Archive for the 'reform'

• The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

June 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, defense, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, leadership, military, military reform, national security, nuclear, obama, Perception, politics, putin, R2P, reform, rule-sets, russia, security, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, uncertainty, vladimir putin, war | Comments Off on The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

• Boyd & Beyond 2012

May 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 4GW, 5GW, academia, Air Force, army, asymmetric, authors, blog-friends, Boyd 2012, cognition, horizontal thinking, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john boyd, leadership, legitimacy, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, networks, Perception, philosophy, psychology, reform, resilience, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

May 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, army, asymmetric, COIN, counterinsurgency, debate, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, pakistan, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

• Educating Divided Minds for an Illiberal State

May 4th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, analytic, cognition, conservativism, consilience, culture, education, Epistemology, extremists, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, metacognition, national security, Oligarchy, Patterns, philosophy, politics, public school, reform, republican party, scenario, science, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, teaching, theory, totalitarianism | 15 comments

• Before Disruption….Thinking

April 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Adaptability, analytic, blogosphere, brain, cognition, Collaboration, connectivity, consilience, cooperation, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture, education, Epistemology, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, psychology, reform, rethinking thinking, small wars journal, social science, society, strategy, swj blog, synthesis, teaching, theory, Uncategorized, vertical thinking | 16 comments