Archive for the 'foreign policy'

• 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

• New Article: The Coming National Defense Crack-Up

June 27th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, Afghanistan, barack obama, defense, foreign policy, military, military reform, national security, politics, reform, romney, social media, war | Comments Off on New Article: The Coming National Defense Crack-Up

• The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

June 25th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, defense, deterrence, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, leadership, military, military reform, national security, nuclear, obama, Perception, politics, putin, R2P, reform, rule-sets, russia, security, state building, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, uncertainty, vladimir putin, war | Comments Off on The Russians are Not Coming….Nor are they Going Away

• The Admirals — a brief review

June 7th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, Character, Collaboration, foreign policy, J. Scott Shipman, national security, navy, recommended reading, strategy, Tactics | Comments Off on The Admirals — a brief review

• All the President’s NSCs

May 28th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, blog-friends, blogosphere, defense, foreign policy, government, history, IC, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, nixon, organizations, politics, state building, theory | 1 comment