Archive for the 'Tactics'

• William Lind on the Taliban’s Operational Art

June 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, analytic, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, ISAF, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, Patterns, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• Gray on Strategic Theory and COIN

June 27th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, Clausewitzian, COIN, military, military history, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | 3 comments

• The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

June 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, defense, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, leadership, military, military reform, national security, nuclear, obama, Perception, politics, putin, R2P, reform, rule-sets, russia, security, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, uncertainty, vladimir putin, war | Comments Off on The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

• Fabius Maximus on Sumida on Clausewitz

June 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in book, Clausewitzian, fabius maximus, ideas, intellectuals, military, reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | 3 comments

• Recommended Reading: Five Notable Posts

June 14th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, Adaptability, Alfred Thayer Mahan, America, blog-friends, blogosphere, Collaboration, cooperation, creativity, defense, innovation, insight, intelligence, J. Scott Shipman, national security, recommended reading, small wars journal, strategy, Tactics, USMC, war | Comments Off on Recommended Reading: Five Notable Posts