July 11th, 2016 by J.ScottShipman
Posted in 20th century, 21st century, abstraction, academia, analogy, anglosphere, art, authors, book, cognition, complexity, consilience, creativity, critical thinking, Design, diplomacy, emergence, europe, foreign policy, history, ideas, illegal combatants, imagination, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, interdisciplinary, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, language, linguistics, literature, magic, memory, metaphor, military professionalism, Patterns, Perception, philosophy, poetry, recommended reading, russia, strategy, synthesis, uncertainty, visualization, weapons of mass destruction, wwii | 8 comments
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
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
January 23rd, 2015 by zen
Posted in Cyberwar, fun, futurism, IC, ideas, imaginal, innovation, internet, revolution, science, tech | 2 comments