Archive for the 'national security'

• New Book ! Global Radical Islamist Insurgency

February 19th, 2016 by zen

Posted in al qaida, authors, book, counterterrorism, dilegge, extremists, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, military training & education, national security, networks, non-state actors, robert j. bunker, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, swj blog, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on New Book ! Global Radical Islamist Insurgency

• Guest Post: Duncan Hunter and Human Terrain System by Turner

February 14th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, anthropology, COIN, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, expertise, guest post, Human Terrain System, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, military contractor, military training & education, national security, organizations, politics, Questions, social science, state department, state failure | 9 comments

• DEF 2015

October 23rd, 2015 by zen

Posted in DEF 2015, defense, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, military, national security, organizations, theory | 1 comment

• New Book: Relentless Strike by Sean Naylor

September 24th, 2015 by zen

Posted in authors, book, classified, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, defense, military, military history, military professionalism, national security, war, warriors | Comments Off on New Book: Relentless Strike by Sean Naylor

• We’re a legacy industry in a world of start-up competitors

August 26th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 2015, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, Alawis, America, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, asymmetric, blindspots, caliph, CENTCOM, Charles Cameron, computers, corruption, cultural intelligence, culture, cve, DARPA, daveed gartenstein-ross, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, drones, ecology, economics, ecosystem, education, egypt, elections, empire, extremists, Failed State, foreign language, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, global warming, globalization, government, Hamas, hezbollah, history, husain haqqani, India, indigenous, innovation, intervention, iran, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Israel, jordan, kurdistan, Lebanon, legitimacy, map, maps of war, maqdisi, mb / ikhwan, mideast, military, military contractor, mystery, national security, non-state actors, organizations, palestine, peace, recommended viewing, Religion, saudi arabia, sectarian, secular, sharia, shia, slavery, state failure, strategy, sufi, sunni, terrorism, tribes, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, wahhab, water & water wars, web 2.0, westphalia, women, wwi, yazidi / yezidi | 2 comments