Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'

• How to Lose a War: A Primer

July 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 21st century, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, dystopia, Failed State, fisking, government, humor, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, military, military contractor, military history, military intelligence, military reform, military training & education, politics, rambling, satire, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, veterans, war, warriors | 49 comments

• “Optimizing the Potential of Special Forces”

July 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, army, COIN, Communism, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, cultural intelligence, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, geopolitics, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, military, military professionalism, military reform, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, security, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 18 comments

• Is 4GW Dead?: Point-Counterpoint and Commentary

May 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, brave new war, chet richards, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, dni, dystopia, fabius maximus, Failed State, geopolitics, government, hammes, history, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, legitimacy, military, military history, narcoterror, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 28 comments

• Are Insurgencies “Antifragile”?

May 16th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, africa, analytic, antifragile, COIN, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, law enforcement, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, society, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, theory, war | 19 comments

• Red lines and the credibility arms race

April 26th, 2013 by Lynn C. Rees

Posted in complex systems, counterinsurgency, deterrence, diplomacy, guardian, Human Rights, illusion, insurgency, law enforcement, long tail, Lynn C. Rees, metaphor, non-state actors, nuance / subtlety, public diplomacy, stochastic, superempowered individuals, system administration, wicked problems | 3 comments