Archive for the 'national security'

• Nagl: “COIN is not Dead!”

February 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in COIN, counterinsurgency, government, ideas, intellectuals, john nagl, military, military history, military reform, national security, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 14 comments

• Hoffman on the New Strategic Guidance

January 31st, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, defense, economic determinism, economics, government, ideas, intellectuals, military, military reform, national debt, national security, politics, reform, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, war | Comments Off on Hoffman on the New Strategic Guidance

• In Defense of Grand Strategy

January 31st, 2012 by zen

Posted in A.E., academia, America, analytic, blog-friends, defense, DIME, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, JosephFouche, metacognition, military, national security, politics, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 6 comments

• Metz on the Psychology of Insurgency

January 28th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, gangs, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, small wars journal, social science, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment

• There Will Be Blood…..

January 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, education, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, leadership, military, military history, national security, politics, strategist, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, war, warriors | 11 comments