Archive for the '21st century'

• The US Army Embraces “Crowdsourcing”

September 23rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, army, blogosphere, complexity, fun, futurism, government, historians, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, open-source, radical transparency, reform, small wars council, small wars journal, social networks, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 11 comments

• Guest Post: Iran or Afghanistan? The Black Flags of Khorasan…

September 17th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, analytic, anthropology, arab world, authors, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, foreign policy, ideas, intellectuals, iran, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, national security, non-state actors, psychology, Religion, shia, terrorism, Theology, theory, war, warriors | 14 comments

• Pipes on Russia, Barnett on Pipes

September 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, barnett, Communism, culture, economic determinism, empire, europe, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, putin, russia, siloviki, stalin, state building, state failure, strategy, theory, vladimir putin | 13 comments

• Big Pair of Stones Award, Take II

September 1st, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, defense, diplomacy, feedback, framing, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, leadership, military, military reform, mountainrunner, national security, organizations, propaganda, public diplomacy, strategy, theory, warriors, web 2.0 | 5 comments

• Social Media as a Paradigm Shift

August 29th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, cognitive goods, Collaboration, complexity, computers, connectivity, creativity, critt jarvis, culture, fun, ideas, innovation, markets, media, network theory, networks, Perception, psychology, revolution, social networks, society, tech, theory, web 2.0, youtube | 12 comments