Archive for the 'war'

• Review: Senator’s Son by Larson

March 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, fiction, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, mideast, military, military history, military reform, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, society, state building, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors, Writing | 5 comments

• Mackinlay’s Insurgent Archipelago & Other Books

March 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, gian gentile, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, mao, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Nimble Books, non-state actors, security, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Armed Forces Journal en Fuego!

March 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in COIN, diplomacy, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 1 comment

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part I.

February 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, mideast, military, military reform, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, politics, social networks, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• Arquilla on the New Rules of War

February 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, army, authors, Cebrowski, complex systems, connectivity, david ronfeldt, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, hierarchy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john arquilla, military, military reform, national security, navy, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robotics, social networks, theory, war | 6 comments