Archive for the 'legitimacy'

• Five Questions: An Interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai

December 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, insurgency, Interview, islamic world, leadership, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, security, social networks, steven pressfield, suicide bombing, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Disputing Global Dystopia:Phillips on “Our Dark Age Future”

August 23rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, America, COIN, defense, diplomatic history, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, international law, legitimacy, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, strategy, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 25 comments

• Another Voice for Bottom Up Strategy in Afghanistan

August 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, history, insurgency, legitimacy, military, small wars journal, state building, state failure, swj blog, tribes, war | 4 comments

• Escobar on the Hojjatiyeh behind Iran’s Pasdaran Clique

July 3rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in democracy, dictator, Human Rights, iran, islamist, legitimacy, mideast, Nimble Books, OSINT, pasdaran, politics, Religion, state terrorism | 1 comment

• Chavez Playbook Fails in Honduras

June 28th, 2009 by zen

Posted in democracy, elections, extremists, geopolitics, Latin America, legitimacy, military | 44 comments