Archive for the 'tribes'

• Guest Post: Mexico, Africa, Zarqawi?

October 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, africa, al qaida, analytic, anthropology, Charles Cameron, christianity, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, dystopia, emotion, extremists, gangs, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, Mexico, myth, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, youtube | 5 comments

• Summer Series 2010: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop by Giustozzi

September 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, authors, historians, history, Summer Series, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Summer Series 2010: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop by Giustozzi

• Reminder: Chicago Boyz Roundtable – Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

August 5th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, Failed State, futurism, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, lexington green, military, non-state actors, pakistan, strategy, Strategy and War, tribes, war | Comments Off on Reminder: Chicago Boyz Roundtable – Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

• “The Enemy of my Enemy is…?”

July 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in complex systems, connectivity, ideas, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, psychology, Questions, science, social networks, social science, society, strategy, theory, tribes | Comments Off on “The Enemy of my Enemy is…?”

• Pakistan, More Time Bomb than Ally

July 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, pundita, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 6 comments