Archive for the 'Strategy and War'

• Ruminating on Strategic Thinking II. : Social Conditions

January 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, America, analytic, cognition, cultural intelligence, culture, education, Epistemology, history, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, military, national security, Patterns, psychology, risk, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory | 15 comments

• Book Review: A Terrorist’s Call to Global Jihad

December 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, analytic, book, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, military, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, Religion, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, syria, Tactics, terrorism, theory | 7 comments

• Zen’s Iconic Compare and Contrast: Nine Years

December 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analogy, cognition, counterpoint, iraq, military, military history, society, strategy, Strategy and War | 1 comment

• Two on Strategic Thinking

December 16th, 2011 by zen

Posted in Opposed systems design, small wars journal, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War | 4 comments

• COIN may be Dead but 4GW has a New Lease on Life

December 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, analytic, barnett, black globalization, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, international law, john robb, military, military reform, national debt, national security, non-state actors, politics, R2P, reform, risk, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 29 comments