Archive for the 'politics'

• Strategy, Power and Diffusion

November 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, asymmetric, china, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, DIME, economics, history, ideas, insurgency, logic, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, physics, politics, russia, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, van creveld, war, warriors, william lind, wwii | 22 comments

• New Book: The Rise of Siri by Shlok Vaidya

November 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Adaptability, authors, blog-friends, book, corporations, cultural intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, economics, fiction, fun, futurism, globalization, military contractor, national security, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, reading, resilience, security, shlok, society, state failure, tech, uncertainty | 2 comments

• A Tale of Two Victories and Two Falls

November 11th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, change, CIA, defense, democratic party, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, elections, foreign policy, government, IC, intelligence, Libya, military, national security, nixon, Patterns, politics, state department, Uncategorized | 25 comments

• The Republican Party: A Strategic View

November 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, conservativism, democracy, elections, extremists, philosophy, politics, republican party | 20 comments

• Book Review: Lords of the Sea by John R. Hale

November 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, Archaeology, authors, book, democracy, empire, greece, historians, history, military, military history, navy, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 2 comments