Archive for the '4GW'

• Galula and the Maoist Model

November 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, chiang kai-shek, classics, COIN, Communism, counterinsurgency, defense, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, politics, primary loyalties, revolution, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 13 comments

• John Seely Brown: “The Power of Pull”

November 1st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, cognition, complex systems, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, education, Epistemology, futurism, hagel, hierarchy, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, networks, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, public school, social networks, social science, society, soft power, theory | Comments Off on John Seely Brown: “The Power of Pull”

• Kilcullen

October 30th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, intellectuals, kilcullen, media, military, swj blog, war, youtube | Comments Off on Kilcullen

• Guest Post: Mexico, Africa, Zarqawi?

October 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, africa, al qaida, analytic, anthropology, Charles Cameron, christianity, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, dystopia, emotion, extremists, gangs, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, Mexico, myth, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, youtube | 5 comments

• Guest Post: The United States of Islam

October 26th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analogy, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, disinformation, emotion, extremists, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, non-state actors, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology | Comments Off on Guest Post: The United States of Islam