Archive for the 'pakistan'

• Five Questions: An Interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai

December 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted 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

• None Dare Call it a Rogue State

December 9th, 2009 by zen

Posted 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

• 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

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments

• On Afghanistan and Strategy

August 14th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, dilegge, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, national security, pakistan, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 20 comments