Archive for the 'social science'

• Some New Additions…..

August 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, attention, authors, book, byzantium, COIN, fiction, personal, readers, reading, science fiction, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors, william gibson | 8 comments

• Ucko on Counterinsurgency and its Discontents

July 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, economics, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, theory, war | 9 comments

• “The Enemy of my Enemy is…?”

July 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in complex systems, connectivity, ideas, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, psychology, Questions, science, social networks, social science, society, strategy, theory, tribes | Comments Off on “The Enemy of my Enemy is…?”

• Angelo Codevilla – America’s Milovan Djilas

July 20th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, cold war, culture, democracy, democratic party, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, reform, Republic, republican party, revolution, social science, society, state failure, theory | 19 comments

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop