Archive for the 'ideas'

• Book Review: Architect of Global Jihad by Brynjar Lia

August 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, authors, book, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, social science, strategist, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory | 30 comments

• The OODA of Fouche

August 17th, 2011 by zen

Posted in cognition, ideas, intellectuals, john boyd, JosephFouche, metacognition, theory | 10 comments

• The Debate over the Influence and Extent of “Realism”

August 16th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, blogosphere, Blogroll, Collaboration, connectivity, conspiracy, democracy, dictator, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IR, legitimacy, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, Perception, philosophy, politics, scenario, social networks, social science, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Tactics, theory | 20 comments

• New Book: Storming the World Stage by Stephen Tankel

August 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, book, CNAS, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, primary loyalties, social science, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism | 4 comments

• One thing leads to an unexpected other

August 13th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analytic, black swans, Charles Cameron, CIA, cognition, connectivity, counterintuitive, creativity, cultural intelligence, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, metacognition, myth, OSINT, Patterns, Perception, psychology, social networks, synthesis, Uncategorized | 32 comments