Archive for the 'defense'

• Metz on Unruly Clients

March 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, diplomacy, diplomatic history, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, public diplomacy, security, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 8 comments

• Mackinlay’s Insurgent Archipelago & Other Books

March 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, gian gentile, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, mao, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Nimble Books, non-state actors, security, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Arquilla on the New Rules of War

February 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, army, authors, Cebrowski, complex systems, connectivity, david ronfeldt, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, hierarchy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john arquilla, military, military reform, national security, navy, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robotics, social networks, theory, war | 6 comments

• Spinney on the QDR

February 5th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, analytic, defense, federal budget, government, intellectuals, john boyd, military, national security, obama, politics, reform, Strategy and War | 1 comment

• Book Review: The Forty Years War

February 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, authors, book, cold war, conservativism, defense, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, ikle, intellectuals, military, national security, neoconservatism, nixon, politics, republican party, schlesinger, society, strategy, war | 3 comments