Project White Horse Forum

Given the uncertainty, potential chaotic situations,  and severity of perceived threats and catastrophes possible in this century, the key skill (identified by multiple writers) that individuals, units and teams of commanders/decision makers (and indeed citizens) need to learn for perseverance in this new century is ADAPTABILITY.  I submit that acquiring and using that skill in […]

“How do we enjoy the benefits of globalization without being vulnerable to its excesses?” The key to our collective future success (from maximal wealth creation to basic survival), will be in how we mitigate the impact of black swans generated by global instability. One of the best approaches I’ve encountered is to add resilience to […]

March 20, 2008, Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo Ventura County California law enforcement and education officials said Thursday they will work more closely to implement new, practical strategies to prevent student violence. Sheriff Bob Brooks (also PWH advisor), county Superintendent of Schools Charles Weis and other officials made the comments after attending a presentation […]

Note from PWH Advisor, Dr. Chet Richards, author of the current Director’s Article on 4GW and of several books featured on PWH, including the recently published If We Can Keep It: The ability to be an effective leader under stress is a valuable, crucial and indispensable skill for those in a position of command. Although […]

“The US national security budget is nearly $700 billion a year (much more if the total costs of Iraq/Afghanistan are thrown in), more than the rest of the world combined. Unfortunately, within that entire budget there isn’t a single research organization or think tank that is seriously studying, analyzing or synthesizing the future of warfare […]

The Resilient Community Initiative is being addressed initially as it relates to decision making in crisis.  As noted in the previous post link, process approach to crisis analysis can reveal weaknesses that lead to crisis-fostering environments.  Those weaknesses could be in any aspect of a community. In his Blog Global Guerrillas, current PWH featured author, […]

On War #251: War or Not War, by Bill Lind, Feb 19,2008 Between February 8 and February 14, four American schools suffered attacks by lone gunmen. The most recent, at Northern Illinois University on February 14, saw five killed (plus the gunman) and 16 wounded. Similar attacks have occurred elsewhere, including shopping malls. Is this […]

2008…an election year and “change” is the sound bite most often heard.  By law we’ll get it in one form or another – by man, woman, party, or promised action.  But will we gain resiliency, or must we accept responsibility for our own survivability?  George Friedman’s article in STRATFOR is worth some reflection in “how […]

The Fall entry page for Project White Horse depicted the technology, events and people of the 20th century, contrasted with people and crisis events of the emerging 21st century, all overlaid with the comment “how you think about the future determines what you do in the future.” PWH offers that the dynamics of this century […]