Archive for the 'mideast'
October 7th, 2015 by zen
Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, ancient history, Apocalyptic, barbaric, blasphemy, ceremonial, counterterrorism, culture, david ronfeldt, decapitation, dystopia, extremists, Fascism, genocide, history, ideas, insurgency, IS, ISIS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, JM Berger, Mahdist, mideast, Morality, myth, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, punishment, radicalization, Religion, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, scriptures, secret, sectarian, secular, sharia, symbolism, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, values, war, warriors | 10 comments
September 14th, 2015 by zen
Posted in 20th century, 21st century, barbaric, blowback, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, mideast, military, Militia, nazis, networks, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, russia, terrorism, Uncategorized, veterans, war, warriors | 10 comments
August 26th, 2015 by Charles Cameron
Posted in 2015, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, Alawis, America, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, asymmetric, blindspots, caliph, CENTCOM, Charles Cameron, computers, corruption, cultural intelligence, culture, cve, DARPA, daveed gartenstein-ross, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, drones, ecology, economics, ecosystem, education, egypt, elections, empire, extremists, Failed State, foreign language, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, global warming, globalization, government, Hamas, hezbollah, history, husain haqqani, India, indigenous, innovation, intervention, iran, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Israel, jordan, kurdistan, Lebanon, legitimacy, map, maps of war, maqdisi, mb / ikhwan, mideast, military, military contractor, mystery, national security, non-state actors, organizations, palestine, peace, recommended viewing, Religion, saudi arabia, sectarian, secular, sharia, shia, slavery, state failure, strategy, sufi, sunni, terrorism, tribes, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, wahhab, water & water wars, web 2.0, westphalia, women, wwi, yazidi / yezidi | 2 comments
July 4th, 2015 by zen
Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, arab world, authoritarian, barbaric, caliph, Charles Cameron, Communism, comparative, cultural intelligence, culture, dictator, dystopia, egypt, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Liberalism, Mahdist, meme, mideast, Musings, narrative, nazis, neoconservatism, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, power, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, question, radicalization, revolution, society, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, sunni, synthesis, Tactics, Taliban, theory, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 21 comments
January 10th, 2014 by zen
Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analogy, analytic, arab world, authors, balkans, britain, china, counterpoint, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, japan, macmillan, mideast, military, military history, russia, scenario, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, terrorism, Uncategorized, war, wwi | 10 comments
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