Archive for the 'history'

• Justice, Coercion, Legitimacy, State-Building and Afghanistan

January 17th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, economics, Failed State, government, history, ideas, islamic world, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, security, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• On “Knowing How or Needing the Chance”

January 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in blog-friends, Blogroll, glittering eye, history, ideas, society, strategist, strategy, theory | 5 comments

• Ruminating on Strategic Thinking II. : Social Conditions

January 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, America, analytic, cognition, cultural intelligence, culture, education, Epistemology, history, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, military, national security, Patterns, psychology, risk, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory | 15 comments

• New Books…..

December 31st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, authors, book, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fiction, foreign policy, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, national security, reading | 9 comments

• The Networks of Nations

December 28th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, culture, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, network theory, politics, social networks, social science, strategy | 3 comments