Archive for the 'national security'

• Panetta as CIA Director

January 7th, 2009 by zen

Posted in CIA, democratic party, dni, IC, intelligence, national security, Uncategorized | 2 comments

• How About an Assistant SecDef for Irregular Warfare ?

December 20th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john nagl, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, obama, politics, reform, state building, strategy, terrorism, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Hillary Should Dare to Break State in Order to Save It

December 18th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, barnett, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, modularity, national security, networks, OSINT, politics, public diplomacy, reform, soft power, state department, system administration, theory, whirledview | 22 comments

• The U.S. is Not Going to Disengage from the Mideast

December 16th, 2008 by zen

Posted in foreign policy, geopolitics, glittering eye, globalization, intellectuals, iran, iraq, islamic world, islamist, national security, non-state actors, Outside the beltway, schuler, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, terrorism | 5 comments

• Spree Terrorism

November 29th, 2008 by zen

Posted in extremists, global guerillas, history, ideas, India, insurgency, national security, security, state terrorism, terrorism, theory, threatswatch | 18 comments