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Sony & US administration surrender to act of terror

A common definition of terrorism refers to acts that intend to create fear. Targeting a primal anxiety was the intention of the cyber attack carried out against Sony pictures and the threats carried out against theaters showing the film. to all of our … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays from Lotan Group

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Suicide Bomber from U.S. flew Home

Law enforcement and intelligence agencies estimate that the threat of using suicide attackers to attack targets in the U.S or Europe is no longer considered a low probability event. The US born terrorist Abu-Salha had returned to the United States … Continue reading

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Strategic Simulations as an answer to Nassim Taleb’s “AntiFragile” concept

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, one of great philosophers our time, author of “The Black Swan“ has revealed his new concept of “Antifragile“, a philosophical approach on how to thrive in an uncertain world. In The Black Swan theory, Nassim Taleb showed that highly improbable … Continue reading

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Safe Cities 2014

Dear colleagues We at Lotan HLS & Defense are proud to present the video from Safe Cities Asia 2014 where 21 participants from various entities engaged in a Strategic Gaming event in Singapore. Participants included, Mayors, City councilmen, Law enforcement … Continue reading

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Are we prepared for the next Crimea or Flight MH370?

The passing week has been very eventful and presses forward many questions on both these events.  Many a strategist will appear in the media on one of these events with his/her analysis and maybe they will even be right… But … Continue reading

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Strategic Gaming

In an ever changing world, organizations must respond quickly and effectively to its challenges in order to survive. They must be able to: Predict the meaning of future challenges. Develop comprehensive response practices and procedures. Examine the quality of preparedness. … Continue reading

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Wishing our Friends in China a Happy New Year of The Horse

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When Will the First “Dirty-Bomb” Explode?

written by Itay Levin & Dotan Sagi Looking at the chain of events in the past few years, we find ourselves asking many questions: Can we predict the adversary M.O? Will the Sochi winter Olympic Games be bloody? When will … Continue reading

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Will the “Black-Widows” deliver a gift for Sochi’s winter Olympic Games And will it contain Radiological Components?

Volgograd, formerly known as the city of Stalingrad has been attacked twice in 48 hours and it is a city in a state of shock. It is believed, that an extremist Islamic group is responsible for the two attacks. The … Continue reading

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