New Global Disclosure Release Analyzes Intelligence Failures

Frank J. Stech, “Political and Military Intervention Estimation: A Taxonometric Analysis,” November 1979. Prepared for the Office of Naval Research and Mathtech, Inc. This analysis was released to the Nautilus Institute under the US Freedom of Information Act. Read the full text here. The intelligence community is under attack today for providing inaccurate information and […]

Nautilus Reports on Nuclear War-fighting Strategy in Korea

“Vulnerability of North Korean Forces, Vol. I: Evaluation of Vulnerability of North Korean Divisions to Tactical Nuclear Weapons,” Science Applications Inc., March 1978. This study was released to the Nautilus Institute under the US Freedom of Information Act. “Vulnerability of North Korean Forces, Vol. II: Korean Scenario and Target Arrays,” Science Applications Inc., March 1978. […]

Nautilus Institute Reports on Nuclear Artillery Field Exercises

U.S. Department of the Army, Headquarters Seventh Infantry Division Artillery, “Operational Report for Quarterly Period Ending 30 April 1968,” June 15, 1968. This report released to the Nautilus Institute Under the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Read the Report here. In 1968, tensions were much higher in the Korean Peninsula than today. The United […]

Nautilus Releases Study of American Nuclear Weapons Delivery Organizations in South Korea

“Weapons Support Detachment – Korea Nuclear Operations Standard Operation Procedures,” September 22nd, 1987. This SOP manual was released to the Nautilus Institute under the US Freedom of Information Act. “Tactical Nuclear Weapons Responsibility: Ordnance Versus Field Artillery,” Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Fields, March 8th, 1990, USAWC Military Studies Program Paper. This Study Project was taken […]

The Impact of the Internet on Sovereignty: Real and Unfounded Worries

Saskia Sassen University of Chicago DRAFT – Please do not quote or cite – DRAFT Internet and International Systems: Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decision-making Workshop Nautilus Institute, San Francisco, December 10, 1999 THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON SOVEREIGNTY: UNFOUNDED AND REAL WORRIES There is a growing debate about the Internet and its […]

Coherent Policy-making Beyond the Information Barrier

Circumventing dependence on access, classification, penetration, dissemination, property, surveillance, interpretation, disinformation, and credibility Anthony Judge Union of International Associations DRAFT – Please do not quote or cite – DRAFT Internet and International Systems: Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decision-making Workshop Nautilus Institute, San Francisco, December 10, 1999 Abstract: Review of possibilities to enable policy-makers, […]

THE LANDMINE BAN AND NGOS: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

Ken Rutherford Georgetown University DRAFT – Please do not quote or cite – DRAFT Internet and International Systems: Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decision-making Workshop Nautilus Institute, San Francisco, December 10, 1999 ABSTRACT With the broader independent bases of public support that NGOs command, they were better able to target banning landmines long before […]

The Dynamics of Policy in a Networked World

Philip E. Agre University of California, Los Angeles DRAFT – Please do not quote or cite – DRAFT Internet and International Systems: Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decision-making Workshop Nautilus Institute, San Francisco, December 10, 1999 1 Introduction The distinction between domestic and foreign policy has been part of the common sense of politics […]