Category Archives: Federation

Chernobyl – Will Putin release nuclear material?

If he is going to do so then the next week or two gives him a perfect opportunity. [Updated 21 April 2022] A new weather system is devloping such that a release of atomic material from Chernobyl would be blown … Continue reading

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Support Ukraine – Support Democracy …

… while you still can … Everybody has their take on what the Dictator of the Russian Federation wants. Everybody wonders what winning looks like. Many people have assessed how far he might go and when he might stop in … Continue reading

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ISIS Ascendant – Because the West gave up its Winning Strategy in 2001?

A Winning Strategy Lost? The UK’s ‘Bin Laden Dossier‘ of 2001 reports that Bin Laden’s motivation was to wage jihad against countries (such as the USA and UK) engaging in ‘un-Islamic behaviour’. In his speeches, Bin Laden cited examples of … Continue reading

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Organisation forms and Contextual Complexities

‘Contextual complexity’ provides an ‘objective’ perspective (as far as it can be) on the realities of the context and is the basis of exposing givens, realities and unspoken assumptions. When practitioners wish to establish their Contextual complexity (by undertaking ‘Symptom … Continue reading

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