Archive for the 'primary loyalties'

• The Freikorps Revival

September 14th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, barbaric, blowback, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, mideast, military, Militia, nazis, networks, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, russia, terrorism, Uncategorized, veterans, war, warriors | 10 comments

• Intellectuals and their Romance with Political Barbarism

July 4th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, arab world, authoritarian, barbaric, caliph, Charles Cameron, Communism, comparative, cultural intelligence, culture, dictator, dystopia, egypt, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Liberalism, Mahdist, meme, mideast, Musings, narrative, nazis, neoconservatism, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, power, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, question, radicalization, revolution, society, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, sunni, synthesis, Tactics, Taliban, theory, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 21 comments

• Moral Degeneration in the Crucible of War

June 12th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, africa, analytic, culture, Evolution, extremists, Failed State, gangs, government, history, hitler, Holocaust, ideas, insurgency, john boyd, Mexico, military, Militia, Morality, narcoterror, nazis, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, radicalization, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, torture, tragedy, tribes, uganda, war, warriors | 19 comments

• Is 4GW Dead?: Point-Counterpoint and Commentary

May 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, brave new war, chet richards, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, dni, dystopia, fabius maximus, Failed State, geopolitics, government, hammes, history, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, legitimacy, military, military history, narcoterror, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 28 comments

• Two Cheers for the State?

December 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in A.E., analytic, blog-friends, blogosphere, Failed State, government, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, IR, markets, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, revolution, security, social networks, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, uncertainty, war | 10 comments