Archive for the 'primary loyalties'

• COIN in the Korengal Valley – RESTREPO the Movie

May 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, movies, non-state actors, primary loyalties, security, state failure, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, veterans, war, warriors, youtube | Comments Off on COIN in the Korengal Valley – RESTREPO the Movie

• Van Creveld – Keynote Address at Strategy Conference

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, education, futurism, government, historians, ideas, legal, legitimacy, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, society, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war | 5 comments

• Nagl – Radical Reform for Teaching Strategy?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 9/11, academia, America, ancient history, CNAS, cognition, COIN, Collaboration, complexity, connectivity, counterinsurgency, creativity, education, Epistemology, futurism, globalization, government, history, ideas, innovation, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, media, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, public diplomacy, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, teaching, tech, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | Comments Off on Nagl – Radical Reform for Teaching Strategy?

• Hammes – Who Participates in War?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, government, hammes, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, primary loyalties, security, social networks, society, soft power, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Hammes – Who Participates in War?

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments