by Charles Cameron | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — having the sense that we don’t know enough is the first step in the learning curve ] . There are various tips of the spear — Dempsey is the vertical tip, and he seems to be walking his talk: But behind both walk and talk...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 20, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — “hatred of the other” viewed as a cognitive matter, and Richard Landes on the capacity for self-criticism ] . Credit: Amir Schiby ** Nicholas Kristof has a post today for the NYT Sunday Review, Who’s Right and Wrong in the...
by zen | Jun 16, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Adaptive Leadership Handbook: :Law Enforcement & Security by Fred Leland & Don Vandergriff The Adaptive Leadership Handbook is an unusual book. It is a work about thinking for men and women of action. It is an...
by Charles Cameron | May 10, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how, where and why the name, the map, and the flag merge into reality — Gregory Bateson to the rescue ] . I am indebted for this screengrab to Phillip Smyth, whose recent Singing Hizballah’s Tune in Manama: Why Are Bahrain’s...
by zen | Apr 17, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Infinity Journal has a good article by eminent Clausewitzian strategist Colin Gray on the interrelationship of politics and strategy (free registration required): Politics, Strategy and the Stream of Time ….Second,...
