Archive for the 'state failure'

• Guest Post: Hays on From Matamoros to Managua

June 20th, 2018 by zen

Posted in 2018, America, borders, Failed State, immigration, Latin America, Mexico, state building, state failure, survival | 3 comments

• Announcing ! BLOOD SACRIFICES

May 25th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, amazon, analytic, anthropology, Apocalyptic, authors, blasphemy, blog-friends, book, ceremonial, Charles Cameron, counterterrorism, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, death, dystopia, extremists, gangs, historians, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, interdisciplinary, law enforcement, magic, management of barbarism / savagery, myth, narcoterror, networks, non-state actors, occult, organizations, primary loyalties, psychology, radicalization, Religion, robert j. bunker, sacred, sacrifice, sane / insane, secret, sectarian, social networks, society, state failure, symbolism, terrorism, Theology, theory, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, tyrrell, war, warriors | Comments Off on Announcing ! BLOOD SACRIFICES

• Review: The Rule of the Clan

April 20th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, al qaida, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, authors, black globalization, blowback, book, comparative, connectivity, contemplative, cultural intelligence, culture, Evolution, Failed State, foreign policy, government, historiography, history, Human Rights, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, interdisciplinary, international law, lawyers, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, liberty, national security, networks, non-state actors, paradox, Patterns, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, Questions, rule-sets, security, social networks, social science, society, state failure, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• Guest Post: Duncan Hunter and Human Terrain System by Turner

February 14th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, anthropology, COIN, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, expertise, guest post, Human Terrain System, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, military contractor, military training & education, national security, organizations, politics, Questions, social science, state department, state failure | 9 comments

• We’re a legacy industry in a world of start-up competitors

August 26th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 2015, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, Alawis, America, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, asymmetric, blindspots, caliph, CENTCOM, Charles Cameron, computers, corruption, cultural intelligence, culture, cve, DARPA, daveed gartenstein-ross, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, drones, ecology, economics, ecosystem, education, egypt, elections, empire, extremists, Failed State, foreign language, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, global warming, globalization, government, Hamas, hezbollah, history, husain haqqani, India, indigenous, innovation, intervention, iran, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Israel, jordan, kurdistan, Lebanon, legitimacy, map, maps of war, maqdisi, mb / ikhwan, mideast, military, military contractor, mystery, national security, non-state actors, organizations, palestine, peace, recommended viewing, Religion, saudi arabia, sectarian, secular, sharia, shia, slavery, state failure, strategy, sufi, sunni, terrorism, tribes, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, wahhab, water & water wars, web 2.0, westphalia, women, wwi, yazidi / yezidi | 2 comments