Archive for the 'COIN'

• Book Review: BRUTE by Robert Coram

March 28th, 2011 by zen

Posted in authors, biography, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, military, military history, war, warriors | 5 comments

• 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

• Metz on Libya

March 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, COIN, counterinsurgency, dictator, DIME, diplomacy, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, revolution, SSI, steven metz, strategy, war | 7 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

• Debating the Mexican Cartel Wars at SWJ Blog

February 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robert j. bunker, small wars journal, social science, state failure, swj blog, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | Comments Off on Debating the Mexican Cartel Wars at SWJ Blog