Archive for the 'geopolitics'

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments

• Book Review: The Forty Years War

February 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, authors, book, cold war, conservativism, defense, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, ikle, intellectuals, military, national security, neoconservatism, nixon, politics, republican party, schlesinger, society, strategy, war | 3 comments

• Elkus on Science, Defense and Strategy

January 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, America, analytic, COIN, foreign policy, geopolitics, intellectuals, john boyd, leadership, military, military reform, national security, politics, reform, science, security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 10 comments

• Stocking Stuffers……

December 12th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, barnett, book, brave new war, capitalism, cognition, Cyberwar, defense, foreign policy, futurism, gangs, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, PNM, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, recommended reading, robb, sociobiology, soft power, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama, war, warriors | 6 comments

• Nixon vs. The Neoconservatives?

December 11th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, America, conservativism, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, HNN, ideas, intellectuals, national security, neoconservatism, nixon, politics, strategy | 13 comments