Archive for the 'defense'

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• Gaddis on Grand Strategy

December 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, cold war, defense, deterrence, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, historians, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, state department, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, teaching, theory, war, youtube | 7 comments

• The Human Face of War

December 22nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, army, authors, book, cognition, defense, government, historians, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military history, organizations, philosophy, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Stocking Stuffers……

December 12th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, barnett, book, brave new war, capitalism, cognition, Cyberwar, defense, foreign policy, futurism, gangs, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, PNM, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, recommended reading, robb, sociobiology, soft power, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama, war, warriors | 6 comments

• The Democratic Party Crack-Up over Afghanistan

October 13th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, defense, democratic party, extremists, foreign policy, government, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, Podcast, republican party, terrorism, Vietnam War, war | 10 comments