Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'

• 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?

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• OTB Radio

April 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, geopolitics, glittering eye, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, media, military, national security, Outside the beltway, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, schuler, security, sic semper tyrannis, strategy, system administration, theory, war | 2 comments

• The Surge, Rigor, Yardsticks and Mediums

April 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, bias, blogosphere, CNAS, cognition, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, defense, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, military history, national security, politics, rambling, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, vertical thinking, war | 12 comments

• More Thoughts on Mexico

April 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, gangs, government, immigration, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, JosephFouche, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, risk, security, society, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | 6 comments