Archive for the 'national security'

• Turning Away From Strategy

August 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Air Force, America, analytic, army, cognition, defense, education, Epistemology, Failed State, government, history, ideas, military, military reform, national security, navy, organizations, Patterns, politics, security, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, USMC, war | 34 comments

• The Twilight War—a review

July 23rd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, academia, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, Apocalyptic, Arab Spring, barack obama, diplomacy, diplomatic history, elections, Failed State, foreign policy, Hamas, hezbollah, history, international law, iran, iraq, J. Scott Shipman, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, natiuon-building, navy, politics, propaganda, recommended reading, security, state building, state department, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 6 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

• It Seems the Oligarchs Distrust their own Creepy-state

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 21st century, 5GW, America, analytic, conspiracy, Creepy-state, criminals, Cyberwar, democracy, dystopia, government, IC, intelligence, legitimacy, national security, Oligarchy, politics, Republic, security, society, state failure | 2 comments

• SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, DIME, history, ideas, military, military history, national security, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, theory, war | 3 comments