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Tag Archives: Julian Assange
Julian Assange: The new kingmaker?
The rise of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks represents the rise of the non-state actor as a significant force on the world state. While historically such actors were terrorist groups, Assange and his website represent a new entry: that of the … Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Diplomacy, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Government, Groups, Nations, News, Security, Society, United States, WikiLeaks, World Watch
Tagged Consequences, Governments, Julian Assange, non-state actors, WikiLeaks
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Can a non-state actor kill government transparency?
Via The Daily Beast, over at Newsweek, Christopher Dickey makes the point that the WikiLeaks dump of classified State Department documents could have the effect of making the government more closed and more opaque both to the world and within … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Government, Intelligence, Nations, News, Politics, Security, United States, World Watch
Tagged actions, Consequences, Julian Assange, non-state actors, opacity, transparency, WikiLeaks
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Non-state actors
The recent release of over 80,000* classified documents by the website WikiLeaks represents what is very likely the largest and most damaging public disclosure of protected information to the public in the history of espionage. The potential damage caused by … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Current Operations, Groups, Military, Nations, News, Politics, Predictions, Society, Taliban, United States, World Watch
Tagged disclosures, Governments, Julian Assange, non-state actors, secrets, Threats, WikiLeaks
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