Archive for the 'state failure'

• Hammes – Who Participates in War?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, government, hammes, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, primary loyalties, security, social networks, society, soft power, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Hammes – Who Participates in War?

• The End of Mexico?

April 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, democratic party, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, ideas, insurgency, Latin America, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, politics, security, society, state failure, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, war | 23 comments

• Khan on Taliban Warfare

April 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, small wars journal, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 5 comments

• Cameron on Conflicts of Commands, Part III. – A Guest Post Series

March 16th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, arab world, army, christianity, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, framing, government, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, myth, national security, navy, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, society, state department, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory | 2 comments

• Petting the Cobra When We should be Looking for a Big Rock

February 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, logic, military, national security, pakistan, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | 7 comments