Archive for the '4GW'

• New Book: The Rise of Siri by Shlok Vaidya

November 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Adaptability, authors, blog-friends, book, corporations, cultural intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, economics, fiction, fun, futurism, globalization, military contractor, national security, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, reading, resilience, security, shlok, society, state failure, tech, uncertainty | 2 comments

• An Insurgency Coming to a Place Near You?

October 2nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, chicago, conspiracy, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, defense, drones, dystopia, gangs, government, insurgency, Latin America, law enforcement, Mexico, military, Militia, narcoterror, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, security, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, threat, transnational criminal organization, war | 6 comments

• William Lind on the Taliban’s Operational Art

June 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, analytic, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, ISAF, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, Patterns, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• Book Review: The Snake Eaters by Owen West

June 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, Foreign Internal Defense, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, reading, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Boyd & Beyond 2012

May 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 4GW, 5GW, academia, Air Force, army, asymmetric, authors, blog-friends, Boyd 2012, cognition, horizontal thinking, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john boyd, leadership, legitimacy, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, networks, Perception, philosophy, psychology, reform, resilience, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 2 comments