Archive for the 'islam.insurgency'

• Guest Post: Blip 01: Bin Laden the Avatar

October 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, horizontal thinking, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, propaganda, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, Viral, visualization | 4 comments

• Summer Series 2010: WAR by Sebastian Junger

September 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, islam.insurgency, military, military history, reading, Summer Series, war, warriors | Comments Off on Summer Series 2010: WAR by Sebastian Junger

• Reminder: Chicago Boyz Roundtable – Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

August 5th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, Failed State, futurism, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, lexington green, military, non-state actors, pakistan, strategy, Strategy and War, tribes, war | Comments Off on Reminder: Chicago Boyz Roundtable – Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

• Pakistan, More Time Bomb than Ally

July 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, pundita, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 6 comments

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop