Archive for the '2012'

• 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

• Boyd and Beyond Local DC Event

December 18th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 2012, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Boyd 2012, Clausewitzian, diplomatic history, education, Epistemology, Fred Leland, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, law enforcement, maneuver warfare, metacognition, military history, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, navy, readers, recommended reading, small wars journal, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, warriors | 8 comments

• Reforming Intelligence vs.Intelligent Reforms

December 5th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 21st century, America, CIA, foreign policy, government, IC, ideas, intelligence, military, Musings, national security, new york times, organizations, Patterns, Perception, petraeus, politics, rambling, reform, security | 8 comments

• The Deep Shadow of Abraham Lincoln

November 26th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 2012, 20th century, 21st century, America, analytic, Character, democracy, history, ideas, leadership, military, military history, movies, politics, reform, Republic, republican party, sacrifice, society, strategy | 13 comments

• The 2012 Warlord Loop Reading List at SWJ

November 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, book, national security, reading, small wars journal, swj blog | 7 comments