Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'

• Kelly Vlahos Spoons John Nagl Over COIN

September 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 21st century, Afghanistan, analytic, blogosphere, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, politics, Strategy and War | 26 comments

• Barlow on COIN and Failure

July 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in analytic, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, legitimacy, military, military contractor, military history, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, reform, security, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• SWJ: Manea interviews Fernando Lujan

July 24th, 2012 by zen

Posted in COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, small wars journal, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on SWJ: Manea interviews Fernando Lujan

• SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, DIME, history, ideas, military, military history, national security, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, theory, war | 3 comments

• William Lind on the Taliban’s Operational Art

June 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, analytic, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, ISAF, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, Patterns, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments