Archive for the 'security'

• Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency

February 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, A.E., America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, Failed State, gangs, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, organizations, primary loyalties, security, transnational criminal organization | Comments Off on Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• Books For a Near Future Review

January 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, authors, book, business, capitalism, complex systems, complexity, computers, connectivity, corporations, criminals, Cyberwar, economics, government, IC, ideas, IntelFusion, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, national security, networks, non-state actors, OSINT, reading, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, virtual states, war, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• Robb Throws Down the Gauntlet

January 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, culture, Evolution, Failed State, futurism, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, leadership, legitimacy, market states, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Oligarchy, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, reform, resilience, robb, security, social networks, society, strategy, superempowered individuals, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama | 9 comments

• Will Haiti Katrina-ize the Obama Administration?

January 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, America, criminals, Failed State, gangs, leadership, obama, politics, risk, security, society, soft power, state failure | 15 comments