Der Tagesspiegel:

Wie tickt der Afghane? Wie der Iraker? Die USA sind überzeugt, dass man Kriege nicht allein militärisch gewinnen kann.

Via Michael Wald.

The New York Times:

Three years ago, when Oxford University Press published “Music, Language, and the Brain,” Oliver Sacks described it as “a major synthesis that will be indispensable to neuroscientists.” The author of that volume, Aniruddh D. Patel, a 44-year-old senior fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, was in New York City in May. We spoke over coffee for more than an hour and later by telephone. An edited and condensed version of the conversations follows.

Via KurzweilAI.net.

Via Michael Wald.

WikiLeaks, the controversial whistleblowing site that exposes secrets of governments and corporations, bootstrapped itself with a cache of documents obtained through an internet eavesdropping operation by one of its activists, according to a new profile of the organization’s founder.

Interessant sind auch die E-Mails mit cryptome.org aus den Anfangszeiten.

Peter Charles Choharis und James A. Gavrilis:

Why have the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies, who just a few years ago were reviled by the vast majority of Afghans for their brutality and fanaticism, grown in strength and popularity during nearly a decade of US and international assistance? More broadly, why has massive international development assistance in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere failed to defeat the grip of extremist ideologies among many people who have benefited from billions of dollars worth of aid? Is it even possible for international development aid to help defeat radical Islam and other ideologies hostile to the West and, if so, how?

Via Small Wars Journal.

Saudi Arabien (davon knapp 40% bei Saudi Aramco) vor Indien, und, inzwischen nicht mehr verwunderlich, China auf Platz zwei hinter den USA. Direkt Klischees bedienen: In Deutschland dreht es sich bei den Clustern um Forschung, Logistik – und Finanzen. Interessant dann auch die Verteilung der Anwendungen, und in welchen Ländern diese sind.

Via Mashable.