Archive for the 'empire'

• Recommended reading — in stereo

May 11th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, analogy, ancient history, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, empire, humor, movies, myth, new york times, pakistan, recommended reading, satire, science fiction, series, symmetry, warriors | Comments Off on Recommended reading — in stereo

• Ghosts of Pakistan

January 8th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in anglosphere, Charles Cameron, empire, framing, geopolitics, history, myth, pakistan | Comments Off on Ghosts of Pakistan

• Now Reading Luttwak

December 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, authors, book, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, empire, history, ideas, intellectuals, military history, roman empire, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war, youtube | 9 comments

• Expanding the Antilibrary

May 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, academia, authors, book, cognition, COIN, cold war, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, creativity, economics, education, empire, Evolution, historians, history, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, military history, public school, readers, reading, reform, scenario, social science, teaching, terrorism, theory, war | 10 comments

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments