"If I'm right about the future, cities are going to see a tsunami of people, money, information, weapons and drugs." - David Kilcullen, who says he's mostly talking about cities in the developing world, where a million people move from rural areas to cities every week.

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High-crime areas have distinct visual signatures - the size and density of the buildings, the bends in the streets, the amount of street lighting ...

It took us years before we ask Iraqis how they thought we should secure Iraq.

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