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….This study argues that when political leaders chose to reduce their nation’s military force structure, they may face conflicts beyond their anticipated scope and duration. Such decision- makers are left with no choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of PMCs resulting in the increased use of PMCs as a deliberate tool of foreign policy. Using “supply-demand” theory as the theoretical approach, this dissertation built upon the three key influences emphasized first by Singer (2003) and then by others: the decreasing supply of national troops, decreasing national defense budgets, and the rising demand from global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies.
The Creativity Post –How Geniuses Think | The Creativity Post
National Defense Magazine –Too Much Information, Not Enough Intelligence
Nick Carr –A debate on the substance of nothing
Ribbonfarm –Can Hydras Eat Unknown-Unknowns for Lunch?
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@shooteyeout:
May 2nd, 2012 at 4:36 pm
The internet changes everything.Why read Clauswitz when I can look up 100 different points of view on the same thing and have a computer sort them according to probability? Can I use Zen as part of that? 😉
We are learning about what the brain is now. It is not a fixed design that works one way. It changes all the time throughout our lives. There are physical changes in the brain of people that use the internet compared to those who do not. The brain is plastic.
War and military is a concept, a way of thinking. It may be based on ancient hard wired emotional instincts buried in the brain by evolution, but the cognitive analysis on top of that is only a way of processing information – and that processing is extended far beyond just one person or just one leader now. Militaries can no longer control the information that soldiers get realtime. The soldier has the political analysis of his actions on his smartphone now. He/she talks by video conferencing via things like Skype to his/her family all the time. Soldiers today think differently than in 1945 or 1975 or 1985, reading 18th century philosphers is something for entertainment and a class in collage about how brains thought 300 years ago in different times.