Archive for the 'national security'

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part II.

March 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, john robb, kilcullen, Kuomintang, Mao ZeDong, mideast, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, robb, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism | 9 comments

• Cameron on Conflict of Commands – A Guest Post Series

March 10th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 5GW, academia, analytic, army, Charles Cameron, cognition, cultural intelligence, culture, Epistemology, extremists, framing, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, logic, meme, metacognition, military, myth, national security, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory | 8 comments

• Mackinlay’s Insurgent Archipelago & Other Books

March 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, gian gentile, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, mao, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Nimble Books, non-state actors, security, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Armed Forces Journal en Fuego!

March 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in COIN, diplomacy, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 1 comment

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part I.

February 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, mideast, military, military reform, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, politics, social networks, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments