Archive for the 'state department'

• Putin and Syria: Siloviki Realism in Geopolitical Strategy

July 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 21st century, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, dictator, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, intellectuals, international law, national security, putin, R2P, russia, state department, strategy, syria, Tactics | 8 comments

• The Anti-Strategy Board Cometh

April 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, democratic party, DIME, diplomacy, fisking, foreign policy, genocide, geopolitics, government, Human Rights, Humanitarian, ideas, international law, military, national security, networks, obama, organizations, politics, R2P, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | 17 comments

• Pondering Transition Ops with Quesopaper

April 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, feedback, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, military, military reform, national security, organizations, public diplomacy, security, social science, society, state building, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 6 comments

• More on Strategy

March 30th, 2012 by zen

Posted in analytic, blogosphere, DIME, diplomacy, disinformation, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, military, mountainrunner, national security, organizations, Perception, politics, propaganda, public diplomacy, society, state building, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, war | Comments Off on More on Strategy

• New Book Review up at PRAGATI: George F. Kennan: an American Life

February 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in authors, book, cold war, diplomacy, geopolitics, george kennan, historians, historiography, history, ideas, India, intellectuals, national security, politics, Pragati, public diplomacy, soviet union, state department, strategist, strategy | 4 comments