Archive for the 'national security'

• Guest Post: Cheryl Rofer – I Hope the Government Doesn’t Listen to Nathan Myhrvold

September 23rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 9/11, counterterrorism, deterrence, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, national security, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, rofer, security, society, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized | 21 comments

• Echevarria and the Irrational in Strategy

September 17th, 2013 by zen

Posted in logic, military, national security, philosophy, politics, SSI, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, theory | 21 comments

• Should we Laugh or Cry?

September 13th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, cognition, diplomacy, disinformation, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, leadership, national security | 15 comments

• Octavian Manea interviews T.X. Hammes

September 7th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, army, historians, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog | Comments Off on Octavian Manea interviews T.X. Hammes

• Octavian Manea Interviews General David Petraeus

September 2nd, 2013 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, insurgency, intellectuals, Interview, iraq, mideast, military, military history, military training & education, national security, petraeus, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, veterans, war, warriors | 4 comments