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• 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 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

• Syria, Iran and the Risks of Tactical Geopolitics

February 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, china, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, international law, iran, islamic world, leadership, Libya, military, national security, politics, public diplomacy, R2P, russia, society, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, the atlantic, theory, war | 21 comments

• Nagl: “COIN is not Dead!”

February 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in COIN, counterinsurgency, government, ideas, intellectuals, john nagl, military, military history, military reform, national security, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 14 comments