Archive for the 'tribes'

• Book Review: The Hunt for KSM

May 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 9/11, al qaida, America, authors, bin laden, book, CIA, criminals, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, IC, illegal combatants, intelligence, international law, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, media, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, planes, politics, reading, security, superempowered individuals, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 2 comments

• History Will Judge Only if We Ask the Right Questions

April 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, politics, Questions, security, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 8 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

• 4GW and Legitimacy at SWJ

February 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 4GW, academia, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, william lind | 11 comments

• Metz on the Psychology of Insurgency

January 28th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, gangs, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, small wars journal, social science, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment