Archive for the 'government'

• Is 4GW Dead?: Point-Counterpoint and Commentary

May 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, brave new war, chet richards, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, dni, dystopia, fabius maximus, Failed State, geopolitics, government, hammes, history, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, legitimacy, military, military history, narcoterror, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 28 comments

• New Book: America 3.0 is Now Launched!

May 21st, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, anglosphere, anthropology, authors, barone, blog-friends, blogosphere, book, britain, business, capitalism, change, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, democracy, economics, education, Evolution, fiscal conservatism, foreign policy, futurism, globalization, government, historiography, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, justice, leadership, legitimacy, lexington green, military, military reform, national debt, national security, politics, reading, reform, Republic, resilience, rule-sets, science, security, social science, social services, society, strategy, synthesis, theory, Writing | 9 comments

• Are Insurgencies “Antifragile”?

May 16th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, africa, analytic, antifragile, COIN, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, law enforcement, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, society, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, theory, war | 19 comments

• Irony

May 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, America, barack obama, dystopia, government, liberty | 16 comments

• Immigration Bill to treat American Citizens as Conquered Subjects

May 13th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, Creepy-state, dictator, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, government, internet, Oligarchy, state failure, tech, threat, totalitarianism | 39 comments