Women waited 144 years before earning suffrage. If a mature, multiparty democracy was so darn easy, everybody would have one.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

Women waited 144 years before earning suffrage. If a mature, multiparty democracy was so darn easy, everybody would have one.

What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this question...What Makes a Terrorist lacks a question mark. That's because Krueger, marshaling persuasive statistics and analysis, comes down firmly on the side of politics, noting most terrorists are middle-class and well-educated.

Wikistrat is my ninth start-up, so I've been through this process a few times. You have to go with what works. The power of example is compelling, so model the ideas that you want someone to understand.

You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the finish line.

Great powers reserve the right to police bad actors in their neighborhoods.