Archive for the 'America'

• Of swastikas, meanders and the mapping of complexity

May 16th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in America, Buddhism, Charles Cameron, complexity, conspiracy, Geography, greece, map, nazis, symbolism, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Of swastikas, meanders and the mapping of complexity

• Book Review: The Hunt for KSM

May 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 9/11, al qaida, America, authors, bin laden, book, CIA, criminals, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, IC, illegal combatants, intelligence, international law, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, media, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, planes, politics, reading, security, superempowered individuals, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 2 comments

• Ullman’s Strategic Revolution?

May 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, America, analytic, Cebrowski, connectivity, DIME, dni, fisking, geopolitics, globalization, government, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, revolution, risk, security, social science, society, soviet union, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command—currently reading

April 24th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 19th century, Alfred Thayer Mahan, America, blogosphere, Clausewitzian, cognition, Collaboration, complex systems, Epistemology, J. Scott Shipman, Patterns, reading, recommended reading, strategy, Strategy and War, vertical thinking | 3 comments

• 2012 USAWC Strategy Conference on Youtube Part II.

April 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, academia, America, army, debate, defense, deterrence, DIME, economic determinism, economics, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, politics, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | Comments Off on 2012 USAWC Strategy Conference on Youtube Part II.