Archive for the 'tribes'

• Guest Post: Shipman Reviews Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason K. Stearns

May 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, africa, analytic, authors, book, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, gap, government, ideas, insurgency, J. Scott Shipman, non-state actors, primary loyalties, reading, state failure, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Guest Post: Shipman Reviews Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason K. Stearns

• And Taking Names!

April 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, state failure, state terrorism, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Burning scriptures and human lives

April 5th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analytic, Charles Cameron, christianity, cultural intelligence, extremists, framing, free speech, geopolitics, horizontal thinking, Human Rights, Humanitarian, insight, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, MLK, national security, pakistan, propaganda, psychology, Religion, terrorism, Theology, tribes, Uncategorized | 15 comments

• More Books and Reviews to Come

March 30th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, authors, chicago boyz, culture, Geography, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, military, military history, politics, Prehistoric, social science, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Corn’s Caliphates in Wonderland

March 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, authors, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, diplomatic history, extremists, Failed State, geopolitics, government, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, public diplomacy, rambling, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, turkey, virtual states, war | 12 comments