Archive for the 'Taliban'

• Review: Poetry of the Taliban

July 20th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, Charles Cameron, christianity, peace, Perception, poetry, poetry of war, Taliban, Uncategorized, war | 1 comment

• 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

• A footnote to a benchmark in boundless cyberspace

June 23rd, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, Charles Cameron, ISAF, koan, mathematics, metacognition, propaganda, psychology, rethinking thinking, Taliban, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

May 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, army, asymmetric, COIN, counterinsurgency, debate, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, Hybrid War, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, pakistan, Patterns, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, public diplomacy, reform, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Query: COIN Manual Conference Feedback

• Book Review: The Hunt for KSM

May 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 9/11, al qaida, America, authors, bin laden, book, CIA, criminals, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, history, IC, illegal combatants, intelligence, international law, iran, islamic world, islamist, justice, khalid sheikh mohammed, media, military, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, planes, politics, reading, security, superempowered individuals, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 2 comments