Archive for the 'authors'

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments

• Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

May 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, arab world, authors, blogosphere, Blogroll, book, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, historians, historiography, history, insurgency, intellectuals, IR, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military, military contractor, military reform, national security, reading, Religion, shia, social science, state failure, Theology, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

• Tweaking Cascio’s Futurist Bibliography

April 30th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, cognition, consilience, counterintuitive, culture, fast company, fun, futurism, historians, ideas, intellectuals, Perception, science, science fiction, social science, society, theory, uncertainty | 9 comments

• The Day of the Clausewitzians

April 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, Clausewitz Roundtable, defense, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, military, military history, philosophy, security, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, war | 3 comments

• Freedom(TM) by Suarez

March 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, Collaboration, complex systems, connectivity, culture, cyberpunk, Cyberwar, Failed State, fiction, fun, futurism, ideas, john robb, networks, reading, resilience, science fiction, shlok, social networks, society, web 2.0 | 3 comments