Archive for the 'dictator'

• 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

• Nir Rosen Among the Alawites

September 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Arab Spring, arab world, culture, dictator, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, insurgency, intellectuals, Islam, islamic world, politics, Religion, state failure, state terrorism, sunni, syria, war | Comments Off on Nir Rosen Among the Alawites

• Of a fault line, and of the Qibla

August 28th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, dictator, iran, iraq, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Latin America, pakistan, saudi arabia, Specs, Uncategorized | 6 comments

• An Unquiet Riot

August 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, democracy, dictator, dystopia, freedom, Human Rights, ideas, intellectuals, non-state actors, Perception, politics, putin, Religion, russia, state failure, strategy | 22 comments

• Putin and Syria: Siloviki Realism in Geopolitical Strategy

July 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 21st century, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, dictator, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, intellectuals, international law, national security, putin, R2P, russia, state department, strategy, syria, Tactics | 8 comments