Archive for the 'non-state actors'

• Guest Post: Cheryl Rofer – I Hope the Government Doesn’t Listen to Nathan Myhrvold

September 23rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 9/11, counterterrorism, deterrence, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, national security, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, rofer, security, society, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized | 21 comments

• Octavian Manea interviews T.X. Hammes

September 7th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, army, historians, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog | Comments Off on Octavian Manea interviews T.X. Hammes

• Bomb Syria?

August 29th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, al qaida, America, analytic, barack obama, extremists, fog of war, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, logic, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, politics, R2P, security, state department, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, terrorism, united nations, war, warriors | 7 comments

• “Optimizing the Potential of Special Forces”

July 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, army, COIN, Communism, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, cultural intelligence, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, geopolitics, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, military, military professionalism, military reform, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, security, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 18 comments

• Moral Degeneration in the Crucible of War

June 12th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, africa, analytic, culture, Evolution, extremists, Failed State, gangs, government, history, hitler, Holocaust, ideas, insurgency, john boyd, Mexico, military, Militia, Morality, narcoterror, nazis, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, radicalization, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, torture, tragedy, tribes, uganda, war, warriors | 19 comments