Archive for the 'politics'

• Here we are again at the intersection of religion and politics

April 23rd, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, Doublequotes, Islam, islamic world, islamist, politics, recommended reading, Religion, Uncategorized | 4 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

• On Socrates and his Legacy, Part II: Stone, Socrates and Religion

March 26th, 2013 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, atheists, authors, book, christianity, cultural intelligence, culture, democracy, historians, history, humanities, ideas, intellectuals, myth, nuance / subtlety, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, symbolism, theory | 5 comments

• Tyrannicide and the Lost Republic

March 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in analytic, ancient history, blogging, blogosphere, dictator, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, legal, legitimacy, politics, roman empire, sic semper tyrannis, state failure, terrorism, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• Sixty Years after Stalin

March 6th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Communism, criminals, dictator, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, politics, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments