Archive for the '21st century'

• ISIS and the Crisis in American Statecraft

December 30th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, extremists, Failed State, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, history, insurgency, iraq, IS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, Mahdist, military, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, sunni, syria, Tactics, threat, USMC, war, warriors | 13 comments

• New Book: American Spartan by Ann Scott Tyson

March 11th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, ideas, leadership, military, networks, non-state actors, steven pressfield, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 13 comments

• Pavers of Roads with Good Intentions: R2P Debate Rising Part II.

February 18th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, abstraction, academia, blogosphere, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, national security, negotiation, politics, R2P, security, state failure, theory, UN, united nations, war | 6 comments

• R2P Debate Rising ( Part I.)

February 7th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, blogosphere, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, IR, legal, legitimacy, military, national security, politics, R2P, state failure, strategy, theory, UN, united nations, war | 11 comments

• Thoughts on CNAS “Preparing for War in the Robotic Age”

January 24th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, CNAS, cybernetics, Cyberwar, defense, drones, futurism, intellectuals, military, robotics, science, strategy, Strategy and War, tech, theory, think tanks, war | 7 comments