Archive for the 'ideas'

• The Hobbit: Narrative Validation or Vandalism?

December 30th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, art, classics, fisking, ideas, j.r.r. tolkien, literature, movies, Musings, myth | 7 comments

• Guns and The New Paternalism

December 27th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, culture, democracy, dystopia, government, gun control, ideas, leadership, legitimacy, liberty, Oligarchy, politics, reform, Republic, society, state failure, Uncategorized | 46 comments

• New Book: The Violent Image by Neville Bolt

December 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, analytic, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, history, ideas, imaginal, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, military, military history, myth, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, organizations, Patterns, politics, reading, social media, social networks, social science, society, soft power, strategy, symbolism, Tactics, tech, terrorism, theory, visualization, war, warriors, web 2.0 | Comments Off on New Book: The Violent Image by Neville Bolt

• Two Cheers for the State?

December 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in A.E., analytic, blog-friends, blogosphere, Failed State, government, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, IR, markets, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, revolution, security, social networks, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, uncertainty, war | 10 comments

• Point and Counterpoint in Defining Warfare II.

December 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, blogosphere, classics, Clausewitzian, complexity, contemplative, counterpoint, debate, defense, definitions, Epistemology, feedback, fisking, globalization, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, military history, philosophy, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 8 comments