Archive for the 'social science'

• Cameron on Conflict of Commands – A Guest Post Series

March 10th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 5GW, academia, analytic, army, Charles Cameron, cognition, cultural intelligence, culture, Epistemology, extremists, framing, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, logic, meme, metacognition, military, myth, national security, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory | 8 comments

• Mackinlay’s Insurgent Archipelago & Other Books

March 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, gian gentile, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, mao, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Nimble Books, non-state actors, security, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Cultivating “High Conceptual Thinkers”

March 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, brain, cognition, consilience, creativity, e.o.wilson, education, eide, Epistemology, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, psychology, social science, society, synthesis, teaching | 21 comments

• Cascio on the Utility of Futurism

March 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in black swans, brain, cognition, counterintuitive, creativity, fast company, framing, freeplay, futurism, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, psychology, science fiction, social science, society, synthesis, theory | 3 comments

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part I.

February 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, mideast, military, military reform, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, politics, social networks, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments