Archive for the '21st century'

• Book Mini-Review: Makers: the New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson

February 13th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3-D Printing, authors, book, business, change, cognitive goods, computers, connectivity, cooperation, corporations, culture, economic determinism, economics, freedom, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, reading, revolution, society, Stigmergy, stochastic, tech, theory, web 2.0, wired | 1 comment

• The White Paper and its Critics

February 11th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, academia, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, counterterrorism, debate, defense, democracy, drones, foreign policy, framing, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, law enforcement, legal, legitimacy, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, SCOTUS, security, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 14 comments

• America the Home of the Brave?

February 3rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, 9/11, academia, defense, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, Oligarchy, Patterns, Perception, politics, society, state failure, war, warriors | 24 comments

• US Foreign Policy, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

January 30th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20th century, 21st century, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, blowback, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, david ronfeldt, deception, democracy, dictator, diplomacy, egypt, elections, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, IC, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, morsi, national security, non-state actors, obama, Perception, politics, protest, Questions, R2P, radicalization, Religion, revolution, risk, state department, state failure, strategy, sunni, syria, terrorism | 8 comments

• “Sustaining” your Way to Serfdom as a Grand Strategy

January 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, change, Creepy-state, democracy, dystopia, economics, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, freedom, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, logic, national security, Oligarchy, politics, protest, reform, society, state failure, strategy, theory, think tanks, threat | 25 comments