Archive for the 'theory'

• Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

May 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, arab world, authors, blogosphere, Blogroll, book, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, historians, historiography, history, insurgency, intellectuals, IR, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military, military contractor, military reform, national security, reading, Religion, shia, social science, state failure, Theology, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

• Tweaking Cascio’s Futurist Bibliography

April 30th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, cognition, consilience, counterintuitive, culture, fast company, fun, futurism, historians, ideas, intellectuals, Perception, science, science fiction, social science, society, theory, uncertainty | 9 comments

• Van Creveld – Keynote Address at Strategy Conference

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, education, futurism, government, historians, ideas, legal, legitimacy, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, society, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 5 comments

• Nagl – Radical Reform for Teaching Strategy?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 9/11, academia, America, ancient history, CNAS, cognition, COIN, Collaboration, complexity, connectivity, counterinsurgency, creativity, education, Epistemology, futurism, globalization, government, history, ideas, innovation, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, media, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, public diplomacy, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, teaching, tech, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | Comments Off on Nagl – Radical Reform for Teaching Strategy?

• Bacevich – How Do we Know When War is Over?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Clausewitzian, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, mideast, military, military history, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments