Archive for the 'Afghanistan'

• Lieven on Pakistan

June 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, war, youtube | Comments Off on Lieven on Pakistan

• The US Army War College National Security Seminar 2011

June 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 2011, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, army, barnett, Clausewitzian, cognition, COIN, counterinsurgency, Cyberwar, defense, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, education, Epistemology, foreign policy, government, historians, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, military, military contractor, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Network-centric Warfare, organizations, security, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Rapturous times, neh?

May 21st, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, anthropology, arab world, black swans, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, christianity, Communism, cultural intelligence, culture, education, extremists, foreign language, framing, historians, historiography, hitler, iran, iraq, islamic world, japan, media, myth, propaganda, psychology, recommended reading, Religion, security, shia, Theology, Vietnam | 3 comments

• The DARPA arts

April 29th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, analogy, ancient history, anthropology, Charles Cameron, complexity, cultural intelligence, education, framing, guantanamo, history, insight, john boyd, myth, psychology, strategy, swj blog, Uncategorized | 1 comment

• And Taking Names!

April 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, state failure, state terrorism, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments