Archive for the 'john robb'

• More Thoughts on Mexico

April 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, immigration, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, JosephFouche, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, risk, security, society, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | 6 comments

• Freedom(TM) by Suarez

March 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, Collaboration, complex systems, connectivity, culture, cyberpunk, Cyberwar, Failed State, fiction, fun, futurism, ideas, john robb, networks, reading, resilience, science fiction, shlok, social networks, society, web 2.0 | 3 comments

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part II.

March 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, john robb, kilcullen, Kuomintang, Mao ZeDong, mideast, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, robb, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism | 9 comments

• Even a Dancing Fool Can be a Leader

March 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in attention, brain, cognition, complex systems, counterintuitive, culture, framing, freeplay, fun, global guerillas, humor, ideas, insight, john robb, leadership, metacognition, mob, music, network theory, networks, Perception, psychology, social networks, society, soft power, theory, web 2.0, youtube | 11 comments

• Robb Throws Down the Gauntlet

January 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, culture, Evolution, Failed State, futurism, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, leadership, legitimacy, market states, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Oligarchy, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, reform, resilience, robb, security, social networks, society, strategy, superempowered individuals, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama | 9 comments