Archive for the '21st century'

• On Eric Hobsbawm

October 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, blog-friends, britain, cold war, Communism, dystopia, fisking, genocide, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, intellectuals, politics, revolution, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, totalitarianism | 3 comments

• An Insurgency Coming to a Place Near You?

October 2nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, chicago, conspiracy, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, defense, drones, dystopia, gangs, government, insurgency, Latin America, law enforcement, Mexico, military, Militia, narcoterror, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, security, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, threat, transnational criminal organization, war | 6 comments

• Luttwak on the Australian Strategic Pivot

September 30th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, asia, Australia, china, defense, deng xiaoping, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, national security, strategist, strategy | 1 comment

• New Book: Mission Revolution by Jennifer Morrison Taw

September 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, defense, DIME, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, IR, iraq, military, military contractor, military history, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, non-state actors, politics, revolution, security, state building, state department, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, system administration, Tactics, theory, war | 10 comments

• Obama’s Foreign Policy Gamble on the Moderate Islamists

September 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2012, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 9/11, al qaida, Arab Spring, arab world, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, egypt, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, international law, Islam, islamic world, islamist, leadership, national security, obama, Perception, Religion, revolution, state department, state terrorism, sunni, symbolism, terrorism, threat | 13 comments