Archive for the 'arab world'

• Inspire #5: between front and back covers

March 31st, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, analogy, analytic, arab world, art, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, framing, horizontal thinking, insight, intelligence, islamic world, islamist, meme, military intelligence, movies, myth, propaganda, psychology, Religion, symmetry, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, Uncategorized | 1 comment

• Soon soon coming of the Mahdi?

March 28th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, ahmadinejad, America, analogy, analytic, arab world, basij, black swans, blogging, book, Charles Cameron, christianity, culture, foreign policy, framing, futurism, geopolitics, hezbollah, iran, islamic world, islamist, national security, recommended reading, Religion, Theology, Uncategorized | 14 comments

• Corn’s Caliphates in Wonderland

March 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, authors, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, diplomatic history, extremists, Failed State, geopolitics, government, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, public diplomacy, rambling, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, turkey, virtual states, war | 12 comments

• Metz on Libya

March 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, arab world, COIN, counterinsurgency, dictator, DIME, diplomacy, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, revolution, SSI, steven metz, strategy, war | 7 comments

• Two courtyards, two hundred camels

March 6th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, analogy, arab world, authors, Charles Cameron, cognition, creativity, cultural intelligence, fun, games, humor, meme, rambling, recommended reading, symmetry, Writing | 3 comments