Archive for the 'theory'

• Wass de Czege on Irregular Warfare and the Writing of Doctrine

July 8th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, army, cognition, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, swj blog, theory, war | Comments Off on Wass de Czege on Irregular Warfare and the Writing of Doctrine

• Nerds of Jihad and the Virtual Worlds Evolution

July 1st, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, attention, cognition, complex systems, culture, extremists, foreign policy, futurism, IO, islamist, john boyd, legitimacy, media, meme, national security, networks, non-state actors, psychology, security, social networks, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, theory, ubiwar, war, web 2.0 | 2 comments

• When 4GW Forces Weigh Becoming a State

June 26th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Cyberwar, ideas, insurgency, islamist, legitimacy, lind, networks, non-state actors, primary loyalties, state building, strategy, terrorism, theory, virtual states, william lind | 3 comments

• Is Creativity a Social Product ?

June 25th, 2008 by zen

Posted in cluetrain manifesto, creativity, howard gardner, insight, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, psychology, tdaxp, theory | 8 comments

• “In the twenty-first century, wars are not won when the enemy army is defeated on the battlefield”

June 21st, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, john nagl, legitimacy, military reform, national security, security, society, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, swj blog, system administration, theory, van creveld | 20 comments