Archive for the 'government'

• Metz on the Afghan Surge

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• President Obama on Afghanistan

December 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 2009, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, barack obama, democratic party, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, pakistan, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 4 comments

• Redefining “Swine” Flu

November 6th, 2009 by zen

Posted in America, barack obama, conspiracy, criminals, democratic party, government, Oligarchy, politics, republican party | 24 comments

• Guest Post: Speak the Languages, Know the Modes of Thought

November 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, government, ideas, illegal combatants, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, Uncategorized, wired | 35 comments

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments