Archive for the 'theory'

• Guest Post: Of Weaponry and Flags

October 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, extremists, framing, hezbollah, horizontal thinking, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, meme, myth, networks, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, social science, synthesis, terrorism, theory | 2 comments

• Guest Post: A Hipbone Approach to Analysis

October 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, analogy, analytic, anthropology, brain, Charles Cameron, cognition, cognitive goods, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, Epistemology, framing, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, intellectuals, logic, metacognition, Perception, philosophy, psychology, Religion, social science, society, strategy, symmetry, synthesis, teaching, theory | 13 comments

• Guest Post: Shipman on Boyd and Beyond, 2010

October 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, book, Boyd 2010, business, Character, cognition, COIN, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, ideas, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, john boyd, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, Perception, psychology, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, theory, uncertainty | 9 comments

• Guest Post: Blip 01: Bin Laden the Avatar

October 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, horizontal thinking, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, propaganda, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, Viral, visualization | 4 comments

• Moral Decay and Civilizational Rebirth

October 13th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, ancient history, complex systems, complexity, culture, economics, government, history, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john robb, leadership, legitimacy, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, Republic, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, theory | 8 comments