Archive for the 'history'

• One thing leads to an unexpected other

August 13th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analytic, black swans, Charles Cameron, CIA, cognition, connectivity, counterintuitive, creativity, cultural intelligence, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, metacognition, myth, OSINT, Patterns, Perception, psychology, social networks, synthesis, Uncategorized | 32 comments

• Trial of a Thousand Years, by Charles Hill—a review

August 11th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, ancient history, arab world, asia, bin laden, byzantium, christianity, Clausewitzian, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, Failed State, freedom, globalization, government, history, innovation, international law, iran, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, J. Scott Shipman, legal, liberty, national security, natiuon-building, nuclear, Religion, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 5 comments

• Guest Post: Politics Requires People (a Response to “War, the Individual, Strategy and the State”)

August 4th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, classics, Clausewitzian, Collaboration, criminals, culture, democracy, Epistemology, feedback, framing, futurism, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, JosephFouche, legitimacy, linguistics, metacognition, military, military history, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, psychology, reader response, Seydlitz89, social science, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, synthesis, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 8 comments

• Booksbooksbooksbooks….

August 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, authors, book, Clausewitzian, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, Evolution, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, politics, reading, social science, SSI, steven metz, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 3 comments

• War, the Individual, Strategy and the State

July 31st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, anthropology, Clausewitz Roundtable, Clausewitzian, culture, defense, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, JosephFouche, military, national security, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, reader response, security, Seydlitz89, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 30 comments