Archive for the 'security'

• “Optimizing the Potential of Special Forces”

July 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, army, COIN, Communism, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, cultural intelligence, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, geopolitics, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, military, military professionalism, military reform, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, security, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 18 comments

• For the Fourth of July: The Once and Future Republic?

July 4th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, America, analytic, computers, Creepy-state, Cyberwar, democracy, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, government, IC, internet, legal, legitimacy, national security, politics, Republic, security, society, state failure, totalitarianism | 25 comments

• New Book: America 3.0 is Now Launched!

May 21st, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, anglosphere, anthropology, authors, barone, blog-friends, blogosphere, book, britain, business, capitalism, change, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, democracy, economics, education, Evolution, fiscal conservatism, foreign policy, futurism, globalization, government, historiography, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, justice, leadership, legitimacy, lexington green, military, military reform, national debt, national security, politics, reading, reform, Republic, resilience, rule-sets, science, security, social science, social services, society, strategy, synthesis, theory, Writing | 9 comments

• The Boston Bombers and Superempowerment

May 1st, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2013, 21st century, counterintuitive, counterterrorism, definitions, economics, extremists, freedom, glittering eye, government, ideas, islamist, law enforcement, national security, non-state actors, politics, risk, schuler, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory | 24 comments

• Octavian Manea interviews MIT’s Roger D. Peterson

April 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, America, analytic, classics, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military training & education, Musings, non-state actors, politics, psychology, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, tribes, uncertainty, war, warriors | 8 comments