Archive for the 'theory'

• The Sociobiological Origins of Beauty

March 6th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, anthropology, attention, brain, cognition, cultural intelligence, culture, Evolution, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, Perception, philosophy, Prehistoric, psychology, science, social science, society, sociobiology, synthesis, TED, theory | Comments Off on The Sociobiological Origins of Beauty

• Guest Post: DARPA, STORyNet and the Fate of the War by J. Scott Shipman

March 2nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, analogy, analytic, cognition, cognitive goods, Collaboration, counterinsurgency, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, Epistemology, extremists, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military intelligence, myth, non-state actors, organizations, OSINT, Perception, primary loyalties, priming, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, Religion, scenario, social science, synthesis, Tactics, Theology, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 11 comments

• A HipBone approach to analysis VI: from Cairo to Bach

February 28th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, arab world, authors, Charles Cameron, christianity, cognition, complexity, consilience, creativity, cultural intelligence, fiction, foreign policy, framing, geopolitics, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, islamic world, metacognition, music, myth, national security, psychology, recommended viewing, resilience, synthesis, theory, Tolkien, Uncategorized | 4 comments

• Farrall in Foreign Affairs:How al Qaida Works

February 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, globalguerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john robb, military intelligence, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, war | 6 comments

• Gene Sharp

February 21st, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in arab world, Charles Cameron, CIA, defense, democracy, dictator, framing, freedom, geopolitics, harvard, historians, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, meme, recommended reading, strategist, strategy, Tactics, theory | 7 comments