Archive for the 'state failure'

• An Unquiet Riot

August 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, democracy, dictator, dystopia, freedom, Human Rights, ideas, intellectuals, non-state actors, Perception, politics, putin, Religion, russia, state failure, strategy | 22 comments

• State Failure is the Child of Oligarchy

August 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, culture, dystopia, economic determinism, economics, Evolution, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, social science, society, state failure, theory | 1 comment

• Warlords Revisited

July 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, book, criminals, culture, dystopia, Failed State, fiction, history, military, military history, myth, reading, society, state failure, steven pressfield, story, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 6 comments

• 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

• Book Review: Thucydides:The Reinvention of History by Donald Kagan

July 5th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, ancient history, authors, bias, book, counterintuitive, culture, democracy, empire, greece, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, military history, reading, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments