Archive for the 'Afghanistan'

• Strategy and Perception, Part II.

March 26th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, Perception, politics, psychology, series, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Uncategorized, uncertainty, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Perception and Strategy Part I.

March 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, analytic, blogosphere, chet richards, counterinsurgency, DIME, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, iraq, islamic world, john boyd, military, national security, Perception, politics, public diplomacy, soft power, state building, strategist, strategy, theory, war | 5 comments

• Which world is more vivid? This, or the next?

March 19th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, anthropology, barack obama, bin laden, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, Epistemology, extremists, history, myth, Perception, primary loyalties, Religion, rethinking thinking, scriptures, symbolism, terrorism, Theology, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments

• “Our enemy is adaptable, we must be, too.” Adaptability & Simplicity, Random Thoughts

March 17th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, Adaptability, Afghanistan, America, J. Scott Shipman, philosophy, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, warriors | 3 comments

• The Hunt for KSM

March 15th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, authors, book, CIA, extremists, FBI, government, IC, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, khalid sheikh mohammed, national security, reading, state failure, state terrorism, Taliban, terrorism | 5 comments