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January 25th, 2010 by zen
Learning to Eat Soup with a Spoon...
Read morePosted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments
January 19th, 2010 by zen
Charles Cameron, my regular guest blogger, is...
Read morePosted 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
December 24th, 2009 by zen
Those of you who also regularly read Steven...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, al qaida, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, insurgency, Interview, islamic world, leadership, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, security, social networks, steven pressfield, suicide bombing, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments
December 9th, 2009 by zen
Reader Isaac, points to an excellent...
Read morePosted in 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, asia, barack obama, CIA, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, IC, India, insurgency, intellectuals, isaac, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, nuclear, obama, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | 34 comments
December 4th, 2009 by zen
Nothing like dueling Steves (see previous post). ...
Read morePosted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments
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