Archive for the 'government'

• The Oligarchs and Public Debt

March 13th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, capitalism, corporations, democracy, dystopia, economics, Failed State, freedom, government, leadership, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, republican party, risk, shlok, society | 4 comments

• Systemic Curricular Choices Shape National Cognitive Traits

March 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, cognition, corporations, culture, dystopia, economics, education, Epistemology, extremists, futurism, government, leadership, metacognition, military, national security, Oligarchy, philosophy, psychology, public school, Questions, reform, scenario, society, state failure, strategy, teaching | 8 comments

• Guest Post: DARPA, STORyNet and the Fate of the War by J. Scott Shipman

March 2nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, analogy, analytic, cognition, cognitive goods, Collaboration, counterinsurgency, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, Epistemology, extremists, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military intelligence, myth, non-state actors, organizations, OSINT, Perception, primary loyalties, priming, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, Religion, scenario, social science, synthesis, Tactics, Theology, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 11 comments

• Wikistrat: Barnett on US National Military Strategy

February 23rd, 2011 by zen

Posted in barnett, defense, DIME, Geography, geopolitics, government, ideas, military, national security, nixon, strategist, strategy, Wikistrat | Comments Off on Wikistrat: Barnett on US National Military Strategy

• When Dictators Go Mad – Gaddafi Sentences Libya to Death

February 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in africa, arab world, dictator, diplomacy, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, Human Rights, islamic world, mercenary, mideast, open-source, politics, public diplomacy, revolution, state department, state failure, state terrorism, tribes, twitter | 3 comments