Archive for the 'insurgency'

• Red lines and the credibility arms race

April 26th, 2013 by Lynn C. Rees

Posted in complex systems, counterinsurgency, deterrence, diplomacy, guardian, Human Rights, illusion, insurgency, law enforcement, long tail, Lynn C. Rees, metaphor, non-state actors, nuance / subtlety, public diplomacy, stochastic, superempowered individuals, system administration, wicked problems | 3 comments

• Only Amateurs Negotiate in Public

April 26th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, insurgency, military, national security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, war | 15 comments

• Chechnya: of flags, prayers and swords, wolves, dogs, and hyenas

April 25th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, Dr Timothy Furnish, ibn siqilli, insurgency, Islam, JM Berger, movies, myth, Uncategorized | 1 comment

• Octavian Manea interviews MIT’s Roger D. Peterson

April 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, America, analytic, classics, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military training & education, Musings, non-state actors, politics, psychology, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, tribes, uncertainty, war, warriors | 8 comments

• The White Paper and its Critics

February 11th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, academia, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, counterterrorism, debate, defense, democracy, drones, foreign policy, framing, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, law enforcement, legal, legitimacy, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, SCOTUS, security, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 14 comments