Archive for the 'state department'

• A DoubleQuote for Anders

December 3rd, 2010 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, blogging, Charles Cameron, creativity, cultural intelligence, futurism, games, iran, islamic world, satire, state department, symmetry, visualization | 1 comment

• Reality, Strategy and Afghanistan: Some Questions

July 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, Questions, state building, state department, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 18 comments

• For Strategists, Security Scholars and Historians

June 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, government, history, IC, intelligence, military, military history, national security, organizations, state department, strategy, tech | 3 comments

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments

• Cameron on Conflicts of Commands, Part III. – A Guest Post Series

March 16th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, arab world, army, christianity, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, framing, government, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, myth, national security, navy, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, society, state department, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory | 2 comments