Military and Logistics

The Networks of Ascent - Part 4: The Digital Crucible: Will Our Networks Forge Integration or Fragmentation?

21 April 2020·842 words·4 mins

Systems and Innovation Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Systems Thinking Historical Case Studies

The Networks of Ascent - Part 3: The Telegraphic Web: The First Instantaneous Network and Its Discontents

20 April 2020·788 words·4 mins

Systems and Innovation Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Systems Thinking Historical Case Studies

The Networks of Ascent - Part 2: The Maritime Matrix: How Oceanic Routes Rewired Global Power

19 April 2020·867 words·5 mins

Systems and Innovation Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Systems Thinking Historical Case Studies

The Networks of Ascent: How Connectivity Forged the Modern World

18 April 2020·268 words·2 mins

Systems and Innovation Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Systems Thinking Historical Case Studies

How connectivity has shaped the modern world, from Roman roads to the internet.

The Networks of Ascent - Part 1: The First Highways: Rivers, Roads, and the Anatomy of an Empire

18 April 2020·981 words·5 mins

Systems and Innovation Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Systems Thinking Historical Case Studies

The Calculus of Conflict - Part 5: Designing Accountability: Can We Re-wire the Decision Machine?

17 April 2020·988 words·5 mins

History and Critical Analysis Decision-Making and Bias Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Social Dynamics

The Calculus of Conflict - Part 4: When the Calculus Aligns: The Existential Arithmetic of World War II

16 April 2020·1057 words·5 mins

History and Critical Analysis Decision-Making and Bias Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Social Dynamics

The Calculus of Conflict - Part 3: Spreadsheets and Shockwaves: The Iraq War's Perceived Calculus

15 April 2020·1062 words·5 mins

History and Critical Analysis Decision-Making and Bias Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Social Dynamics

The Calculus of Conflict - Part 2: The Geometry of Folly: 1914 and the Elite's Miscalculation

14 April 2020·1194 words·6 mins

History and Critical Analysis Decision-Making and Bias Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Social Dynamics

The Calculus of Conflict: Why Those Who Decide Rarely Pay

13 April 2020·253 words·2 mins

History and Critical Analysis Decision-Making and Bias Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Social Dynamics

A mathematical model explaining why nations repeatedly make catastrophic decisions to go to war, revealing the structural flaws in strategic decision-making.