Archive for the '21st century'

• Hoover on Charles Hill and Hill on Grand Strategy

November 8th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, literature, myth, national security, politics, reading, revolution, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, teaching, theory | 5 comments

• Beware of Greeks Spurning Gifts…..

November 2nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, capitalism, connectivity, diplomacy, dystopia, economic determinism, economics, europe, Evolution, Failed State, geopolitics, globalization, government, Oligarchy, organizations, reform, state failure | 15 comments

• Observations from the Pointy-End

October 31st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, blogging, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, ideas, insurgency, military, Perception, security, Tactics, terrain, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Myth of British Counterinsurgency?

October 30th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, army, britain, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, myth, Perception, reform, SSI, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, war | 3 comments

• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a review

October 27th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 2011, 21st century, biography, computers, creativity, globalization, ideas, innovation, J. Scott Shipman, markets, media, music, Patterns, reading, recommended reading, strategy, Uncategorized | 9 comments