Archive for the 'insurgency'

• COIN in the Korengal Valley – RESTREPO the Movie

May 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, movies, non-state actors, primary loyalties, security, state failure, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, veterans, war, warriors, youtube | Comments Off on COIN in the Korengal Valley – RESTREPO the Movie

• Nagl – Radical Reform for Teaching Strategy?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 9/11, academia, America, ancient history, CNAS, cognition, COIN, Collaboration, complexity, connectivity, counterinsurgency, creativity, education, Epistemology, futurism, globalization, government, history, ideas, innovation, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, media, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, public diplomacy, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, teaching, tech, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | Comments Off on Nagl – Radical Reform for Teaching Strategy?

• Bacevich – How Do we Know When War is Over?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Clausewitzian, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, mideast, military, military history, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Hammes – Who Participates in War?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, government, hammes, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, primary loyalties, security, social networks, society, soft power, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Hammes – Who Participates in War?

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments