Archive for the 'ideas'

• Guest Post at It’s the Tribes, Stupid!

July 16th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, authors, blogging, blogosphere, Blogroll, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, networks, non-state actors, primary loyalties, Religion, social networks, social science, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 2 comments

• “The Big Picture”- the Nexus between Education and Grand Strategy

July 16th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, classics, cognition, complex systems, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, culture, education, eide, Epistemology, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, national security, organizations, philosophy, politics, psychology, rambling, reform, society, strategy, synthesis, teaching, theory, vertical thinking, von | 21 comments

• Mustering the Tribe

July 14th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, anthropology, authors, blogging, Blogroll, culture, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, Religion, social networks, tribes, warriors | 4 comments

• Strategic Communication, Science, Technology

July 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, COIN, complex systems, connectivity, cultural intelligence, defense, diplomacy, education, foreign policy, framing, government, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, media, military, mountainrunner, national security, networks, organizations, Perception, politics, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, tech, web 2.0 | 6 comments

• Book Review: Engaging the Muslim World by Juan Cole

July 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, authors, blogosphere, Blogroll, diplomacy, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, national security, non-state actors, politics, public diplomacy, Religion, security, social science, state failure, state terrorism, terrorism, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments