Archive for the 'non-state actors'

• Guest Post: PRT and State Department Ignorance Fails Us All

March 21st, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, diplomacy, Failed State, feedback, foreign policy, government, guest post, Humanitarian, insurgency, intellectuals, military, national security, non-state actors, organizations, Patterns, public diplomacy, Questions, soft power, state department, Taliban, terrorism, tragedy, tribes, veterans, war | 6 comments

• Small Wars and Big Thoughts

March 19th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, Lynn C. Rees, military, military history, military training & education, Militia, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, robert j. bunker, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• New Book ! Global Radical Islamist Insurgency

February 19th, 2016 by zen

Posted in al qaida, authors, book, counterterrorism, dilegge, extremists, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, military training & education, national security, networks, non-state actors, robert j. bunker, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, swj blog, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on New Book ! Global Radical Islamist Insurgency

• ISIS: Paganism with an Islamic Face?

October 7th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, ancient history, Apocalyptic, barbaric, blasphemy, ceremonial, counterterrorism, culture, david ronfeldt, decapitation, dystopia, extremists, Fascism, genocide, history, ideas, insurgency, IS, ISIS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, JM Berger, Mahdist, mideast, Morality, myth, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, punishment, radicalization, Religion, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, scriptures, secret, sectarian, secular, sharia, symbolism, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, values, war, warriors | 10 comments

• The Freikorps Revival

September 14th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, barbaric, blowback, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, mideast, military, Militia, nazis, networks, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, russia, terrorism, Uncategorized, veterans, war, warriors | 10 comments