Archive for the '21st century'

• Bacevich – How Do we Know When War is Over?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Clausewitzian, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, mideast, military, military history, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Hammes – Who Participates in War?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, government, hammes, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, primary loyalties, security, social networks, society, soft power, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Hammes – Who Participates in War?

• Epistemology is More Important than Politics

April 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, bias, cognition, culture, dystopia, economics, education, emotion, Epistemology, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, logic, metacognition, Perception, personal, philosophy, politics, psychology, recommended viewing, science, social science, society, theory | 13 comments

• Thought Experiment

April 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, culture, democracy, dystopia, economics, education, Evolution, feedback, fun, futurism, government, hierarchy, humor, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, legitimacy, Liberalism, logic, networks, Oligarchy, politics, reform, Republic, scenario, social networks, society, theory | 39 comments

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments