Archive for the 'security'

• Elkus on Science, Defense and Strategy

January 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, America, analytic, COIN, foreign policy, geopolitics, intellectuals, john boyd, leadership, military, military reform, national security, politics, reform, science, security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 10 comments

• A Short Rant……

December 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, government, illegal combatants, islamist, national security, non-state actors, security, state department, terrorism | 15 comments

• Five Questions: An Interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai

December 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, insurgency, Interview, islamic world, leadership, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, security, social networks, steven pressfield, suicide bombing, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Metz on the Afghan Surge

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• Going Dark

November 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, blogging, blogosphere, Blogroll, COIN, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, security, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments