Archive for the 'insurgency'

• Exum in Foreign Policy

October 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, war | 2 comments

• Guest Post: Shipman on Boyd and Beyond, 2010

October 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, book, Boyd 2010, business, Character, cognition, COIN, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, ideas, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, john boyd, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, Perception, psychology, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, theory, uncertainty | 9 comments

• Guest Post: Blip 01: Bin Laden the Avatar

October 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, horizontal thinking, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, propaganda, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, Viral, visualization | 4 comments

• Enter Stage Right

September 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, analogy, analytic, authors, chicago boyz, conservativism, culture, democracy, democratic party, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, lexington green, Liberalism, networks, Oligarchy, open-source, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, Republic, republican party | 10 comments

• A Brief Word From the MSM

September 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, army, Failed State, insurgency, islamic world, media, war | 10 comments