Archive for the 'connectivity'

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• Creativity in the IC – Or the Lack of It

March 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, art hutchinson, bias, CIA, cognition, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, Epistemology, framing, futurism, government, horizontal thinking, IC, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, medici effect, metacognition, military intelligence, national security, Perception, psychology, scenario, social science, society, synthesis, theory | 6 comments

• Freedom(TM) by Suarez

March 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, Collaboration, complex systems, connectivity, culture, cyberpunk, Cyberwar, Failed State, fiction, fun, futurism, ideas, john robb, networks, reading, resilience, science fiction, shlok, social networks, society, web 2.0 | 3 comments

• Arquilla on the New Rules of War

February 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, army, authors, Cebrowski, complex systems, connectivity, david ronfeldt, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, hierarchy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john arquilla, military, military reform, national security, navy, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robotics, social networks, theory, war | 6 comments

• Books For a Near Future Review

January 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, authors, book, business, capitalism, complex systems, complexity, computers, connectivity, corporations, criminals, Cyberwar, economics, government, IC, ideas, IntelFusion, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, national security, networks, non-state actors, OSINT, reading, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, virtual states, war, web 2.0 | 9 comments