Archive for May, 2013

• Jottings 8: of words and numbers

May 19th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in #FAIL, Charles Cameron, language, mathematics, statistics, syria, Uncategorized | 1 comment

• Words, words — what’s a bunch of Wordsworth?

May 19th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 9/11, al qaida, big data, bin laden, Charles Cameron, complex systems, complexity, computers, foreign policy, google, Islam, islamist, language, Mahdist, rhetoric, translation, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Words, words — what’s a bunch of Wordsworth?

• Thought provoking Tim Weiner quote

May 18th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, CIA, cognition, IC, intelligence, Sun Tsu, Uncategorized | 7 comments

• On eating one’s enemy

May 18th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in anthropology, blogosphere, brand, Charles Cameron, extremists, Human Rights, Islam, movies, new york times, propaganda, rhetoric, syria, Uncategorized, wall street journal, youtube | 19 comments

• Are Insurgencies “Antifragile”?

May 16th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, africa, analytic, antifragile, COIN, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, law enforcement, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, society, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, theory, war | 19 comments