Archive for the 'terrorism'

• Book Review: Architect of Global Jihad by Brynjar Lia

August 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, authors, book, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, social science, strategist, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory | 30 comments

• New Book: Storming the World Stage by Stephen Tankel

August 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, book, CNAS, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, primary loyalties, social science, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism | 4 comments

• Trial of a Thousand Years, by Charles Hill—a review

August 11th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, ancient history, arab world, asia, bin laden, byzantium, christianity, Clausewitzian, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, Failed State, freedom, globalization, government, history, innovation, international law, iran, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, J. Scott Shipman, legal, liberty, national security, natiuon-building, nuclear, Religion, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 5 comments

• Killebrew on The End of War

August 11th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, military, military history, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, security, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 9 comments

• UBL and Fisk: a quick note on something that caught me eye

August 7th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in anthropology, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, Epistemology, extremists, fisking, games, islamist, Israel, myth, philosophy, psychology, Religion, terrorism, Theology | 2 comments