Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'

• 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

• Metz on Unruly Clients

March 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, diplomacy, diplomatic history, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, public diplomacy, security, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 8 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

• Review: Senator’s Son by Larson

March 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, fiction, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, mideast, military, military history, military reform, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, society, state building, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors, Writing | 5 comments