Archive for the 'geopolitics'

• None Dare Call it a Rogue State

December 9th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, asia, barack obama, CIA, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, IC, India, insurgency, intellectuals, isaac, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, nuclear, obama, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | 34 comments

• 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

• The Incredible Shrinking State Department must Evolve or Die

October 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, analytic, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Evolution, Failed State, federal budget, gap, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, leadership, national security, non-state actors, obama, organizations, politics, public diplomacy, reform, state department, state failure, strategy | 11 comments

• New Article up at SWJ: Theory, Policy, and Strategy

September 18th, 2009 by zen

Posted in A.E., America, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, military, national security, politics, small wars journal, strategy, swj blog, theory, Uncategorized, war | 7 comments

• Pipes on Russia, Barnett on Pipes

September 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, barnett, Communism, culture, economic determinism, empire, europe, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, putin, russia, siloviki, stalin, state building, state failure, strategy, theory, vladimir putin | 13 comments