Archive for the 'insurgency'

• New Roundtable: Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

June 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, blogosphere, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, futurism, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, military, military history, non-state actors, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 5 comments

• Cameron on “A Translation of Abu Walid al-Masri’s Reply”

June 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, arab world, bin laden, Charles Cameron, connectivity, cultural intelligence, feedback, foreign language, framing, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, Religion, strategist, terrorism, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 18 comments

• John Robb at BoingBoing

June 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, America, analytic, authors, brave new war, complex systems, dystopia, economics, Evolution, Failed State, ideas, innovation, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, legitimacy, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, open-source, resilience, robb, security, society, superempowered individuals, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Rogue State Pakistan

June 14th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, cognitive goods, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, IC, India, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, newshoggers, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, pundita, risk, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, terrorism, tribes, war | 17 comments

• Karaka on WAR at SWJ Blog

June 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, America, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, society, swj blog, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments