Archive for the 'military'

• New Book: American Spartan by Ann Scott Tyson

March 11th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, ideas, leadership, military, networks, non-state actors, steven pressfield, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 13 comments

• Lind on “the Navy’s Intellectual Seppuku”

February 22nd, 2014 by zen

Posted in Adaptability, analytic, cognition, complex systems, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, education, government, hierarchy, humanities, ideas, leadership, lind, military, navy, resilience, science, STEM, systems thinking, warriors | 5 comments

• Pavers of Roads with Good Intentions: R2P Debate Rising Part II.

February 18th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, abstraction, academia, blogosphere, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, national security, negotiation, politics, R2P, security, state failure, theory, UN, united nations, war | 6 comments

• Adding to the Bookpile

February 9th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 9/11, academia, al qaida, authors, book, contemplative, cultural intelligence, culture, diplomatic history, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, Germany, government, historians, historiography, history, hitler, Human Rights, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, islamist, japan, military, military history, Morality, Musings, nazis, nuance / subtlety, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | Comments Off on Adding to the Bookpile

• R2P Debate Rising ( Part I.)

February 7th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, blogosphere, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, IR, legal, legitimacy, military, national security, politics, R2P, state failure, strategy, theory, UN, united nations, war | 11 comments