Archive for the 'uncertainty'

• Two Cheers for the State?

December 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in A.E., analytic, blog-friends, blogosphere, Failed State, government, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, IR, markets, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, revolution, security, social networks, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, uncertainty, war | 10 comments

• Congratulations!!

December 4th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Adaptability, America, analytic, authors, blog-friends, book, chicago boyz, conservativism, contemplative, creativity, critical thinking, culture, democracy, freedom, futurism, government, historiography, history, ideas, innovation, insight, intellectuals, leadership, legitimacy, lexington green, liberty, Patterns, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, reform, republican party, resilience, revolution, security, social science, society, strategy, symbolism, synthesis, theory, uncertainty, Writing | 2 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

• The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

June 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, defense, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, leadership, military, military reform, national security, nuclear, obama, Perception, politics, putin, R2P, reform, rule-sets, russia, security, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, uncertainty, vladimir putin, war | Comments Off on The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

• When Does Conflict Become “War”?

May 22nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, classics, Clausewitzian, cognition, complex systems, culture, economics, Epistemology, Evolution, framing, genocide, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, literature, logic, military, military history, Musings, non-state actors, Oligarchy, Patterns, peace, Perception, philosophy, primary loyalties, Questions, risk, security, social science, society, sociobiology, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, uncertainty, war, warriors | 10 comments