Archive for the 'war'

• Announcements…

July 14th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, blogosphere, chet richards, defense, dni, futurism, ideas, military reform, strategy, swj blog, tdaxp, theory, Uncategorized, war | 4 comments

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

• Reality, Strategy and Afghanistan: Some Questions

July 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, Questions, state building, state department, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 18 comments

• RESTREPO Review II. : Lexington Green

July 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, lexington green, military, military history, movies, war, warriors | Comments Off on RESTREPO Review II. : Lexington Green

• Following up on the Strategy Links with….More Strategy! And a Few Comments

July 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in cognition, DIME, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, Opposed systems design, social science, strategist, strategy, Tactics, theory, war | 4 comments