s timely and complete contributions
of data..."
ONU - Database
of Declarations and Conventions contained in General Assembly
Resolutions
"This database contains links to declarations,
conventions and other instruments (see definition of terms),
the text of which appear in resolutions of the General
Assembly or their annexes. Instruments that have not been
submitted for adoption by the General Assembly, i.e. Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court, are not included..."
Afghanistan -
Cordesman on the military situation in Afghanistan
"Anthony Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair
in Strategy at CSIS, briefed the media on Wednesday, December
13 at CSIS on the current military situation in Afghanistan.
The briefing
was based on data Cordesman collected on a recent trip to the
country. Dr. Cordesman’s analysis also appeared in an op-ed
in yesterday’s New York Times entitled, “One
War We Can Still Win.”..."
Europe, Droits de
l'homme - Muslims
in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
"“The report ‘Muslims in the European Union:
Discrimination and Islamophobia’, presents available data on
discrimination affecting Muslims in employment, education and
housing. Manifestations of Islamophobia range from verbal
threats through to physical attacks on people and property.
The report stresses that the extent and nature of
discrimination and Islamophobic incidents against European
Muslims remain under-documented and under-reported. The EUMC
report recommends therefore that Member States improve the
reporting of incidents and implement measures to counter
discrimination and racism more effectively. The report also
includes initiatives and proposals for policy action by EU
Member State governments and the European institutions to
combat Islamophobia and to foster integration..."
Terrorisme -
Selected
Papers From the United States Government Counterinsurgency
Conference
(September 28-29, 2006; U.S. Department of
Defense/U.S. Department of State Conference)
The
American Counterinsurgency Tradition — Eliot
Cohen, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins/SAIS (PDF; 175 KB)
Three
Pillars of Counterinsurgency — Dr. David
Kilcullen, Senior Strategist, Office of the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State (PDF; 296 KB)
Best
Practices in Counterinsurgency — Dr. Kalev Sepp,
Naval Postgraduate School (PDF; 65 KB)
Counterinsurgency
In the 21st Century — LTG Sir John Kiszely,
Director, UK Defence Academy (PDF; 69 KB)
Related Documents (PDFs):
Counterinsurgency
Redux (Kilcullen; 805 KB)
Principles,
Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency
— Eliot Cohen; Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Crane, U.S. Army,
Retired; Lieutenant Colonel Jan Horvath, U.S. Army; and
Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl, U.S. Army (513 KB)
Insurgency
and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Reconceptualizing
Threat and Response — Steven Metz and Raymond
Millin, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College (PDF;
292 KB)
The
Human Terrain System: A CORDS for the 21st Century
— Jacob Kipp, Ph.D.; Lester Grau; Karl Prinslow; and Captain
Don Smith (6.5 MB)
The
Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes A Terrorist
And Why — classic 1999 report prepared by the
Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (1.4 MB)
Terrorisme -
Harmony
and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa’ida’s Organizational
Vulnerabilities
Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point, 14
February 2006
"The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point is pleased
to present this report, “Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting
Al-Qa’ida’s Organizational Vulnerabilities.” Based
on a collection of al-Qa’ida documents that have recently
been released from the Department of Defense’s Harmony
Database, this report provides an analysis of al-Qa’ida’s
organizational vulnerabilities. These documents, captured in
the course of operations supporting the GWOT, have never
before been made available to the academic and policy
community. “Harmony and Disharmony” includes a
theoretically informed analysis of potential opportunities to
exploit al-Qa’ida’s network vulnerabilities, a case study
of jihadi operational failure, and specific recommendations
for effectively addressing the evolving al-Qa’ida threat.
We have provided brief summaries of each of the released
documents, and the full texts of the released documents can be
accessed via hyperlinks within the report, both in their
original Arabic and in English. We hope that this report will
provide a useful resource in our collective efforts to better
understand and combat al-Qa’ida and its affiliated movements..."
Voir aussi, See also :
Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point
Terrorisme -
U.S.-Russian
Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism
Committee on Opportunities for U.S.-Russian Collaboration
in Combating Radiological Terrorism, Office for Central Europe
and Eurasia, National Research Council 2006
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