Archive for the 'Failed State'

• Metz on the Afghan Surge

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• President Obama on Afghanistan

December 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 2009, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, barack obama, democratic party, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, government, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, military, national security, non-state actors, obama, pakistan, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 4 comments

• Strategy, Dilemmas and Choices

November 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, America, analytic, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, futurism, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, metacognition, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, risk, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, theory | 16 comments

• The Incredible Shrinking State Department must Evolve or Die

October 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, analytic, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Evolution, Failed State, federal budget, gap, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, ideas, innovation, leadership, national security, non-state actors, obama, organizations, politics, public diplomacy, reform, state department, state failure, strategy | 11 comments

• Shlok Vaidya’s Singularity of Warfare

October 8th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, analytic, chicago boyz, defense, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, ideas, intellectuals, lexington green, military, military history, national security, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, robotics, scenario, security, shlok, superempowered individuals, tech, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 5 comments