Archive for the 'security'

• Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

May 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, army, asymmetric, COIN, counterinsurgency, debate, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, pakistan, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

• Book Review: The Hunt for KSM

May 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 9/11, al qaida, America, authors, bin laden, book, CIA, criminals, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, IC, illegal combatants, intelligence, international law, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, media, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, planes, politics, reading, security, superempowered individuals, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 2 comments

• Today seems to be my day for shields

May 13th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, christianity, graphical thinking, propaganda, psychology, security, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Today seems to be my day for shields

• Ullman’s Strategic Revolution?

May 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, America, analytic, Cebrowski, connectivity, DIME, dni, fisking, geopolitics, globalization, government, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, revolution, risk, security, social science, society, soviet union, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Announcement: “Legacies of the Manhattan Project” May 12-13

May 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, cold war, Communism, complex systems, complexity, deterrence, diplomatic history, foreign policy, game theory, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, physics, politics, public diplomacy, rofer, russia, scenario, science, security, social science, soviet union, stalin, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, think tanks, totalitarianism, truman, twitter, uncertainty, war, wwii | 2 comments