Archive for the 'scenario'

• Book Review: The Profession by Steven Pressfield

July 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 2011, 21st century, 4GW, authors, book, creativity, dystopia, empire, fiction, fun, futurism, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military contractor, myth, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, reading, roman empire, scenario, shlok, society, state failure, strategy, Tactics, tribes, USMC, war, warriors, Writing | 7 comments

• Guest Post: John R Hall: “Norway’s cultural Christian apocalyptic crusader?”

July 25th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, Apocalyptic, Charles Cameron, christianity, conservativism, culture, david ronfeldt, extremists, politics, propaganda, psychology, Religion, scenario, social science, society, synthesis, Uncategorized | 24 comments

• Now Reading….

July 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, fiction, futurism, gangs, ideas, insurgency, islamist, Latin America, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, reading, scenario, security, society, state failure, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, veterans, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Possible Shifts in AfPak

July 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, diplomacy, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, India, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, mob, pakistan, Patterns, politics, scenario, soviet union, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war | 13 comments

• Follow-Up on the “Astrategic” Discussion

June 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in Clausewitzian, cognition, counterintuitive, democracy, Epistemology, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, metacognition, national security, politics, psychology, scenario, social science, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, theory, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments