Archive for the 'government'

• Strangling OSINT, Weakening Defense, Censoring Criticism: The Pentagon

April 29th, 2009 by zen

Posted in defense, dni, government, hierarchy, intelligence, IO, military, military intelligence, military reform, national security, organizations, OSINT, politics, reform, tech, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 10 comments

• Excess Complexity is the Route to Extinction

April 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, authors, barack obama, black swans, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, economics, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, markets, network theory, obama, physics, politics, reform, resilience, science, society, theory | 22 comments

• Barnett in the House!

March 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, barnett, federal budget, gap, geopolitics, government, military, military reform, national security, navy, PNM | 16 comments

• How About an Assistant SecDef for Irregular Warfare ?

December 20th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john nagl, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, obama, politics, reform, state building, strategy, terrorism, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Hillary Should Dare to Break State in Order to Save It

December 18th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, barnett, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, modularity, national security, networks, OSINT, politics, public diplomacy, reform, soft power, state department, system administration, theory, whirledview | 22 comments