Archive for the 'shia'

• A two part meditation, part i: scenario planning the end times

April 13th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in analytic, barack obama, blogosphere, book, Charles Cameron, christianity, CIA, complexity, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, framing, geopolitics, insight, iran, islamist, myth, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, shia, symmetry, Theology, Uncategorized, youtube | 7 comments

• Egypt: it’s the Mahdi!

February 12th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in ahmadinejad, analytic, Charles Cameron, framing, geopolitics, iran, islamic world, islamist, Religion, shia, washington post | 4 comments

• Tracking the Mahdi on WikiLeaks

November 30th, 2010 by Charles Cameron

Posted in ahmadinejad, analytic, arab world, barack obama, Charles Cameron, christianity, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, intelligence, iran, islam.insurgency, islamic world, McCain, mideast, obama, OSINT, Religion, shia, Theology, youtube | 14 comments

• Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

May 4th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, arab world, authors, blogosphere, Blogroll, book, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, historians, historiography, history, insurgency, intellectuals, IR, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, military, military contractor, military reform, national security, reading, Religion, shia, social science, state failure, Theology, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Talk from Abu Muqawama

• Battleground Yemen

January 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, arab world, COIN, coming anarchy, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, Geography, history, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, map, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, shia, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Battleground Yemen