Archive for the 'al qaida'

• Pakistan, More Time Bomb than Ally

July 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, pundita, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 6 comments

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

• David Kilcullen with Diane Sawyer

June 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, kilcullen, media, military, war, warriors | 5 comments

• Cameron on “A Translation of Abu Walid al-Masri’s Reply”

June 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, arab world, bin laden, Charles Cameron, connectivity, cultural intelligence, feedback, foreign language, framing, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, Religion, strategist, terrorism, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 18 comments

• Rogue State Pakistan

June 14th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, cognitive goods, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, IC, India, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, newshoggers, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, pundita, risk, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, terrorism, tribes, war | 17 comments