Archive for the 'islamist'

• US Foreign Policy, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

January 30th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20th century, 21st century, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, blowback, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, david ronfeldt, deception, democracy, dictator, diplomacy, egypt, elections, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, IC, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, morsi, national security, non-state actors, obama, Perception, politics, protest, Questions, R2P, radicalization, Religion, revolution, risk, state department, state failure, strategy, sunni, syria, terrorism | 8 comments

• Mourning the loss of Monte Cassino

January 18th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, America, art history, Buddhism, Charles Cameron, christianity, islamist, italy, monasticism, Specs, Taliban, Uncategorized, wwii | Comments Off on Mourning the loss of Monte Cassino

• An army in Sham, an army in Yemen, and an army in Iraq

November 1st, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Aaron Zelin, ahmadinejad, analytic, Apocalyptic, Charles Cameron, christianity, India, iran, iraq, islamist, Israel, Lebanon, Mahdist, map, maps of war, saudi arabia, scriptures, shia, sunni, syria, Uncategorized | Comments Off on An army in Sham, an army in Yemen, and an army in Iraq

• Speaking of Pundita….

October 24th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, pakistan, politics, pundita, strategy, terrorism | 8 comments

• New Book: The Outpost by Jake Tapper

October 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, book, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, pakistan, Tactics, Taliban | Comments Off on New Book: The Outpost by Jake Tapper