The "Green COP" (AKA, Civil Considerations Common Operational Picture)

[slapout9]

One thing that I would caution against, and this is not uncommon outside of people who study networks, is that network analysis is not family trees. Family trees are networks, but there is a lot more in network analysis than just who is related to whom.

One thing I would caution is that the family tree is the first network your are involved in from birth! And can have a large impact on what other networks you are likley to be exposed to or end up joining.

[Abu Suleyman]

One thing I would caution is that the family tree is the first network your are involved in from birth! And can have a large impact on what other networks you are likley to be exposed to or end up joining.

That is true, except when it isn't.

[slapout9]

That is true, except when it isn't.

As in like an orphan? Can you expand upon that?

[Abu Suleyman]

As in like an orphan? Can you expand upon that?

Sorry, I was trying to be pithy and witty, but apparently ended up being opaque.

Family is important, but it is only one dimension of interpersonal and social development. Many people 'grow out' of their families, so to speak. The best example that I can think of is how Nikita "We will bury you" Khruschev's son, defected to the United States and now teaches at the Naval War College and Brown University. Anyone who looked at only his pedigree might have been surprised by that. However, by looking into other relationships we might be able to see and even predict such behavior.

Any good analysis will include a 'genealogy' of the area, especially if it is an area like the Middle East, which is rich overlapping families. Unfortunately the use of short hand descriptions, like "family tree's", of an in depth method like network analysis can obscure the value of network analysis to those unfamiliar with it. ("I don't need a family tree!") I suppose that I am somewhat sensitive to that characterization because I confront it fairly often.

[slapout9]

Abu, I am tracking a little better now. What do you think of this reference?



http://www.grazian-archive.com/gover...0Contents.html

[Abu Suleyman]

This is awesome! I haven't read the whole manual, yet, but just based on the introduction and the couple of sections I breezed through, this is going to be well worth a more in depth read. Given that this manual predates several modern analytic techniques, I will be interested in what he recommends for techniques.

How did you come across this? Do you have any idea why this is not more commonly referred to, or has not been revised and repubbed, as far as I know?

[slapout9]

This is awesome! I haven't read the whole manual, yet, but just based on the introduction and the couple of sections I breezed through, this is going to be well worth a more in depth read. Given that this manual predates several modern analytic techniques, I will be interested in what he recommends for techniques.

How did you come across this? Do you have any idea why this is not more commonly referred to, or has not been revised and repubbed, as far as I know?

I was introduced to it a long time ago. Was very surprised to find it on the internet. It works as advertised. The techniques were all originally done by hand and you can still do it that way, but as you read it, toward the end he talks about using a computer......with IBM punched cards. I imagine it is still read widely in certain circles. Didn't you ever wonder how A'stan went down so fast? Enjoy reading the magic book on how the world actually works You will see why I have the 3F's theory of networks...it is all family,friends,and finances. I did add a forth F....but that is for later.