Archive for the 'islamic world'

• Israel Does Not Understand 4GW

May 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, arab world, disinformation, extremists, IO, islamic world, islamist, john boyd, legitimacy, mideast, military, navy, non-state actors, politics, public diplomacy, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 57 comments

• A Pretty Big COIN

May 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, non-state actors, social networks, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on A Pretty Big COIN

• WAR

May 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, Failed State, gap, Geography, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, non-state actors, pakistan, Perception, reading, tribes, vanity fair, war | 6 comments

• Expanding the Antilibrary

May 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, academia, authors, book, cognition, COIN, cold war, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, creativity, economics, education, empire, Evolution, historians, history, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, military history, public school, readers, reading, reform, scenario, social science, teaching, terrorism, theory, war | 10 comments

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments