Archive for the 'strategy'

• Elkus on Mad Dogs and Military History

May 10th, 2013 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, analytic, ancient history, book, historians, history, intellectuals, military, military history, politics, reading, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, war, warriors | 12 comments

• The Boston Bombers and Superempowerment

May 1st, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2013, 21st century, counterintuitive, counterterrorism, definitions, economics, extremists, freedom, glittering eye, government, ideas, islamist, law enforcement, national security, non-state actors, politics, risk, schuler, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory | 24 comments

• Syria is Not Rwanda

April 29th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, Arab Spring, arab world, Failed State, fisking, foreign policy, genocide, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, R2P, revolution, scenario, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, sunni, syria, tribes, uncertainty, war | 6 comments

• Only Amateurs Negotiate in Public

April 26th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, insurgency, military, national security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, war | 15 comments

• Octavian Manea interviews MIT’s Roger D. Peterson

April 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, America, analytic, classics, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military training & education, Musings, non-state actors, politics, psychology, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, tribes, uncertainty, war, warriors | 8 comments