Archive for the 'Failed State'

• John Robb at BoingBoing

June 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, America, analytic, authors, brave new war, complex systems, dystopia, economics, Evolution, Failed State, ideas, innovation, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, legitimacy, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, open-source, resilience, robb, security, society, superempowered individuals, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Rogue State Pakistan

June 14th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, CIA, cognitive goods, counterinsurgency, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, IC, India, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, newshoggers, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, pundita, risk, security, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, terrorism, tribes, war | 17 comments

• A Pretty Big COIN

May 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, non-state actors, social networks, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on A Pretty Big COIN

• WAR

May 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, Failed State, gap, Geography, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, non-state actors, pakistan, Perception, reading, tribes, vanity fair, war | 6 comments

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments