Archive for the 'national security'

• Guest Post: Speak the Languages, Know the Modes of Thought

November 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, government, ideas, illegal combatants, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, Uncategorized, wired | 35 comments

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments

• Guest Post: Charles Cameron on Farrall and al-Masri

October 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, theory | 17 comments

• One Tribe at a Time

October 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment

• Pondering the Pasdaran

October 23rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, analogy, analytic, basij, david ronfeldt, foreign policy, iran, islamist, national security, pasdaran | 11 comments