Archive for the 'America'

• The Hunt for KSM

March 15th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, authors, book, CIA, extremists, FBI, government, IC, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, khalid sheikh mohammed, national security, reading, state failure, state terrorism, Taliban, terrorism | 5 comments

• One quick illustrated quote from Secretary Clinton

March 14th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 21st century, America, Charles Cameron, china, cognition, complex systems, culture, diplomacy, framing, games, government, graphical thinking, hillary clinton, insight, koan, map, psychology, rethinking thinking, Uncategorized | Comments Off on One quick illustrated quote from Secretary Clinton

• The End and Ends

March 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, deterrence, dictator, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, iran, logic, mideast, military, military history, national security, nazis, nuclear, risk, scenario, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, totalitarianism, war | 5 comments

• The Era of the Creepy-State is Here

March 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, corporations, criminals, culture, democracy, democratic party, dystopia, elections, extremists, Failed State, futurism, government, ideas, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, obama, Oligarchy, Patterns, Perception, politics, rambling, reform, Republic, republican party, rule-sets, scenario, society, state failure, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 33 comments

• A Wound That Does Not Cease to Bleed: The War in Vietnam

February 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, cold war, Communism, counterinsurgency, debate, gian gentile, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, military history, Perception, politics, reading, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 3 comments