Archive for the 'Arab Spring'

• We’re a legacy industry in a world of start-up competitors

August 26th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 2015, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, Alawis, America, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, asymmetric, blindspots, caliph, CENTCOM, Charles Cameron, computers, corruption, cultural intelligence, culture, cve, DARPA, daveed gartenstein-ross, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, drones, ecology, economics, ecosystem, education, egypt, elections, empire, extremists, Failed State, foreign language, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, global warming, globalization, government, Hamas, hezbollah, history, husain haqqani, India, indigenous, innovation, intervention, iran, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Israel, jordan, kurdistan, Lebanon, legitimacy, map, maps of war, maqdisi, mb / ikhwan, mideast, military, military contractor, mystery, national security, non-state actors, organizations, palestine, peace, recommended viewing, Religion, saudi arabia, sectarian, secular, sharia, shia, slavery, state failure, strategy, sufi, sunni, terrorism, tribes, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, wahhab, water & water wars, web 2.0, westphalia, women, wwi, yazidi / yezidi | 2 comments

• Syria is Not Rwanda

April 29th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, Arab Spring, arab world, Failed State, fisking, foreign policy, genocide, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, R2P, revolution, scenario, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, sunni, syria, tribes, uncertainty, war | 6 comments

• Of masks and masking in Bahrain

February 26th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Arab Spring, Charles Cameron, Gulf States, movies, Uncategorized | 9 comments

• Nir Rosen Among the Alawites

September 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Arab Spring, arab world, culture, dictator, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, insurgency, intellectuals, Islam, islamic world, politics, Religion, state failure, state terrorism, sunni, syria, war | Comments Off on Nir Rosen Among the Alawites

• Obama’s Foreign Policy Gamble on the Moderate Islamists

September 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2012, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 9/11, al qaida, Arab Spring, arab world, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, egypt, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, international law, Islam, islamic world, islamist, leadership, national security, obama, Perception, Religion, revolution, state department, state terrorism, sunni, symbolism, terrorism, threat | 13 comments