Archive for the 'state department'

• A Tale of Two Victories and Two Falls

November 11th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, change, CIA, defense, democratic party, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, elections, foreign policy, government, IC, intelligence, Libya, military, national security, nixon, Patterns, politics, state department, Uncategorized | 25 comments

• Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth

October 2nd, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, christianity, ecology, Islam, Israel, metacognition, music, rethinking thinking, scriptures, state department, terrain, terrorism, twitter, Uncategorized, weather, youtube | 4 comments

• New Book: Mission Revolution by Jennifer Morrison Taw

September 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, defense, DIME, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, IR, iraq, military, military contractor, military history, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, non-state actors, politics, revolution, security, state building, state department, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, system administration, Tactics, theory, war | 10 comments

• Obama’s Foreign Policy Gamble on the Moderate Islamists

September 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2012, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 9/11, al qaida, Arab Spring, arab world, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, egypt, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, international law, Islam, islamic world, islamist, leadership, national security, obama, Perception, Religion, revolution, state department, state terrorism, sunni, symbolism, terrorism, threat | 13 comments

• The Twilight War—a review

July 23rd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, academia, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, Apocalyptic, Arab Spring, barack obama, diplomacy, diplomatic history, elections, Failed State, foreign policy, Hamas, hezbollah, history, international law, iran, iraq, J. Scott Shipman, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, natiuon-building, navy, politics, propaganda, recommended reading, security, state building, state department, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments