Archive for the 'illegal combatants'

• Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

May 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, army, asymmetric, COIN, counterinsurgency, debate, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, pakistan, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

• Book Review: The Hunt for KSM

May 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 9/11, al qaida, America, authors, bin laden, book, CIA, criminals, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, IC, illegal combatants, intelligence, international law, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, media, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, planes, politics, reading, security, superempowered individuals, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 2 comments

• Jihad for all Seasons: Review of Storming the World Stage (in PRAGATI)

November 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, book, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, illegal combatants, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, primary loyalties, security, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism, transnational criminal organization | 7 comments

• Iranian Assassination – Narco-Cartel Plot Charged

October 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, America, barack obama, bill richardson, conspiracy, criminals, extremists, FBI, fisking, foreign policy, gangs, geopolitics, government, illegal combatants, IO, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, Mexico, mideast, national security, non-state actors, pasdaran, security, state department, state terrorism, terrorism, transnational criminal organization | 4 comments

• Hitting all the Right Notes

July 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, analytic, COIN, counterintuitive, IC, illegal combatants, insurgency, IO, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | Comments Off on Hitting all the Right Notes