RECOMMENDED READING
Chirol – ” What Kind of Multilateralism?”
Chicago Boyz – Shannon – “Stateless Actors: Myths of 4G Warfare Part I“
Danger Room – “Pentagon Plots Digital “Crystal Ball” to “See the Future” in Battle“
Hat tip to Sean. This one will give everyone at DNI a ” don’t know whether to laugh or cry” moment.
Hey look…a lightning gun ! I want one! (hat tip Danger Room)
RECOMMENDED READING
A (mostly) dual post edition:
Top Billing!: Dan of tdaxp – “Brave New War, Part I: The Future of War is Now” and “Review of “Before the Dawn” by Nicholas Wade“
The Strategist – ““Suppose we were an influence?” and “Do We Need Leaders Who Are Sunny Optimists?“
Simulated Laughter – “Fever Dream” and “Media As “Threat”
Rough Type – “The YouTube elite” and “Stabbing Polonius“
Done With Mirrors – “Do Us A Favor And Quit Already” and “After Iraq: Kurdish Option“
Soob – “Reflections on a Brave New World“
Recommended Viewing:
Conversations with History, featuring Andrew J. Bacevich
(I’m not frequently in agreement with Bacevich but he’s an influencer)
RECOMMENDED READING
TOP BILLING!: John Hagel – “Blindness to the Deep Structures of Globalization” ( h/t to John)
“Our business institutions over the past centuries have focused on scaling push programs. Toyota and other pioneers of lean manufacturing “pull” systems have more recently begun to pursue limited pull approaches among a limited number of business partners. The next wave of innovation will focus on the development and deployment of pull platforms across a very large number of institutions. These pull platforms will not only transform business institutions, but other forms of institutions as well.
Traditional educational institutions represent classic examples of push programs. We project far in advance what students should learn and then develop curricula and programs to push that knowledge at the appropriate time. Just like the push programs in business, that model is now coming apart at the seams.”
Juice Analytics – ““Business Intelligence isn’t a technical problem, it’s a social problem”
Thomas P.M. Barnett – “The side I’ve always been on“
SWJ Blog – “COIN: The Ability and Willingness to Adapt“
Kent’s Imperative -“Public debate of intelligence issues“
LTC. Rick Francona -“Memo to Tehran: Give it up! “
Aqoul – “Collier Theodorich Lounsbury: The unofficial biography“
For those familiar with Col and his distinctive online personality, amusing.
Crossroads Arabia -“WaPo on Saudi Arabia’s Independent Foreign Policy
Recommended Viewing:
Victor Davis Hanson interview at Conversations with History.
That’s it!
RECOMMENDED READING
No theme today I’m afraid, except perhaps eclecticism:
Dave Schuler -“Greece and Mesopotamia: Origins of Greek Thought“
The SWJ Blog -“The Four Phases of the U.S. COIN Effort in Iraq“
Dan of tdaxp -“Short Review of “300“
Steve DeAngelis -“Web 3.0 Still Advancing — Even if People Don’t Know What to Call It“
Kent Center – “Rethinking Alternative Analysis to Address Transnational Threats“
SEED – “Scientific Method:Relationships Among Scientific Paradigms“
New Twist: A “Recommended Viewing” – “Conversations with history: Islamic Societies with Ira Lapidus“
“Conversations with history:The Pentagon’s New Map with Thomas P.M. Barnett“
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