Archive for the '21st century'

• Justice, Coercion, Legitimacy, State-Building and Afghanistan

January 17th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, economics, Failed State, government, history, ideas, islamic world, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, security, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Wishcraft as Statecraft a.k.a The “And a Pony!” Doctrine

January 11th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, America, analytic, Character, counterintuitive, democracy, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, organizations, Perception, rambling, Republic, strategy, Strategy and War | 6 comments

• New Books…..

December 31st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, authors, book, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fiction, foreign policy, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, national security, reading | 9 comments

• The Networks of Nations

December 28th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, culture, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, network theory, politics, social networks, social science, strategy | 3 comments

• Going 3D

December 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, computers, economics, ideas, innovation, revolution, Robert Paterson, science, society, tech | 2 comments