Archive for the 'politics'

• Elkus on Policy Relevance

February 18th, 2013 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, CNAS, debate, government, ideas, intellectuals, national security, politics, social science, society, theory | Comments Off on Elkus on Policy Relevance

• On Socrates and His Legacy, Part I.

February 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, book, culture, debate, democracy, extremists, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, myth, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, question, reading, Uncategorized | 7 comments

• The White Paper and its Critics

February 11th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, academia, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, counterterrorism, debate, defense, democracy, drones, foreign policy, framing, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, law enforcement, legal, legitimacy, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, SCOTUS, security, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 14 comments

• “Sin, Death, and Hell have set their Marks on Him”

February 5th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, academia, anglo-saxons, anglosphere, britain, culture, history, leadership, legitimacy, military history, politics, state building, war, warriors | 7 comments

• America the Home of the Brave?

February 3rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, 9/11, academia, defense, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, Oligarchy, Patterns, Perception, politics, society, state failure, war, warriors | 24 comments