Archive for the 'security'

• History Will Judge Only if We Ask the Right Questions

April 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, politics, Questions, security, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Pondering Transition Ops with Quesopaper

April 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, feedback, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, military, military reform, national security, organizations, public diplomacy, security, social science, society, state building, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 6 comments

• The Human Face of War, by Jim Storr, in paperback

February 14th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, army, Clausewitzian, defense, history, J. Scott Shipman, military, recommended reading, security, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized | 1 comment

• Justice, Coercion, Legitimacy, State-Building and Afghanistan

January 17th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, economics, Failed State, government, history, ideas, islamic world, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, security, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Elkus on The Sovereignty Solution

January 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, analytic, asia, book, foreign policy, national security, R2P, security, social science, swj blog | Comments Off on Elkus on The Sovereignty Solution