Archive for the 'state failure'

• Tool of the Week Award

May 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, business, corporations, defense, federal budget, government, humor, military, military contractor, military reform, national security, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, war, washington post, wired | 8 comments

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments

• Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

May 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, arab world, authors, blogosphere, Blogroll, book, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, historians, historiography, history, insurgency, intellectuals, IR, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military, military contractor, military reform, national security, reading, Religion, shia, social science, state failure, Theology, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

• COIN in the Korengal Valley – RESTREPO the Movie

May 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, movies, non-state actors, primary loyalties, security, state failure, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, veterans, war, warriors, youtube | Comments Off on COIN in the Korengal Valley – RESTREPO the Movie

• Van Creveld – Keynote Address at Strategy Conference

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, education, futurism, government, historians, ideas, legal, legitimacy, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, society, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 5 comments