Archive for the 'government'

• Guest Post: McCormick on CIA Leviathan Wakes up and Hunts Ishmael

October 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, analytic, authors, book, chicago boyz, CIA, dystopia, Failed State, government, IC, intelligence, legal, legitimacy, Oligarchy, politics, reform, Republic, society, state failure | Comments Off on Guest Post: McCormick on CIA Leviathan Wakes up and Hunts Ishmael

• Exum in Foreign Policy

October 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, war | 2 comments

• We Need Pitchforks and Torches

October 18th, 2010 by zen

Posted in conspiracy, corporations, criminals, democracy, dystopia, Failed State, government, legal, legitimacy, newshoggers, Oligarchy, politics, risk, society, state failure, transnational criminal organization, youtube | 20 comments

• Moral Decay and Civilizational Rebirth

October 13th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, ancient history, complex systems, complexity, culture, economics, government, history, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john robb, leadership, legitimacy, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, Republic, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, theory | 8 comments

• Britain in Search of a Grand Strategy

October 1st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, anglo-saxons, anglosphere, blogosphere, britain, DIME, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, politics, security, strategy, theory | 11 comments