Archive for the 'arab world'

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part II.

March 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, john robb, kilcullen, Kuomintang, Mao ZeDong, mideast, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, robb, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism | 9 comments

• The al-Masri Dialogue

February 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, bin laden, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, disinformation, extremists, government, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, OSINT, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, Religion, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 4 comments

• 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

• Guest Post: Charles Cameron on Khorasan – A Muslim Once and Future Kingdom

January 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, asia, bin laden, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, myth, non-state actors, pakistan, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, warriors | 18 comments

• Guest Post: The Duel of Ali ibn Abu Talib with Amru ibn Abd Wudd

November 30th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory | 13 comments