Archive for the 'state failure'

• Metz on the Afghan Surge

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• President Obama on Afghanistan

December 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 2009, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, barack obama, democratic party, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, pakistan, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 4 comments

• OTB Radio

November 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, history, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, non-state actors, Outside the beltway, Podcast, schuler, state building, state failure, Strategy and War, war, web 2.0 | 4 comments

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments

• Guest Post: Charles Cameron on Farrall and al-Masri

October 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, theory | 17 comments