Archive for the 'defense'

• “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

• 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

• A Brief Word on Petraeus: Pundita

April 25th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, army, blogosphere, Blogroll, COIN, cold war, defense, diplomacy, foreign policy, leadership, military, military reform, national security, pundita | 1 comment

• New Journal of Asymmetric Warfare

April 23rd, 2008 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, gangs, illegal combatants, insurgency, military, networks, non-state actors, piracy, suicide bombing, superempowered individuals, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment