Archive for the 'theory'

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments

• Guest Post: Charles Cameron on Farrall and al-Masri

October 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, theory | 17 comments

• One Tribe at a Time

October 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Handbook of 5GW

October 25th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 5GW, authors, book, conspiracy, counterintuitive, extremists, fun, futurism, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, myth, Nimble Books, non-state actors, Perception, society, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, tdaxp, theory, uncertainty, war | 1 comment

• Shlok Vaidya’s Singularity of Warfare

October 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, analytic, chicago boyz, defense, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, military, military history, national security, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, robotics, scenario, security, shlok, superempowered individuals, tech, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 5 comments