Archive for the 'anthropology'

• Guest Post: Mexico, Africa, Zarqawi?

October 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, africa, al qaida, analytic, anthropology, Charles Cameron, christianity, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, dystopia, emotion, extremists, gangs, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, Mexico, myth, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, youtube | 5 comments

• Guest Post: A Hipbone Approach to Analysis

October 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, analogy, analytic, anthropology, brain, Charles Cameron, cognition, cognitive goods, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, Epistemology, framing, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, intellectuals, logic, metacognition, Perception, philosophy, psychology, Religion, social science, society, strategy, symmetry, synthesis, teaching, theory | 13 comments

• The Strategist as Demiurge

August 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, anthropology, cognition, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, education, Epistemology, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, psychology, small wars journal, social science, SSI, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, teaching, theory, vertical thinking, war | 10 comments

• Religions of the Chaos Lords

May 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, anthropology, cultural intelligence, culture, dystopia, Evolution, extremists, futurism, gangs, gap, global guerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, mob, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, society, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, warriors | 7 comments

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments