Archive for the 'legitimacy'

• On Iran’s Trend Toward Revolution

June 22nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 2009, 5GW, basij, democracy, dictator, foreign policy, freedom, iran, islamist, legitimacy, myth | 1 comment

• On Vanished Elites

December 16th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analogy, anglosphere, historiography, history, legitimacy | 5 comments

• Nerds of Jihad and the Virtual Worlds Evolution

July 1st, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, attention, cognition, complex systems, culture, extremists, foreign policy, futurism, IO, islamist, john boyd, legitimacy, media, meme, national security, networks, non-state actors, psychology, security, social networks, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, theory, ubiwar, war, web 2.0 | 2 comments

• When 4GW Forces Weigh Becoming a State

June 26th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Cyberwar, ideas, insurgency, islamist, legitimacy, lind, networks, non-state actors, primary loyalties, state building, strategy, terrorism, theory, virtual states, william lind | 3 comments

• “In the twenty-first century, wars are not won when the enemy army is defeated on the battlefield”

June 21st, 2008 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, barnett, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, john nagl, legitimacy, military reform, national security, security, society, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, swj blog, system administration, theory, van creveld | 20 comments