Archive for the 'reform'

• Excess Complexity is the Route to Extinction

April 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, authors, barack obama, black swans, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, economics, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, markets, network theory, obama, physics, politics, reform, resilience, science, society, theory | 22 comments

• A White Oak for Public Diplomacy

February 21st, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, diplomacy, foreign policy, ideas, intellectuals, meme, mountainrunner, national security, public diplomacy, reform, state department, strategy | Comments Off on A White Oak for Public Diplomacy

• How About an Assistant SecDef for Irregular Warfare ?

December 20th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john nagl, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, obama, politics, reform, state building, strategy, terrorism, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Hillary Should Dare to Break State in Order to Save It

December 18th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, barnett, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, modularity, national security, networks, OSINT, politics, public diplomacy, reform, soft power, state department, system administration, theory, whirledview | 22 comments

• Credit Where Credit is Due

March 9th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, feedback, futurism, IC, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, kent's imperative, military reform, national security, reader response, reform, robb, strategy | 1 comment