Archive for the 'COIN'

• OTB Radio

April 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, geopolitics, glittering eye, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, media, military, national security, Outside the beltway, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, schuler, security, sic semper tyrannis, strategy, system administration, theory, war | 2 comments

• The Surge, Rigor, Yardsticks and Mediums

April 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, bias, blogosphere, CNAS, cognition, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, defense, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, military history, national security, politics, rambling, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, vertical thinking, war | 12 comments

• More Thoughts on Mexico

April 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, immigration, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, JosephFouche, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, risk, security, society, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | 6 comments

• The End of Mexico?

April 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, democratic party, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, ideas, insurgency, Latin America, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, politics, security, society, state failure, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, war | 23 comments

• Khan on Taliban Warfare

April 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, small wars journal, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 5 comments