Archive for October, 2010

• Guest Post: Connecting the Dots: Light on Light

October 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, analogy, analytic, Charles Cameron, cognition, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, Epistemology, extremists, framing, horizontal thinking, IC, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, islamic world, islamist, meme, metacognition, mideast, military intelligence, myth, national security, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, synthesis, Theology, theory, visualization | Comments Off on Guest Post: Connecting the Dots: Light on Light

• Guest Post: Of Weaponry and Flags

October 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, extremists, framing, hezbollah, horizontal thinking, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, meme, myth, networks, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, social science, synthesis, terrorism, theory | 2 comments

• Exum in Foreign Policy

October 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, war | 2 comments

• Guest Post: A Hipbone Approach to Analysis

October 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, analogy, analytic, anthropology, brain, Charles Cameron, cognition, cognitive goods, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, emotion, Epistemology, framing, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, intellectuals, logic, metacognition, Perception, philosophy, psychology, Religion, social science, society, strategy, symmetry, synthesis, teaching, theory | 13 comments

• Guest Post: Shipman on Boyd and Beyond, 2010

October 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, book, Boyd 2010, business, Character, cognition, COIN, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, ideas, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, john boyd, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, Perception, psychology, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, theory, uncertainty | 9 comments