Archive for the 'state failure'

• Book Review: The Profession by Steven Pressfield

July 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 2011, 21st century, 4GW, authors, book, creativity, dystopia, empire, fiction, fun, futurism, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military contractor, myth, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, reading, roman empire, scenario, shlok, society, state failure, strategy, Tactics, tribes, USMC, war, warriors, Writing | 7 comments

• Now Reading….

July 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, fiction, futurism, gangs, ideas, insurgency, islamist, Latin America, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, reading, scenario, security, society, state failure, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, veterans, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Possible Shifts in AfPak

July 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, diplomacy, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, India, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, mob, pakistan, Patterns, politics, scenario, soviet union, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war | 13 comments

• PRISM: Col. Bob Killebrew on Criminal Insurgency

June 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, America, analytic, black globalization, CNAS, COIN, conspiracy, counterinsurgency, criminals, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social networks, social science, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, transnational criminal organization | 3 comments

• Humanity among Monsters: The Descent of Mexico

June 2nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, criminals, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, Latin America, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, state failure, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, war, warriors, youtube | 3 comments