Archive for the 'soft power'

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• Will Haiti Katrina-ize the Obama Administration?

January 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, America, criminals, Failed State, gangs, leadership, obama, politics, risk, security, society, soft power, state failure | 15 comments

• The 35 Greatest Speeches Ever

December 29th, 2009 by zen

Posted in culture, education, historiography, history, ideas, leadership, public diplomacy, society, soft power | 3 comments

• Stocking Stuffers……

December 12th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, barnett, book, brave new war, capitalism, cognition, Cyberwar, defense, foreign policy, futurism, gangs, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, PNM, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, recommended reading, robb, sociobiology, soft power, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama, war, warriors | 6 comments

• Book Review: Give a Little

November 9th, 2009 by zen

Posted in America, authors, book, Collaboration, connectivity, gap, ideas, non-state actors, organizations, society, soft power | 9 comments