Archive for the 'islamic world'

• Schippert on COIN as an Exit not a Strategy

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, networks, non-state actors, obama, periodicals, primary loyalties, social networks, strategy, Strategy and War, threatswatch, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• President Obama on Afghanistan

December 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 2009, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, barack obama, democratic party, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, pakistan, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 4 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

• Still too Busy to Blog Properly….But Hey, Look What I’m Reading!

November 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, biography, book, capitalism, culture, economics, globalization, historians, history, horizontal thinking, howard bloom, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, nixon, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, rick perlstein, science, shia, social science, society, synthesis, Theology, vali nasr | 5 comments

• Guest Post: RAND Islam and CIA Islam too…

November 22nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, IO, islamic world, islamist, national security, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, totalitarianism | 10 comments