Archive for the 'Failed State'

• Hermit Kingdom of Darkness

April 7th, 2013 by zen

Posted in analytic, china, diplomacy, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, military, north korea, nuclear, Patterns, peace, propaganda, strategy, Strategy and War, threat, war | 4 comments

• Sixty Years after Stalin

March 6th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, Communism, criminals, dictator, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, politics, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments

• US Foreign Policy, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

January 30th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20th century, 21st century, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, barack obama, blowback, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, david ronfeldt, deception, democracy, dictator, diplomacy, egypt, elections, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, hillary clinton, IC, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, morsi, national security, non-state actors, obama, Perception, politics, protest, Questions, R2P, radicalization, Religion, revolution, risk, state department, state failure, strategy, sunni, syria, terrorism | 8 comments

• “The Galula Doctrine”

January 23rd, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, army, china, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, model, politics, psychology, revolution, security, small wars journal, social science, state failure, theory, war | 3 comments

• “Sustaining” your Way to Serfdom as a Grand Strategy

January 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, change, Creepy-state, democracy, dystopia, economics, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, freedom, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, logic, national security, Oligarchy, politics, protest, reform, society, state failure, strategy, theory, think tanks, threat | 25 comments