Archive for the 'national security'

• Government by Assassination

March 7th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 5GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, history, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, state failure, state terrorism, terrorism | 8 comments

• A HipBone approach to analysis VI: from Cairo to Bach

February 28th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, arab world, authors, Charles Cameron, christianity, cognition, complexity, consilience, creativity, cultural intelligence, fiction, foreign policy, framing, geopolitics, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, islamic world, metacognition, music, myth, national security, psychology, recommended viewing, resilience, synthesis, theory, Tolkien, Uncategorized | 4 comments

• A HipBone approach to analysis V: DARPA and storytelling

February 27th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, Charles Cameron, complexity, creativity, cultural intelligence, fiction, framing, geopolitics, horizontal thinking, innovation, insight, myth, national security, Perception, psychology, synthesis, tufte, visualization | 2 comments

• Farrall in Foreign Affairs:How al Qaida Works

February 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, globalguerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john robb, military intelligence, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, war | 6 comments

• Wikistrat: Barnett on US National Military Strategy

February 23rd, 2011 by zen

Posted in barnett, defense, DIME, Geography, geopolitics, government, ideas, military, national security, nixon, strategist, strategy, Wikistrat | Comments Off on Wikistrat: Barnett on US National Military Strategy