Archive for the 'government'

• The Myhrvold Report and Understanding Strategic Threats

October 7th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, counterterrorism, Creepy-state, critical thinking, debate, defense, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, fisking, government, ideas, ikle, intellectuals, national security, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, security, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, terrorism, theory | 4 comments

• Vlahos: Forty years of the Fighter Mafia

September 25th, 2013 by zen

Posted in Boyd 2013, defense, government, john boyd, military, reform | 7 comments

• Guest Post: Cheryl Rofer – I Hope the Government Doesn’t Listen to Nathan Myhrvold

September 23rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 9/11, counterterrorism, deterrence, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, national security, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, rofer, security, society, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized | 21 comments

• Should we Laugh or Cry?

September 13th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, cognition, diplomacy, disinformation, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, leadership, national security | 15 comments

• Bomb Syria?

August 29th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, al qaida, America, analytic, barack obama, extremists, fog of war, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, logic, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, politics, R2P, security, state department, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, terrorism, united nations, war, warriors | 7 comments