Archive for the 'culture'

• Still too Busy to Blog Properly….But Hey, Look What I’m Reading!

November 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, biography, book, capitalism, culture, economics, globalization, historians, history, horizontal thinking, howard bloom, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, nixon, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, rick perlstein, science, shia, social science, society, synthesis, Theology, vali nasr | 5 comments

• Analysis of the Hasan Slide Presentation: Cameron at SWJ

November 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Charles Cameron, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, dilegge, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, Perception, powerpoint, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, small wars journal, social science, swj blog, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory | 25 comments

• Herodotus Rising

November 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in ancient history, Archaeology, classics, culture, empire, historians, historiography, history, myth, war | 7 comments

• The Incredible Shrinking State Department must Evolve or Die

October 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, analytic, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Evolution, Failed State, federal budget, gap, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, leadership, national security, non-state actors, obama, organizations, politics, public diplomacy, reform, state department, state failure, strategy | 11 comments

• The Grand Failure of my Summer Reading List

October 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, attention, authors, book, cognition, culture, fun, historians, ideas, intellectuals, metacognition, reading | 13 comments