Archive for the 'al qaida'

• Guest Post: Cameron on “A Response to a Most Remarkable Conversation”

February 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, psychology, Religion, social science, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war, web 2.0 | 17 comments

• Battleground Yemen

January 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, arab world, COIN, coming anarchy, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, Geography, history, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, map, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, shia, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Battleground Yemen

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• Guest Post: Charles Cameron on Khorasan – A Muslim Once and Future Kingdom

January 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, asia, bin laden, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, myth, non-state actors, pakistan, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, warriors | 18 comments

• A Short Rant……

December 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, government, illegal combatants, islamist, national security, non-state actors, security, state department, terrorism | 15 comments