Archive for the '4GW'

• A Multi-Disciplinary Approach?: Coerr’s The Eagle and the Bear Outline

October 20th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, cold war, Communism, consilience, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, feedback, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, reader response, russia, security, social science, soviet union, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, terrain, terrorism, theory, totalitarianism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 19 comments

• Iranian Assassination – Narco-Cartel Plot Charged

October 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, America, barack obama, bill richardson, conspiracy, criminals, extremists, FBI, fisking, foreign policy, gangs, geopolitics, government, illegal combatants, IO, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, Mexico, mideast, national security, non-state actors, pasdaran, security, state department, state terrorism, terrorism, transnational criminal organization | 4 comments

• Open-Source Counterinsurgency in Mexico?

September 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, insurgency, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, open-source, primary loyalties, war, warriors | 6 comments

• “What You Need to Know, Not What You Want to Hear”

September 16th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, counterinsurgency, criminals, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, primary loyalties, robert j. bunker, security, small wars journal, social science, state failure, swj blog, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, war | 9 comments

• 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