Archive for the 'mideast'

• Bacevich – How Do we Know When War is Over?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Clausewitzian, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, mideast, military, military history, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• The Surge, Rigor, Yardsticks and Mediums

April 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, bias, blogosphere, CNAS, cognition, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, defense, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, military history, national security, politics, rambling, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, vertical thinking, war | 12 comments

• Metz on Unruly Clients

March 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, diplomacy, diplomatic history, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, public diplomacy, security, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 8 comments

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments

• Cameron on Conflicts of Commands, Part III. – A Guest Post Series

March 16th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, arab world, army, christianity, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, framing, government, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, myth, national security, navy, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, society, state department, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory | 2 comments