Archive for the 'social science'

• Farrall in Foreign Affairs:How al Qaida Works

February 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, globalguerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john robb, military intelligence, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, war | 6 comments

• Debating the Mexican Cartel Wars at SWJ Blog

February 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robert j. bunker, small wars journal, social science, state failure, swj blog, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | Comments Off on Debating the Mexican Cartel Wars at SWJ Blog

• Is COIN Dead?

February 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, Mexico, military, military reform, national security, Questions, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, war | 10 comments

• Egypt: Jan 25 and the internet

February 6th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, cognition, complexity, computers, connectivity, culture, democracy, dictator, Epistemology, framing, free speech, freedom, innovation, insight, insurgency, islamic world, logic, media, meme, metacognition, Perception, propaganda, psychology, revolution, social science, symmetry, synthesis, Viral, wired | 2 comments

• On the Mythic and the Historic

February 3rd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 300, academia, ancient history, authors, book, classics, culture, democracy, dystopia, fiction, frank miller, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, interact, meme, movies, myth, Oligarchy, Perception, philosophy, propaganda, reading, Republic, sean meade, social science, spartans | 5 comments