Archive for the 'ideas'

• Reality, Strategy and Afghanistan: Some Questions

July 6th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, America, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, Questions, state building, state department, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 18 comments

• Following up on the Strategy Links with….More Strategy! And a Few Comments

July 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in cognition, DIME, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, Opposed systems design, social science, strategist, strategy, Tactics, theory, war | 4 comments

• David Kilcullen with Diane Sawyer

June 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, kilcullen, media, military, war, warriors | 5 comments

• New Roundtable: Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

June 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, blogosphere, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, futurism, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, military, military history, non-state actors, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 5 comments

• Book Review: The Human Factor

June 18th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, CIA, DIME, dystopia, Failed State, government, IC, ideas, intelligence, national security, organizations, politics, reform, security, state failure | 4 comments