Archive for the 'primary loyalties'

• 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

• Stocking Stuffers……

December 12th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, barnett, book, brave new war, capitalism, cognition, Cyberwar, defense, foreign policy, futurism, gangs, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, PNM, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, recommended reading, robb, sociobiology, soft power, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama, war, warriors | 6 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

• Schippert on COIN as an Exit not a Strategy

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, networks, non-state actors, obama, periodicals, primary loyalties, social networks, strategy, Strategy and War, threatswatch, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• Guest Post: The Duel of Ali ibn Abu Talib with Amru ibn Abd Wudd

November 30th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory | 13 comments