Archive for the 'national security'

• Spinney on the QDR

February 5th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, analytic, defense, federal budget, government, intellectuals, john boyd, military, national security, obama, politics, reform, Strategy and War | 1 comment

• Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency

February 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, A.E., America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, Failed State, gangs, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, organizations, primary loyalties, security, transnational criminal organization | Comments Off on Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency

• Book Review: The Forty Years War

February 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, authors, book, cold war, conservativism, defense, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, ikle, intellectuals, military, national security, neoconservatism, nixon, politics, republican party, schlesinger, society, strategy, war | 3 comments

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• Books For a Near Future Review

January 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, authors, book, business, capitalism, complex systems, complexity, computers, connectivity, corporations, criminals, Cyberwar, economics, government, IC, ideas, IntelFusion, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, national security, networks, non-state actors, OSINT, reading, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, virtual states, war, web 2.0 | 9 comments