Archive for the 'government'

• The Father of Sovietology

September 13th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 20th century, academia, America, biography, cold war, Communism, foreign policy, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, intellectuals, national security, russia, social science, soviet union, stalin, state department | Comments Off on The Father of Sovietology

• Big Pair of Stones Award, Take II

September 1st, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, defense, diplomacy, feedback, framing, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, leadership, military, military reform, mountainrunner, national security, organizations, propaganda, public diplomacy, strategy, theory, warriors, web 2.0 | 5 comments

• Disputing Global Dystopia:Phillips on “Our Dark Age Future”

August 23rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, America, COIN, defense, diplomatic history, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, international law, legitimacy, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, strategy, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 25 comments

• On Afghanistan and Strategy

August 14th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, dilegge, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, national security, pakistan, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 20 comments

• Censoring the Voice of America

August 7th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, connectivity, democracy, diplomacy, foreign policy, free speech, freedom, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, legal, logic, mountainrunner, national security, open-source, organizations, Perception, politics, public diplomacy | 7 comments