Archive for the 'non-state actors'

• Booksbooksbooksbooks….

August 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, authors, book, Clausewitzian, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, Evolution, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, politics, reading, social science, SSI, steven metz, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 3 comments

• War, the Individual, Strategy and the State

July 31st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, anthropology, Clausewitz Roundtable, Clausewitzian, culture, defense, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, JosephFouche, military, national security, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, reader response, security, Seydlitz89, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 30 comments

• Book Review: The Profession by Steven Pressfield

July 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 2011, 21st century, 4GW, authors, book, creativity, dystopia, empire, fiction, fun, futurism, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military contractor, myth, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, reading, roman empire, scenario, shlok, society, state failure, strategy, Tactics, tribes, USMC, war, warriors, Writing | 7 comments

• 2083 Graphics — a first look

July 24th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, britain, Charles Cameron, christianity, Communism, culture, defense, egalitarianism, europe, extremists, fiction, framing, futurism, geopolitics, globalization, Hipbone Analysis, history, maps of war, military history, myth, nazis, non-state actors, philosophy, politics, propaganda, psychology, science fiction, security, soviet union, terrorism, thoughts illustrated, Uncategorized, warriors | 12 comments

• Now Reading….

July 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, fiction, futurism, gangs, ideas, insurgency, islamist, Latin America, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, reading, scenario, security, society, state failure, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, veterans, war, warriors | 4 comments