Archive for the 'social science'

• Octavian Manea interviews MIT’s Roger D. Peterson

April 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, America, analytic, classics, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military training & education, Musings, non-state actors, politics, psychology, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, tribes, uncertainty, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Elkus on Policy Relevance

February 18th, 2013 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, CNAS, debate, government, ideas, intellectuals, national security, politics, social science, society, theory | Comments Off on Elkus on Policy Relevance

• Robb on the Networked Age

February 16th, 2013 by zen

Posted in dystopia, economic determinism, economics, futurism, globalization, ideas, intellectuals, john robb, network theory, networks, non-state actors, open-source, robb, social networks, social science, society, theory | 3 comments

• The Controversial CTC Report

January 25th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, army, bias, conservativism, conspiracy, counterpoint, counterterrorism, criminals, critical thinking, cultural intelligence, defense, democracy, Epistemology, extremists, fisking, gangs, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, law enforcement, Liberalism, liberty, military, narcoterror, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, OSINT, Perception, politics, protest, radicalization, reading, risk, scenario, security, social networks, social science, society, terrorism, theory, think tanks, threat, transnational criminal organization | 15 comments

• “The Galula Doctrine”

January 23rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, army, china, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, model, politics, psychology, revolution, security, small wars journal, social science, state failure, theory, war | 3 comments