Archive for the 'primary loyalties'

• Martin van Creveld on The Lebanon War

June 27th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Air Force, analytic, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, historians, history, ideas, Infinity Journal, intellectuals, islamic world, Israel, mideast, military, military history, politics, primary loyalties, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 9 comments

• Guest Post: Shipman Reviews Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason K. Stearns

May 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, africa, analytic, authors, book, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, gap, government, ideas, insurgency, J. Scott Shipman, non-state actors, primary loyalties, reading, state failure, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Guest Post: Shipman Reviews Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason K. Stearns

• Walter Russell Mead on our Oligarchical and Technocratic Elite

May 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, democracy, democratic party, Failed State, government, historians, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, national security, Oligarchy, Perception, primary loyalties, Republic, republican party | 24 comments

• A two part meditation, part i: scenario planning the end times

April 13th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analytic, barack obama, blogosphere, book, Charles Cameron, christianity, CIA, complexity, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, framing, geopolitics, insight, iran, islamist, myth, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, shia, symmetry, Theology, Uncategorized, youtube | 7 comments

• Book Review: Narcos Over the Border by Robert J. Bunker (Ed.)

April 5th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, America, analytic, authors, black globalization, book, connectivity, conspiracy, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, dystopia, Failed State, gangs, government, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john p. sullivan, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, OSINT, politics, primary loyalties, robert j. bunker, security, social networks, social science, state failure, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, war | 9 comments