A US Department of Defense (DoD) research programme is funding - TopicsExpress



          

A US Department of Defense (DoD) research programme is funding universities to model the dynamics, risks and tipping points for large-scale civil unrest across the world, under the supervision of various US military agencies. The multi-million dollar programme is designed to develop immediate and long-term warfighter-relevant insights for senior officials and decision makers in the defense policy community, and to inform policy implemented by combatant commands. Launched in 2008 – the year of the global banking crisis – the DoD Minerva Research Initiative partners with universities to improve DoDs basic understanding of the social, cultural, behavioral, and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the US...
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:31:47 +0000

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