This book reveals sixty-three government documents that expose controversial actions, hidden programs, and secret decisions made by the United States government. Compiled and commented on by Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell, the collection presents declassified reports and leaked files related to national security, surveillance, war, foreign policy, and government misconduct. The authors argue t…
This book analyzes the role of information policy within the Non-Aligned Movement, focusing on how communication, media, and state information systems influence political positioning among developing countries. Vladislava Bulatović discusses Yugoslavia’s informational strategy and the broader effort of Non-Aligned nations to establish an independent and balanced global information order. The…
This book examines how Western culture, driven by its advanced communication industries, has come to dominate global information flows. Anthony Smith analyzes the geopolitical implications of information control, arguing that cultural and media power have become essential tools of influence in the modern world. Through an exploration of technological communication systems, cultural exchange, an…
In Global Paradox, John Naisbitt explores the new global environment of the 1990s and the enormous opportunities and challenges that countries, businesses and individuals will face in this period of growth and transformation at the end of the millennium.
In Global Paradox, John Naisbitt explores the new global environment of the 1990s and the enormous opportunities and challenges that countries, businesses and individuals will face in this period of growth and transformation at the end of the millennium.
This book punctures old information revolution myths and breaks important new ground. It will transform the way you think about information and its role in shaping both business and society at large
Structured in four parts, with detailed chapter summaries, Virtual States presents a compact and accessible theoretical and historical introduction to the Internet, its relationship to the developing world, the Internet in relation to the developed world, and the Internet and society. The book also covers issues such as war, censorship and the philosophical implications of hypertext, which is a…
This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're nearly impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', The Blcak Swan shows us how to stop trying to predict everything and take advantege of uncertainly.
The publication of this issue of the ATAS Bulletin reflects the continuing interest of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) and the UNCTAD secretariat in the complex field of IT and its impact on social and economic development. In this regard the ECOSOC, upon recommendation of the CSTD at its second session held in Geneva, 15- 24 May 1995, decided that…
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