Archive for the 'security'

• Adaptive Thinking, Resilient Behavior

April 20th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, America, Blogroll, cognition, complexity, david ronfeldt, defense, education, Epistemology, freedom, freeplay, futurism, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, liberty, metacognition, national security, philosophy, psychology, resilience, risk, scenario, security, society, teaching, theory, uncertainty, vertical thinking | 5 comments

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• OTB Radio

April 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, geopolitics, glittering eye, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, media, military, national security, Outside the beltway, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, schuler, security, sic semper tyrannis, strategy, system administration, theory, war | 2 comments

• The Day of the Clausewitzians

April 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, Clausewitz Roundtable, defense, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, military, military history, philosophy, security, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, war | 3 comments

• More Thoughts on Mexico

April 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, immigration, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, JosephFouche, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, risk, security, society, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | 6 comments