Archive for the '4GW'

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments

• One Tribe at a Time

October 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Incredible Shrinking State Department must Evolve or Die

October 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, analytic, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Evolution, Failed State, federal budget, gap, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, leadership, national security, non-state actors, obama, organizations, politics, public diplomacy, reform, state department, state failure, strategy | 11 comments

• Shlok Vaidya’s Singularity of Warfare

October 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, analytic, chicago boyz, defense, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, military, military history, national security, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, robotics, scenario, security, shlok, superempowered individuals, tech, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 5 comments

• Apocalyptic Vision: Guest Post by Charles Cameron

August 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, arab world, authors, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iran, islamic world, islamist, Religion, social science, society, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, Uncategorized | 20 comments