Archive for the 'non-state actors'

• John Robb’s New Site – Resilient Communities

January 24th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, blogosphere, Blogroll, complex systems, connectivity, economics, ideas, intellectuals, john robb, networks, non-state actors, resilience, risk, robb, shlok, social science, society, strategy, theory | Comments Off on John Robb’s New Site – Resilient Communities

• Book Review: A Terrorist’s Call to Global Jihad

December 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, analytic, book, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, Religion, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, Tactics, terrorism, theory | 7 comments

• COIN may be Dead but 4GW has a New Lease on Life

December 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, analytic, barnett, black globalization, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, international law, john robb, military, military reform, national debt, national security, non-state actors, politics, R2P, reform, risk, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 29 comments

• Do Oligarchies Create Insurgencies?

November 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in analytic, Arab Spring, COIN, counterinsurgency, democracy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, reform, revolution, scenario, social science, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 28 comments

• Jihad for all Seasons: Review of Storming the World Stage (in PRAGATI)

November 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, book, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, illegal combatants, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, primary loyalties, security, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism, transnational criminal organization | 7 comments