Archive for the 'history'

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

• For Strategists, Security Scholars and Historians

June 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, government, history, IC, intelligence, military, military history, national security, organizations, state department, strategy, tech | 3 comments

• New Roundtable: Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

June 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, blogosphere, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, futurism, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, military, military history, non-state actors, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 5 comments

• Cameron on “A Translation of Abu Walid al-Masri’s Reply”

June 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, arab world, bin laden, Charles Cameron, connectivity, cultural intelligence, feedback, foreign language, framing, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, linguistics, mideast, non-state actors, OSINT, pakistan, Perception, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, Religion, strategist, terrorism, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 18 comments

• H-Diplo’s Roundtable: On “Politics and Scholarship”

June 11th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, education, h-diplo, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, Perception, philosophy, politics, social science, teaching, theory | 2 comments