Archive for the 'legitimacy'

• It Seems the Oligarchs Distrust their own Creepy-state

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 21st century, 5GW, America, analytic, conspiracy, Creepy-state, criminals, Cyberwar, democracy, dystopia, government, IC, intelligence, legitimacy, national security, Oligarchy, politics, Republic, security, society, state failure | 2 comments

• Boyd & Beyond 2012

May 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 4GW, 5GW, academia, Air Force, army, asymmetric, authors, blog-friends, Boyd 2012, cognition, horizontal thinking, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john boyd, leadership, legitimacy, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, networks, Perception, philosophy, psychology, reform, resilience, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 2 comments

• The Era of the Creepy-State is Here

March 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, corporations, criminals, culture, democracy, democratic party, dystopia, elections, extremists, Failed State, futurism, government, ideas, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, obama, Oligarchy, Patterns, Perception, politics, rambling, reform, Republic, republican party, rule-sets, scenario, society, state failure, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 33 comments

• 4GW and Legitimacy at SWJ

February 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 4GW, academia, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, william lind | 11 comments

• Justice, Coercion, Legitimacy, State-Building and Afghanistan

January 17th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, economics, Failed State, government, history, ideas, islamic world, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, security, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments