Archive for the 'islamic world'

• Senator’s Son

February 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, fiction, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, non-state actors, Perception, psychology, reading, society, tribes, veterans, war, warriors, Writing | 11 comments

• Petting the Cobra When We should be Looking for a Big Rock

February 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, logic, military, national security, pakistan, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | 7 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

• Guest Post: Cameron on “A Response to a Most Remarkable Conversation”

February 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, psychology, Religion, social science, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war, web 2.0 | 17 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