June 19th, 2009 by zen
Just received a review copy of Doug...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, America, authors, book, history, insurgency, leadership, military history, new york times, non-state actors, reading, terrorism, war, warriors | 14 comments
June 12th, 2009 by zen
Nothing mind blowing here but the new Afghan...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, military, networks, social networks, strategy, terrorism, war, warriors | Comments Off on Brief WSJ interview with Gen. McChrystal
May 19th, 2009 by zen
Steve Hynd at Newshoggers made the intriguing...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, map, newshoggers, ralph peters, state building, state failure, strategy, theory | 9 comments
May 12th, 2009 by zen
Juxtaposition of two events today, for your...
Read morePosted in 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, extremists, foreign policy, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on The Pushtunistan War
February 7th, 2009 by zen
Dr. Nexon on Russian moves in Central Asia.
Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, duck of minerva, foreign policy, nexon, putin, russia | 4 comments