Archive for the '4GW'

• Book Review: WAR by Sebastian Junger

June 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 4GW, Afghanistan, America, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, leadership, military, reading, stoic, Tactics, tribes, veterans, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Israel Does Not Understand 4GW

May 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, arab world, disinformation, extremists, IO, islamic world, islamist, john boyd, legitimacy, mideast, military, navy, non-state actors, politics, public diplomacy, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 57 comments

• Religions of the Chaos Lords

May 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, anthropology, cultural intelligence, culture, dystopia, Evolution, extremists, futurism, gangs, gap, global guerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, mob, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, society, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, warriors | 7 comments

• A Pretty Big COIN

May 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, non-state actors, social networks, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on A Pretty Big COIN

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments