Archive for the 'politics'

• Corn’s Caliphates in Wonderland

March 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, authors, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, diplomatic history, extremists, Failed State, geopolitics, government, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, public diplomacy, rambling, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, turkey, virtual states, war | 12 comments

• Book Review: Grand Strategies by Charles Hill

March 21st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, authors, classics, cultural intelligence, culture, diplomacy, diplomatic history, education, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historiography, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, politics, primary loyalties, society, strategy, teaching, theory | 6 comments

• The Oligarchs and Public Debt

March 13th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, capitalism, corporations, democracy, dystopia, economics, Failed State, freedom, government, leadership, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, republican party, risk, shlok, society | 4 comments

• Government by Assassination

March 7th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 5GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, history, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, state failure, state terrorism, terrorism | 8 comments

• Farrall in Foreign Affairs:How al Qaida Works

February 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, globalguerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john robb, military intelligence, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, war | 6 comments