Archive for the 'diplomatic history'

• Announcement: “Legacies of the Manhattan Project” May 12-13

May 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, cold war, Communism, complex systems, complexity, deterrence, diplomatic history, foreign policy, game theory, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, physics, politics, public diplomacy, rofer, russia, scenario, science, security, social science, soviet union, stalin, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, think tanks, totalitarianism, truman, twitter, uncertainty, war, wwii | 2 comments

• History Will Judge Only if We Ask the Right Questions

April 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, politics, Questions, security, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 8 comments

• The End and Ends

March 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, deterrence, dictator, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, iran, logic, mideast, military, military history, national security, nazis, nuclear, risk, scenario, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, totalitarianism, war | 5 comments

• More on Gaddis and Kennan

February 21st, 2012 by zen

Posted in blogosphere, book, cold war, diplomatic history, foreign policy, gaddis, historians, historiography, reading | Comments Off on More on Gaddis and Kennan

• Syria, Iran and the Risks of Tactical Geopolitics

February 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, china, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, international law, iran, islamic world, leadership, Libya, military, national security, politics, public diplomacy, R2P, russia, society, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, the atlantic, theory, war | 21 comments