Archive for the '21st century'

• Two Quite Reasonable Observations

March 8th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, defense, fabius maximus, foreign policy, futurism, global guerillas, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john robb, medici effect, military, military reform, national security, Opposed systems design, robb, theory, war | 8 comments

• OODA, 4GW and Obama vs. Clinton

March 5th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 2008, 21st century, 4GW, America, barack obama, dni, elections, hillary clinton, James Fallows, john boyd, john robb, strategy | Comments Off on OODA, 4GW and Obama vs. Clinton

• Some Important AFRICOMmentary

March 5th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, africa, America, army, Blogroll, COIN, defense, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, military, military reform, mountainrunner, national security, public diplomacy, state building, state failure, system administration, war | 2 comments

• Book Review: If We Can Keep It by Chet Richards

March 4th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, book, chet richards, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, dni, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, legitimacy, military, military reform, national security, security, strategy, theory, war | 3 comments

• On the Virtues and Vices of “Visualcy”

March 2nd, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, education, glittering eye, ideas, intelligence, logic, metacognition, psychology, synthesis, thoughts illustrated, visualization | 12 comments