Archive for the 'social science'

• State Failure is the Child of Oligarchy

August 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, culture, dystopia, economic determinism, economics, Evolution, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, social science, society, state failure, theory | 1 comment

• Numbers by the numbers: two

July 12th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, mathematics, music, peace, social science, sociobiology, Uncategorized, war | 12 comments

• SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, DIME, history, ideas, military, military history, national security, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, theory, war | 3 comments

• David Ronfeldt’s TIMN video

May 25th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, david ronfeldt, markets, network theory, networks, social science, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• When Does Conflict Become “War”?

May 22nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, classics, Clausewitzian, cognition, complex systems, culture, economics, Epistemology, Evolution, framing, genocide, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, literature, logic, military, military history, Musings, non-state actors, Oligarchy, Patterns, peace, Perception, philosophy, primary loyalties, Questions, risk, security, social science, society, sociobiology, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, uncertainty, war, warriors | 10 comments