I give a lot of presentations to foreign governments and militaries, and I am amazed at what I get away with in terms of describing the world as Core and Gap and making connectivity the big measure of everything. When I speak to representatives from Gap countries and they come up afterwards and say they liked the talk, I always ask why if I don't say many nice things about their countries? They say, "You're honest about stuff and you don't try to shove American values down our throats. We all want connectivity and the time and opportunity to figure out how to handle the content flows that come with it." It may seem like a small difference to us, but it's typically a huge difference to everyone else.

CSPAN will tape the brief on 2 June and show in late June/early July. I'll be letting people know on my site when it happens. It will be interesting to see how it gets received.

Thanks for the kind words,

Tom Barnet