Archive for the 'islamic world'

• Book Review: Architect of Global Jihad by Brynjar Lia

August 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, authors, book, counterinsurgency, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, social science, strategist, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory | 30 comments

• New Book: Storming the World Stage by Stephen Tankel

August 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, book, CNAS, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, primary loyalties, social science, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism | 4 comments

• Trial of a Thousand Years, by Charles Hill—a review

August 11th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, ancient history, arab world, asia, bin laden, byzantium, christianity, Clausewitzian, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, Failed State, freedom, globalization, government, history, innovation, international law, iran, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, J. Scott Shipman, legal, liberty, national security, natiuon-building, nuclear, Religion, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 5 comments

• Johnston, Gorka and the need for specialist knowledges

August 10th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in America, analytic, anthropology, Apocalyptic, army, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, diplomacy, extremists, foreign policy, historians, intelligence, islamic world, islamist, Mahdist, national security, Religion, strategy, Theology, Uncategorized | 25 comments

• Booksbooksbooksbooks….

August 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, authors, book, Clausewitzian, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, Evolution, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, politics, reading, social science, SSI, steven metz, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 3 comments