Archive for the 'state failure'

• One Tribe at a Time

October 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Incredible Shrinking State Department must Evolve or Die

October 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, analytic, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Evolution, Failed State, federal budget, gap, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, leadership, national security, non-state actors, obama, organizations, politics, public diplomacy, reform, state department, state failure, strategy | 11 comments

• Pipes on Russia, Barnett on Pipes

September 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, barnett, Communism, culture, economic determinism, empire, europe, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, putin, russia, siloviki, stalin, state building, state failure, strategy, theory, vladimir putin | 13 comments

• Another Voice for Bottom Up Strategy in Afghanistan

August 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, history, insurgency, legitimacy, military, small wars journal, state building, state failure, swj blog, tribes, war | 4 comments

• On Afghanistan and Strategy

August 14th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, dilegge, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, national security, pakistan, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 20 comments