Archive for the 'mideast'

• Metz on Libya

March 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, COIN, counterinsurgency, dictator, DIME, diplomacy, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, revolution, SSI, steven metz, strategy, war | 7 comments

• Question……

February 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 5GW, analytic, arab world, attention, democracy, Evolution, feedback, foreign policy, globalization, history, insurgency, islamic world, leadership, mideast, Questions, revolution | 14 comments

• When Dictators Go Mad – Gaddafi Sentences Libya to Death

February 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in africa, arab world, dictator, diplomacy, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, Human Rights, islamic world, mercenary, mideast, open-source, politics, public diplomacy, revolution, state department, state failure, state terrorism, tribes, twitter | 3 comments

• Egypt: Muslim and Christian human shields

February 5th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, Charles Cameron, christianity, Collaboration, consilience, culture, diplomacy, framing, Humanitarian, islamic world, liberty, mideast, psychology, public diplomacy, Religion, soft power, symmetry | 1 comment

• Egypt: the jihad’s receding tide?

February 5th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, arab world, Charles Cameron, chicago boyz, counterinsurgency, culture, democracy, dictator, extremists, foreign policy, framing, freedom, geopolitics, global guerillas, Human Rights, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, Religion, robb, strategy, terrorism, twitter | Comments Off on Egypt: the jihad’s receding tide?