Archive for the 'intellectuals'

• Metz on the Afghan Surge

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• Schippert on COIN as an Exit not a Strategy

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, networks, non-state actors, obama, periodicals, primary loyalties, social networks, strategy, Strategy and War, threatswatch, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Brief Metacognition

December 1st, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, brain, cognition, cognitive goods, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, education, Epistemology, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, logic, metacognition, psychology, social science, teaching, theory | 7 comments

• Guest Post: The Duel of Ali ibn Abu Talib with Amru ibn Abd Wudd

November 30th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory | 13 comments

• “You are formally charged with War Game Crimes and with Playing Games against Humanity…”

November 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, criminals, extremists, games, Human Rights, illegal combatants, intellectuals, legal, non-state actors, politics, rule-sets, war | 8 comments