Archive for the 'state failure'

• William Lind on the Taliban’s Operational Art

June 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, analytic, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, ISAF, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, Patterns, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

June 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, defense, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, leadership, military, military reform, national security, nuclear, obama, Perception, politics, putin, R2P, reform, rule-sets, russia, security, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, uncertainty, vladimir putin, war | Comments Off on The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

• Book Review: The Snake Eaters by Owen West

June 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, Foreign Internal Defense, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, reading, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

May 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, army, asymmetric, COIN, counterinsurgency, debate, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, pakistan, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

• Educating Divided Minds for an Illiberal State

May 4th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, analytic, cognition, conservativism, consilience, culture, education, Epistemology, extremists, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, metacognition, national security, Oligarchy, Patterns, philosophy, politics, public school, reform, republican party, scenario, science, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, teaching, theory, totalitarianism | 15 comments