Archive for the 'politics'

• Major General Fuller is Right

November 5th, 2011 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, disinformation, Failed State, government, military, Perception, politics, war | 7 comments

• Breaking New Political Ground

October 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in fun, politics, republican party | 13 comments

• A Multi-Disciplinary Approach?: Coerr’s The Eagle and the Bear Outline

October 20th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, cold war, Communism, consilience, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, feedback, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, reader response, russia, security, social science, soviet union, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, terrain, terrorism, theory, totalitarianism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 19 comments

• Debating a Failure of Generalship and Leadership

October 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, army, authors, Character, counterinsurgency, culture, debate, dystopia, gian gentile, leadership, legitimacy, military, national security, politics, reform, small wars journal, society, strategy, Tactics, Vietnam War, Viral, war | 7 comments

• Kesler on R2P Hypocrisy

October 8th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, Arab Spring, democracy, democratic party, dystopia, economics, egalitarianism, elections, extremists, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, kesler, Liberalism, logic, networks, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, R2P, reform, Republic, rule-sets, Slaughter, society | 7 comments