Archive for the 'theory'

• Two Cheers for the State?

December 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in A.E., analytic, blog-friends, blogosphere, Failed State, government, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, IR, markets, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, revolution, security, social networks, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, uncertainty, war | 10 comments

• Point and Counterpoint in Defining Warfare II.

December 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, blogosphere, classics, Clausewitzian, complexity, contemplative, counterpoint, debate, defense, definitions, Epistemology, feedback, fisking, globalization, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, military history, philosophy, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 8 comments

• Point and Counterpoint on Defining War

December 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, blogosphere, Clausewitzian, counterpoint, critical thinking, foreign policy, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Congratulations!!

December 4th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Adaptability, America, analytic, authors, blog-friends, book, chicago boyz, conservativism, contemplative, creativity, critical thinking, culture, democracy, freedom, futurism, government, historiography, history, ideas, innovation, insight, intellectuals, leadership, legitimacy, lexington green, liberty, Patterns, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, reform, republican party, resilience, revolution, security, social science, society, strategy, symbolism, synthesis, theory, uncertainty, Writing | 2 comments

• The Sounds of Silence and Your Own Mind

November 27th, 2012 by zen

Posted in analytic, attention, brain, cognition, counterintuitive, creativity, emotion, ideas, innovation, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, J. Scott Shipman, lexington green, paradox, Perception, psychology, rambling, science, social science, society, synthesis, theory, Zen | 8 comments