Archive for the '4GW'

• BIN LADEN DEAD

May 2nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, barack obama, bin laden, CIA, IC, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, military, pakistan, terrorism | 6 comments

• And Taking Names!

April 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, state failure, state terrorism, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Book Review: Narcos Over the Border by Robert J. Bunker (Ed.)

April 5th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, America, analytic, authors, black globalization, book, connectivity, conspiracy, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, dystopia, Failed State, gangs, government, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john p. sullivan, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, OSINT, politics, primary loyalties, robert j. bunker, security, social networks, social science, state failure, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, war | 9 comments

• Corn’s Caliphates in Wonderland

March 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, authors, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, diplomatic history, extremists, Failed State, geopolitics, government, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, public diplomacy, rambling, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, turkey, virtual states, war | 12 comments

• Farrall in Foreign Affairs:How al Qaida Works

February 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, globalguerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john robb, military intelligence, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, war | 6 comments