Archive for the '4GW'

• Disputing Global Dystopia:Phillips on “Our Dark Age Future”

August 23rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, America, COIN, defense, diplomatic history, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, international law, legitimacy, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, strategy, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 25 comments

• On Afghanistan and Strategy

August 14th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, dilegge, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, national security, pakistan, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 20 comments

• On COIN and an Anti-COIN Counterrevolution?

August 7th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, chet richards, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, state building, state failure, strategy, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• COINdinista Andrew Exum on Charlie Rose

July 28th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, COIN, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, strategy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on COINdinista Andrew Exum on Charlie Rose

• Guest Post at It’s the Tribes, Stupid!

July 16th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, authors, blogging, blogosphere, Blogroll, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, networks, non-state actors, primary loyalties, Religion, social networks, social science, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 2 comments