Archive for the 'revolution'

• Do Oligarchies Create Insurgencies?

November 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in analytic, Arab Spring, COIN, counterinsurgency, democracy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, reform, revolution, scenario, social science, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 28 comments

• The Forum and The Tower, a review

November 20th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, academia, ancient history, biography, Character, classics, diplomacy, diplomatic history, government, historians, history, Human Rights, intellectuals, international law, J. Scott Shipman, monarchy, national security, organizations, reading, recommended reading, Republic, revolution, society, strategy, theory, Uncategorized | 6 comments

• Hoover on Charles Hill and Hill on Grand Strategy

November 8th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, literature, myth, national security, politics, reading, revolution, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, teaching, theory | 5 comments

• Descent into Barbarism

August 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, britain, criminals, culture, democracy, dystopia, gangs, government, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, Perception, politics, revolution, security, social networks, society, state failure, Tactics, Uncategorized | 20 comments

• Metz on Libya

March 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, COIN, counterinsurgency, dictator, DIME, diplomacy, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, revolution, SSI, steven metz, strategy, war | 7 comments