Archive for the 'ideas'

• 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

• A note about nodes

March 5th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, Charles Cameron, CIA, cognition, complex systems, computers, cultural intelligence, extremists, graphical thinking, Hipbone Analysis, ideas, intelligence, maps of war, model, network theory, Patterns, psychology, Specs, terrorism, thoughts illustrated, Uncategorized, visualization | 1 comment

• A Wound That Does Not Cease to Bleed: The War in Vietnam

February 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, cold war, Communism, counterinsurgency, debate, gian gentile, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, military history, Perception, politics, reading, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 3 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

• New Book Review up at PRAGATI: George F. Kennan: an American Life

February 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in authors, book, cold war, diplomacy, geopolitics, george kennan, historians, historiography, history, ideas, India, intellectuals, national security, politics, Pragati, public diplomacy, soviet union, state department, strategist, strategy | 4 comments