Archive for the 'national security'

• Only Amateurs Negotiate in Public

April 26th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, insurgency, military, national security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, war | 15 comments

• Elkus on Policy Relevance

February 18th, 2013 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, CNAS, debate, government, ideas, intellectuals, national security, politics, social science, society, theory | Comments Off on Elkus on Policy Relevance

• The White Paper and its Critics

February 11th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, academia, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, counterterrorism, debate, defense, democracy, drones, foreign policy, framing, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, law enforcement, legal, legitimacy, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, SCOTUS, security, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 14 comments

• US Foreign Policy, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

January 30th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20th century, 21st century, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, blowback, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, david ronfeldt, deception, democracy, dictator, diplomacy, egypt, elections, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, IC, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, morsi, national security, non-state actors, obama, Perception, politics, protest, Questions, R2P, radicalization, Religion, revolution, risk, state department, state failure, strategy, sunni, syria, terrorism | 8 comments

• The Controversial CTC Report

January 25th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, army, bias, conservativism, conspiracy, counterpoint, counterterrorism, criminals, critical thinking, cultural intelligence, defense, democracy, Epistemology, extremists, fisking, gangs, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, law enforcement, Liberalism, liberty, military, narcoterror, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, OSINT, Perception, politics, protest, radicalization, reading, risk, scenario, security, social networks, social science, society, terrorism, theory, think tanks, threat, transnational criminal organization | 15 comments