Archive for the 'arab world'

• Charles Cameron and the Strategist of Jihad

June 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, arab world, blogging, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, connectivity, cultural intelligence, extremists, feedback, foreign language, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, public diplomacy, Religion, social science, strategist, terrorism, Theology, war, web 2.0 | Comments Off on Charles Cameron and the Strategist of Jihad

• Israel Does Not Understand 4GW

May 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, arab world, disinformation, extremists, IO, islamic world, islamist, john boyd, legitimacy, mideast, military, navy, non-state actors, politics, public diplomacy, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 57 comments

• Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

May 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, arab world, authors, blogosphere, Blogroll, book, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, historians, historiography, history, insurgency, intellectuals, IR, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military, military contractor, military reform, national security, reading, Religion, shia, social science, state failure, Theology, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

• Bacevich – How Do we Know When War is Over?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Clausewitzian, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, mideast, military, military history, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• The Surge, Rigor, Yardsticks and Mediums

April 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, bias, blogosphere, CNAS, cognition, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, defense, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, military history, national security, politics, rambling, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, vertical thinking, war | 12 comments