Archive for the '4GW'

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

• Reality, Strategy and Afghanistan: Some Questions

July 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, Questions, state building, state department, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 18 comments

• Movie Review: RESTREPO Screening

June 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, movies, recommended viewing, war, warriors | 11 comments

• Intriguing Analysis on NYT-Obama Admin Policy Split on Pakistan

June 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, new york times, pakistan, pundita, society, state failure, state terrorism, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• Cameron on “A Translation of Abu Walid al-Masri’s Reply”

June 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, arab world, bin laden, Charles Cameron, connectivity, cultural intelligence, feedback, foreign language, framing, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, Religion, strategist, terrorism, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 18 comments