Archive for the 'military contractor'

• Guest Post: Duncan Hunter and Human Terrain System by Turner

February 14th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, anthropology, COIN, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, expertise, guest post, Human Terrain System, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, military contractor, military training & education, national security, organizations, politics, Questions, social science, state department, state failure | 9 comments

• DEF 2015 – the People and the Ideas are the Magic

November 10th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 2015, 21st century, culture, DEF, DEF 2015, DEF2015, defense, fun, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, leadership, military, military contractor, military professionalism, military reform | 4 comments

• Military Reform through Education

October 20th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 2015, 21st century, Adaptability, blog-friends, cognition, Collaboration, contemplative, critical thinking, culture, education, Epistemology, expertise, games, government, ideas, insight, intellectuals, metacognition, military, military contractor, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, philosophy, psychology, stratagems, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, tempo, theory, vandergriff | Comments Off on Military Reform through Education

• We’re a legacy industry in a world of start-up competitors

August 26th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 2015, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, Alawis, America, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, asymmetric, blindspots, caliph, CENTCOM, Charles Cameron, computers, corruption, cultural intelligence, culture, cve, DARPA, daveed gartenstein-ross, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, drones, ecology, economics, ecosystem, education, egypt, elections, empire, extremists, Failed State, foreign language, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, global warming, globalization, government, Hamas, hezbollah, history, husain haqqani, India, indigenous, innovation, intervention, iran, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Israel, jordan, kurdistan, Lebanon, legitimacy, map, maps of war, maqdisi, mb / ikhwan, mideast, military, military contractor, mystery, national security, non-state actors, organizations, palestine, peace, recommended viewing, Religion, saudi arabia, sectarian, secular, sharia, shia, slavery, state failure, strategy, sufi, sunni, terrorism, tribes, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, wahhab, water & water wars, web 2.0, westphalia, women, wwi, yazidi / yezidi | 2 comments

• How to Lose a War: A Primer

July 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 21st century, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, dystopia, Failed State, fisking, government, humor, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, military, military contractor, military history, military intelligence, military reform, military training & education, politics, rambling, satire, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, veterans, war, warriors | 49 comments