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3rd Forum of Political Managers and Election Campaign Organizers
We are excited to announce the third Global Forum for Political Consultants and Political Management, set to take place on October 15th, 2024, in Washington, D.C. This prestigious event gathers top professionals, experts, and enthusiasts in the fields of political consulting, campaign management, and political communication. Organizers: IGAPA, Bay Atlantic University, Global Policy Institute (GPI), SIC Group USA LLC, Institute for Democracy and Development “PolitA” Who Should Attend: Political consultants and strategists Campaign managers Public relations and communication specialists Academics and students in political science and related fields Government officials and policymakers Media professionals covering politics and elections
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6 Ways Iran Could Strike U.S. in the Mideast or Here at Home (from Fox News)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. - October 10, 2024 - As I wrote for FOX News today, Iran’s terror goons are in crisis mode right now. Having seen their missile attack on Israel fail yet again due to Israel’s powerful defenses, Iran is now expecting an Israeli counterstrike. “There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, October 1. All the G7 nations agree Israel has the right to strike back, President Joe Biden added Wednesday. Iran wants blood. But they are running out of options. More than 40,000 U.S. forces were already deployed to U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, in locations from Syria to the Red Sea. Three more squadrons of F-15Es, F-16s and A-10s are on the way to U.S. Central Command, joining stealth F-22s, F-35s and others already in the region. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is launching jets day and night and the USS Wasp, with a Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard, is in the eastern Mediterranean. The submarine USS Georgia, carrying 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, is nearby too, along with a bevy of U.S. Navy destroyers.
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Solar Electrical Power from Fabrics?
By Paolo von Schirach - October 7, 2024 - How about a tent that produces the electricity necessary to satisfy the needs of campers or field hospitals? Pvilion, a U.S. company based in Brooklyn, New York, can make them for you, following your specifications in terms of size and preferred material. Is this the new frontier of solar energy applications? When we think about renewable energy, we generally think wind and solar. These days, solar panels are very popular. We can have a large number of them, arranged in rows, and this becomes a large solar power plant connected to the electric grid that can supply enough electricity to satisfy the power needs of thousands of homes. Or we can have some panels on the rooftops of individual structures, commercial buildings, or homes, that will satisfy the electricity needs of those buildings.
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Electric Airplanes for Short Flights in America?
By Paolo von Schirach - October 3, 2024 - Unlike in Europe, Japan or China, in America passenger railways have been neglected. While this may change in the future, at this time there are no fast trains networks. The only exception is the “Eastern Corridor” (Washington, DC – New York City – Boston) that is served by semi-fast trains. For the rest of the large country, to travel from point A to point B Americans have essentially two choices: drive or fly. However, large commercial carriers do not fly to small cities. And here is the business opportunity for innovators who are busy producing short haul electric airplanes that would fly short distances relying on a vast network of underutilized small airports. In the U.S. there are several airplane manufacturers in this new space. Among them: Beta Technologies, Joby Aviation, Archer Aviation, Airflow, and Pyka, all of them California based. But big giants like Boeing and Airbus in Europe are also working on their electric planes' prototypes.
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Water Used in Hydraulic Fracturing is Now Recycled
By Paolo von Schirach - October 1, 2024 -Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is the phenomenal technological innovation that unleashed a U.S. boom in the production of oil and gas. Until a couple of decades ago, most energy experts agreed that America had practically exhausted most of its known oil and gas reserves. This new reality presented an enormous economic challenge for the biggest hydrocarbons consumer in the world. Billions of dollars had to be spent every day to pay for vitally important imported oil and gas. Besides, this dependence on foreign suppliers of a critical commodity presented an enormous new national security risk. How could the U.S. economy survive in case of major oil and gas flow disruptions caused by conflict?
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Poland’s Secret Weapon Goes Beyond Abrams Tanks (From RealClearDefense)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. - September 30, 2024 - Poland has a secret weapon. No, not just the Abrams main battle tanks, F-35 stealth fighters, Patriot air defenses, Apache helicopters or other top-line equipment purchased by Poland. Poland’s secret weapon centers on its intense national commitment to security against a resurgent Russia – and the favorable American opinion this inspires. That’s why Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw “Radek” Sikorski is making a national security sweep from Washington, DC to the United Nations to Polish communities in Pennsylvania and an armored vehicle plant in Michigan. “Russia is and for the foreseeable future will remain a danger,” Sikorski said in an address at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington on September 20.
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First-Ever ‘China Week’ Takes Aim At America’s Dependence On Beijing (From Fox News)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. - September 27, 2024 – The China fight is on. Read my FOX Opinion piece here. ICYMI, last week the House of Representatives passed stepped up to the Herculean task of passing 25 bills targeting Chinese intrusions into America’s economy and technology. This first-ever “China Week” took aim at drones, bad Chinese network routers, batteries and federal biotech contracts with Chinese firms. “House indulges in Mad Hatter’s Tea Party,” screamed state-run China Daily on Thursday, lamenting “40 years of mutually beneficial relationships. Seriously? Rep. John Moolenar, R-MI, Chairman of the House Select Committee on China, put it clearly. “This week, we will draw a line in the sand. With one voice, the U.S. Congress will tell Xi Jinping, this far, and no further,” he said.
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Desalination Technologies are Getting Better and Cheaper
By Paolo von Schirach - September 19, 2024 – There is a major freshwater crisis affecting many regions of our planet. However, desalination may provide a viable solution. Significant technological progress is making desalination plants that allow to turn salty sea water into drinkable fresh water much more affordable. This is a blessing for an overcrowded world in need of more and more fresh water –for humans, farm animals, agriculture, and industry. For those of us living in temperate climate regions of the world, blessed with fairly regular rainfall and plenty of rivers and lakes, the availability of safe, affordable, drinkable fresh water is not an issue. We take it for granted.
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Fighter Planes Rule, So Why Is The USAF Delaying Its Advanced NGAD Plane? (From RealClearDefense)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. - September 16, 2024 – Take a look at the forces deterring Iran in CENTCOM, and one conclusion jumps out: fighter planes rule. Yet the Air Force has stopped dead on its program for a new fighter plane known as Next Generation Air Dominance or NGAD. The Air Force’s hesitation runs contrary to real-world demand. Admiral S. J. Paparo, Commander, INDOPACOM, wants NGAD. “Fully adopting fifth-generation aircraft by getting the Ford class certified for F-35C operations and expediting development of Next Generation Air Dominance are imperatives,” Paparo wrote recently. Meanwhile, literally every fighter plane type in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy inventory has been deployed to the Middle East.
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