Archive for the 'COIN'

• A Light at the End of the Tunnell

October 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, leadership, military, military professionalism, military training & education, Tactics, Taliban, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Twenty-Nine Articles

September 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Adaptability, Afghanistan, COIN, Collaboration, cooperation, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, culture, dilegge, DIME, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military contractor, military intelligence, military professionalism, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, Perception, primary loyalties, state building, Tactics, teaching, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• New Book: Mission Revolution by Jennifer Morrison Taw

September 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, defense, DIME, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, IR, iraq, military, military contractor, military history, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, non-state actors, politics, revolution, security, state building, state department, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, system administration, Tactics, theory, war | 10 comments

• Kelly Vlahos Spoons John Nagl Over COIN

September 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 21st century, Afghanistan, analytic, blogosphere, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, politics, Strategy and War | 26 comments

• Barlow on COIN and Failure

July 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in analytic, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, legitimacy, military, military contractor, military history, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, reform, security, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments