Archive for July, 2010

• Recommended Reading

July 12th, 2010 by zen

Posted in recommended reading, recommended viewing, TED, Uncategorized | 9 comments

• The Runaway Reporter: McChrystal Revisited

July 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in media, military | 9 comments

• Coolest Toy Ever Until We Get Daemon-style Augmented Reality Glasses*

July 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, capitalism, tech, web 2.0 | 6 comments

• Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

July 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, synthesis, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | Comments Off on Book Review: Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop

• 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