Archive for the 'foreign policy'

• “Sustaining” your Way to Serfdom as a Grand Strategy

January 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, change, Creepy-state, democracy, dystopia, economics, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, freedom, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, logic, national security, Oligarchy, politics, protest, reform, society, state failure, strategy, theory, think tanks, threat | 25 comments

• Point and Counterpoint on Defining War

December 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, blogosphere, Clausewitzian, counterpoint, critical thinking, foreign policy, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Reforming Intelligence vs.Intelligent Reforms

December 5th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 21st century, America, CIA, foreign policy, government, IC, ideas, intelligence, military, Musings, national security, new york times, organizations, Patterns, Perception, petraeus, politics, rambling, reform, security | 8 comments

• A Tale of Two Victories and Two Falls

November 11th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, change, CIA, defense, democratic party, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, elections, foreign policy, government, IC, intelligence, Libya, military, national security, nixon, Patterns, politics, state department, Uncategorized | 25 comments

• Luttwak on the Australian Strategic Pivot

September 30th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, asia, Australia, china, defense, deng xiaoping, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, national security, strategist, strategy | 1 comment