Archive for the 'illegal combatants'

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 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

• “You are formally charged with War Game Crimes and with Playing Games against Humanity…”

November 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, criminals, extremists, games, Human Rights, illegal combatants, intellectuals, legal, non-state actors, politics, rule-sets, war | 8 comments

• Guest Post: Speak the Languages, Know the Modes of Thought

November 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, government, ideas, illegal combatants, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, Uncategorized, wired | 35 comments

• Hoffman -What is Irregular Warfare?

February 1st, 2009 by zen

Posted in COIN, counterinsurgency, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, international law, military history, small wars council, small wars journal, strategy, theory | 1 comment