Archive for the 'politics'

• COIN may be Dead but 4GW has a New Lease on Life

December 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, analytic, barnett, black globalization, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, international law, john robb, military, military reform, national debt, national security, non-state actors, politics, R2P, reform, risk, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 29 comments

• Do Oligarchies Create Insurgencies?

November 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in analytic, Arab Spring, COIN, counterinsurgency, democracy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, reform, revolution, scenario, social science, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 28 comments

• Announcement: America 3.0

November 28th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, authors, blog-friends, blogging, book, chicago boyz, conservativism, culture, democracy, economics, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, politics, reform | 10 comments

• More Commentary on COIN is Dead

November 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in A.E., COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, government, ideas, intellectuals, military, military reform, organizations, politics, reform, social science, swj blog, theory | 15 comments

• Hoover on Charles Hill and Hill on Grand Strategy

November 8th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, literature, myth, national security, politics, reading, revolution, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, teaching, theory | 5 comments