Archive for the 'hierarchy'

• America in Arms, John McAuley Palmer, a review

February 28th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, America, army, blog-friends, chicago boyz, defense, europe, George Washington, hierarchy, J. Scott Shipman, JosephFouche, leadership, lexington green, military, military history, Militia, national security, Strategy and War, Tactics, wwi | 21 comments

• John Seely Brown: “The Power of Pull”

November 1st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, cognition, complex systems, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, education, Epistemology, futurism, hagel, hierarchy, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, networks, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, public school, social networks, social science, society, soft power, theory | Comments Off on John Seely Brown: “The Power of Pull”

• Thought Experiment

April 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, culture, democracy, dystopia, economics, education, Evolution, feedback, fun, futurism, government, hierarchy, humor, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, legitimacy, Liberalism, logic, networks, Oligarchy, politics, reform, Republic, scenario, social networks, society, theory | 39 comments

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• Arquilla on the New Rules of War

February 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, army, authors, Cebrowski, complex systems, connectivity, david ronfeldt, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, hierarchy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john arquilla, military, military reform, national security, navy, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robotics, social networks, theory, war | 6 comments