Archive for the 'COIN'

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part I.

February 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, mideast, military, military reform, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, politics, social networks, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• Senator’s Son

February 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, fiction, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, non-state actors, Perception, psychology, reading, society, tribes, veterans, war, warriors, Writing | 11 comments

• Petting the Cobra When We should be Looking for a Big Rock

February 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, logic, military, national security, pakistan, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | 7 comments

• Tools vs. Strategies: Or, Why “An” Alternative to COIN is Not “THE” Alternative

February 12th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, small wars council, small wars journal, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, war | 29 comments

• Milpub

February 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamist, military, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 4 comments