Archive for 2009

• Shorter Recommended Reading

December 7th, 2009 by zen

Posted in recommended reading | Comments Off on Shorter Recommended Reading

• Busy….

December 6th, 2009 by zen

Posted in personal | 3 comments

• Metz on the Afghan Surge

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, military, national security, security, SSI, state building, state failure, steven metz, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war | 3 comments

• Schippert on COIN as an Exit not a Strategy

December 4th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, networks, non-state actors, obama, periodicals, primary loyalties, social networks, strategy, Strategy and War, threatswatch, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• More Oligarchy

December 3rd, 2009 by zen

Posted in blogging, blogosphere, conspiracy, democracy, democratic party, free speech, freedom, media, Oligarchy, politics | 7 comments