Archive for the 'national security'

• “In the twenty-first century, wars are not won when the enemy army is defeated on the battlefield”

June 21st, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, john nagl, legitimacy, military reform, national security, security, society, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, swj blog, system administration, theory, van creveld | 20 comments

• I’m with Shlok

June 18th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 2008, barack obama, defense, elections, foreign policy, national security, politics, shloky | 14 comments

• Beyond COIN: A Potential Answer to “Granular” 4GW Scenarios ?

June 8th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, chet richards, COIN, counterinsurgency, global guerillas, ideas, insurgency, legitimacy, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, primary loyalties, state failure, strategy, terrorism, theory, war | 5 comments

• Skelton on Asymmetric Warfare

May 23rd, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, defense, history, insurgency, military, military history, military reform, national security, strategy | 3 comments

• The Establishment’s Flagship Embraces 4GW

April 30th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, foreign policy, geopolitics, national security, theory | Comments Off on The Establishment’s Flagship Embraces 4GW