Archive for the 'national security'

• On Afghanistan and Strategy

August 14th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, dilegge, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, national security, pakistan, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 20 comments

• Dilegge Goes Nuclear!

August 12th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, dilegge, emotion, foreign policy, military, military reform, national security, networks, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Viral, war, web 2.0 | 17 comments

• Tom Ricks at Pritzker Military Library

August 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in authors, blogosphere, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, lexington green, media, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, security, state building, state failure, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | Comments Off on Tom Ricks at Pritzker Military Library

• Censoring the Voice of America

August 7th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, connectivity, democracy, diplomacy, foreign policy, free speech, freedom, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, legal, logic, mountainrunner, national security, open-source, organizations, Perception, politics, public diplomacy | 7 comments

• On COIN and an Anti-COIN Counterrevolution?

August 7th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, chet richards, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, national security, non-state actors, politics, state building, state failure, strategy, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments