Archive for the 'social science'

• The Surge, Rigor, Yardsticks and Mediums

April 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, bias, blogosphere, CNAS, cognition, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, defense, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, military history, national security, politics, rambling, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, vertical thinking, war | 12 comments

• Creativity in the IC – Or the Lack of It

March 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, art hutchinson, bias, CIA, cognition, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, Epistemology, framing, futurism, government, horizontal thinking, IC, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, medici effect, metacognition, military intelligence, national security, Perception, psychology, scenario, social science, society, synthesis, theory | 6 comments

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments

• Cameron on Conflicts of Commands, Part II. – A Guest Post Series

March 12th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, America, analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, army, Charles Cameron, christianity, cognition, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, culture, Epistemology, extremists, genocide, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, logic, media, meme, metacognition, mideast, military, military intelligence, myth, national security, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, rule-sets, social networks, social science, society, symmetry, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, Viral | 10 comments

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part II.

March 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, john robb, kilcullen, Kuomintang, Mao ZeDong, mideast, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, robb, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism | 9 comments