Archive for the 'national security'

• “Strategic Patience” has One Virtue

February 10th, 2015 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, foreign policy, military, national security, NSS, obama, strategy, Strategy and War | 12 comments

• New Article: The NSC is Broken and it’s Time to Fix It

February 1st, 2015 by zen

Posted in Chicago Progressive, magazine, national security | Comments Off on New Article: The NSC is Broken and it’s Time to Fix It

• In Praise of Don Vandergriff for the “Next Yoda” at ONA

January 17th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 2015, America, defense, expertise, fabius maximus, intellectuals, James Fallows, military, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, strategist, strategy, vandergriff | 4 comments

• ISIS and the Crisis in American Statecraft

December 30th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, extremists, Failed State, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, history, insurgency, iraq, IS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, Mahdist, military, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, sunni, syria, Tactics, threat, USMC, war, warriors | 13 comments

• Pavers of Roads with Good Intentions: R2P Debate Rising Part II.

February 18th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, abstraction, academia, blogosphere, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, national security, negotiation, politics, R2P, security, state failure, theory, UN, united nations, war | 6 comments