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• Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

May 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, army, asymmetric, COIN, counterinsurgency, debate, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, pakistan, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

• “No one is really listening, they are just pretending.” – Madhu

May 2nd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, academia, Adaptability, Alfred Thayer Mahan, analogy, analytic, army, art, attention, Clausewitzian, cognition, Collaboration, creativity, cultural intelligence, defense, deterrence, dialog, exercise, hierarchy, historians, horizontal thinking, innovation, intelligence, interact, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, military, military reform, national security, navy, powerpoint, rambling, recommended reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, uncertainty, vertical thinking, Writing | 11 comments

• 2012 USAWC Strategy Conference on Youtube Part II.

April 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, academia, America, army, debate, defense, deterrence, DIME, economic determinism, economics, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, politics, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | Comments Off on 2012 USAWC Strategy Conference on Youtube Part II.

• 2012 USAWC Strategy Conference on Youtube Part I.

April 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, academia, army, defense, DIME, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, SSI, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, think tanks, war, web 2.0, youtube | 3 comments

• Pondering Transition Ops with Quesopaper

April 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, feedback, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, military, military reform, national security, organizations, public diplomacy, security, social science, society, state building, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 6 comments