Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'

• Petting the Cobra When We should be Looking for a Big Rock

February 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, logic, military, national security, pakistan, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | 7 comments

• Tools vs. Strategies: Or, Why “An” Alternative to COIN is Not “THE” Alternative

February 12th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, small wars council, small wars journal, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, war | 29 comments

• Milpub

February 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamist, military, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 4 comments

• The al-Masri Dialogue

February 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, bin laden, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, disinformation, extremists, government, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, OSINT, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, Religion, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 4 comments

• Guest Post: Cameron on “A Response to a Most Remarkable Conversation”

February 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, psychology, Religion, social science, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war, web 2.0 | 17 comments