Archive for the 'risk'

• Selil’s Cyber Paradigm

May 24th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, defense, government, IC, ideas, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, Perception, politics, risk, security, Selil, strategy, Tactics, tech, theory, war | Comments Off on Selil’s Cyber Paradigm

• When Does Conflict Become “War”?

May 22nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, classics, Clausewitzian, cognition, complex systems, culture, economics, Epistemology, Evolution, framing, genocide, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, literature, logic, military, military history, Musings, non-state actors, Oligarchy, Patterns, peace, Perception, philosophy, primary loyalties, Questions, risk, security, social science, society, sociobiology, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, uncertainty, war, warriors | 10 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

• The Strategic Dilemma of Bitter-Enders

April 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, analytic, ancient history, china, classics, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, deterrence, dystopia, extremists, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, insurgency, japan, leadership, logic, military, military history, nazis, Patterns, peace, psychology, risk, society, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Vietnam War, war | 7 comments

• 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