Archive for the 'john nagl'

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• The Kilcullen Doctrine

May 29th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, America, authors, book, britain, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john nagl, kilcullen, lexington green, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, security, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 26 comments

• How About an Assistant SecDef for Irregular Warfare ?

December 20th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john nagl, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, obama, politics, reform, state building, strategy, terrorism, war, warriors | 3 comments

• “In the twenty-first century, wars are not won when the enemy army is defeated on the battlefield”

June 21st, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, john nagl, legitimacy, military reform, national security, security, society, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, swj blog, system administration, theory, van creveld | 20 comments

• Canaries in the Mineshaft

January 17th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, army, defense, john nagl, military, military reform | 8 comments