Archive for the '2011'

• US Foreign Policy, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

January 30th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20th century, 21st century, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, blowback, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, david ronfeldt, deception, democracy, dictator, diplomacy, egypt, elections, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, IC, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, morsi, national security, non-state actors, obama, Perception, politics, protest, Questions, R2P, radicalization, Religion, revolution, risk, state department, state failure, strategy, sunni, syria, terrorism | 8 comments

• Kelly Vlahos Spoons John Nagl Over COIN

September 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 21st century, Afghanistan, analytic, blogosphere, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, politics, Strategy and War | 26 comments

• Gunpowder, treason and plot

November 5th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 17th century, 2011, ancient history, blogging, britain, Charles Cameron, counterpoint, egypt, history, insurgency, terrorism, Uncategorized | 2 comments

• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a review

October 27th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 2011, 21st century, biography, computers, creativity, globalization, ideas, innovation, J. Scott Shipman, markets, media, music, Patterns, reading, recommended reading, strategy, Uncategorized | 9 comments

• Boyd & Beyond 2011 Reading List

October 26th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 2011, 21st century, J. Scott Shipman, recommended reading, robert j. bunker, Uncategorized | 9 comments