Archive for the 'analytic'

• The Era of the Creepy-State is Here

March 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, corporations, criminals, culture, democracy, democratic party, dystopia, elections, extremists, Failed State, futurism, government, ideas, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, obama, Oligarchy, Patterns, Perception, politics, rambling, reform, Republic, republican party, rule-sets, scenario, society, state failure, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 33 comments

• A Wound That Does Not Cease to Bleed: The War in Vietnam

February 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, cold war, Communism, counterinsurgency, debate, gian gentile, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, military history, Perception, politics, reading, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Metacognition and War

February 24th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, cognition, military, politics, social science, society, theory, war | 7 comments

• Of railroad tracks and polyphonic thinking

February 23rd, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, Charles Cameron, complexity, counterpoint, creativity, graphical thinking, Hipbone Analysis, humor, innovation, islamist, map, model, Patterns, Specs, symmetry, synthesis, thoughts illustrated, visualization | Comments Off on Of railroad tracks and polyphonic thinking

• 4GW and Legitimacy at SWJ

February 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 4GW, academia, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, william lind | 11 comments