Archive for the 'foreign policy'

• “Strategic Patience” has One Virtue

February 10th, 2015 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, foreign policy, military, national security, NSS, obama, strategy, Strategy and War | 12 comments

• ISIS and the Crisis in American Statecraft

December 30th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, extremists, Failed State, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, history, insurgency, iraq, IS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, Mahdist, military, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, sunni, syria, Tactics, threat, USMC, war, warriors | 13 comments

• New Article up at The Chicago Progressive

November 28th, 2014 by zen

Posted in Chicago Progressive, foreign policy, insurgency, IS | 3 comments

• Pavers of Roads with Good Intentions: R2P Debate Rising Part II.

February 18th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, abstraction, academia, blogosphere, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, national security, negotiation, politics, R2P, security, state failure, theory, UN, united nations, war | 6 comments

• Adding to the Bookpile

February 9th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 9/11, academia, al qaida, authors, book, contemplative, cultural intelligence, culture, diplomatic history, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, Germany, government, historians, historiography, history, hitler, Human Rights, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, islamist, japan, military, military history, Morality, Musings, nazis, nuance / subtlety, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, war | Comments Off on Adding to the Bookpile