Archive for the 'Failed State'

• Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency

February 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, A.E., America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, criminals, Failed State, gangs, insurgency, intellectuals, Latin America, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, organizations, primary loyalties, security, transnational criminal organization | Comments Off on Sullivan and Elkus on Narco-Insurgency

• Battleground Yemen

January 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, arab world, COIN, coming anarchy, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, Geography, history, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, map, mideast, non-state actors, primary loyalties, shia, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Battleground Yemen

• Robb Throws Down the Gauntlet

January 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, culture, Evolution, Failed State, futurism, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, leadership, legitimacy, market states, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Oligarchy, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, reform, resilience, robb, security, social networks, society, strategy, superempowered individuals, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama | 9 comments

• Will Haiti Katrina-ize the Obama Administration?

January 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, America, criminals, Failed State, gangs, leadership, obama, politics, risk, security, society, soft power, state failure | 15 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