Archive for August, 2011

• One thing leads to an unexpected other

August 13th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analytic, black swans, Charles Cameron, CIA, cognition, connectivity, counterintuitive, creativity, cultural intelligence, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, metacognition, myth, OSINT, Patterns, Perception, psychology, social networks, synthesis, Uncategorized | 32 comments

• Trial of a Thousand Years, by Charles Hill—a review

August 11th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, ancient history, arab world, asia, bin laden, byzantium, christianity, Clausewitzian, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, Failed State, freedom, globalization, government, history, innovation, international law, iran, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, J. Scott Shipman, legal, liberty, national security, natiuon-building, nuclear, Religion, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 5 comments

• Killebrew on The End of War

August 11th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, military, military history, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, security, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 9 comments

• Johnston, Gorka and the need for specialist knowledges

August 10th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in America, analytic, anthropology, Apocalyptic, army, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, diplomacy, extremists, foreign policy, historians, intelligence, islamic world, islamist, Mahdist, national security, Religion, strategy, Theology, Uncategorized | 25 comments

• Descent into Barbarism

August 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, britain, criminals, culture, democracy, dystopia, gangs, government, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, Perception, politics, revolution, security, social networks, society, state failure, Tactics, Uncategorized | 20 comments