Archive for the 'COIN'

• 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

• Review: Senator’s Son by Larson

March 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, fiction, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, mideast, military, military history, military reform, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, society, state building, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors, Writing | 5 comments

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part II.

March 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, john robb, kilcullen, Kuomintang, Mao ZeDong, mideast, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, robb, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism | 9 comments

• Mackinlay’s Insurgent Archipelago & Other Books

March 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, gian gentile, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, mao, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Nimble Books, non-state actors, security, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Armed Forces Journal en Fuego!

March 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in COIN, diplomacy, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 1 comment