Archive for the 'terrorism'

• 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

• Key bin Laden para raises translation and other questions

May 6th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, analytic, Charles Cameron, CTC, cultural intelligence, extremists, islamist, scriptures, terrorism, Theology, translation, Uncategorized | 6 comments

• History Will Judge Only if We Ask the Right Questions

April 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, politics, Questions, security, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Which world is more vivid? This, or the next?

March 19th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, anthropology, barack obama, bin laden, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, Epistemology, extremists, history, myth, Perception, primary loyalties, Religion, rethinking thinking, scriptures, symbolism, terrorism, Theology, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments