Archive for January, 2010

• The Post-COIN Era is Here

January 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, democratic party, DIME, elections, foreign policy, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, ISW, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national debt, national security, obama, politics, security, small wars journal, soft power, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, war, warriors | 48 comments

• Working…..

January 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in blogging | 1 comment

• Books For a Near Future Review

January 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, authors, book, business, capitalism, complex systems, complexity, computers, connectivity, corporations, criminals, Cyberwar, economics, government, IC, ideas, IntelFusion, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, national security, networks, non-state actors, OSINT, reading, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, virtual states, war, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• Guest Post: Charles Cameron on Khorasan – A Muslim Once and Future Kingdom

January 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, arab world, asia, bin laden, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, extremists, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, myth, non-state actors, pakistan, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, warriors | 18 comments

• Recommended Reading

January 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in recommended reading | 6 comments