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Read the newest Zenpundit post; one of his best!9 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 months ago: On COIN and an Anti-COIN Counterrevolution? — An email discussion (or interview) with Dr. Bern … more →

Tags: America's Long War, Iraq / Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, coin, Afghanistan War, Bernard Finel, American Security Project

"You are not alone in being puzzled by the administration’s strategy."

onparkstreet wrote 5 months ago: In a previous post here (and at Zenpundit) I asked,”What is victory supposed to look like in A … more →

Tags: Interesting Links, Afghanistan, chicagoboyz, registan, small wars journal, Strategy

Zenpundit on 'The Big Picture'

Arherring wrote 5 months ago: A great post by the Zenpundit: The Big Picture – The Nexus Between Education and Grand Strateg … more →

Tags: Editorials, Education, Strategy

The perfidy of ABC News (tentative conclusion on a breaking story)41 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 6 months ago: Perfidy:  The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust repos … more →

Tags: Information & Disinfo, Barack Obama, media, abc, Health Care, Kerry Smith, Ken McKay, Republican National Committee

A Strategic Clarion Call: Part I7 comments

smitteneagle wrote 6 months ago: Looking at my own intellectual journey, I find that creativity usually comes in short bursts that pu … more →

Tags: Books, Grand Strategy, History, military, Soft Power, War, coin, Meme, thomas pm barnett

Stratfor writes about "the third war" in Mexico

Fabius Maximus wrote 8 months ago: Here is another insightful article from Stratfor about one of the most important geopolitical danger … more →

Tags: Geopolitical News, Stratfor, México, drug cartels, COLUMBIA

Inconvenient Revolution -- Mexican "dissident" teacher strikes became spiraling political crises

Brenda J. Elliott wrote 9 months ago: This is a multi-page post with numerous photographs. It may be slow to load. All emphasis added. Mex … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Real Barack Obama, Politics, the real barack obama, rbo, corruption, failed state, México, Vicente Fox

Are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico 'failed states'? If so, then what?3 comments

Brenda J. Elliott wrote 9 months ago: Foreign Policy’s 2005 Failed States Index The March 29 posts A Mexican Standoff with Reality b … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Study Group, AfPak, Center for the Study of the Presidency, Dennis Blair, drug cartels, failed state, Hezbollah

Pundita: Washington continues to play ostrich about Mexico1 comment

Brenda J. Elliott wrote 9 months ago: Pundita pens a companion piece to Zenpundit Mark Safranski’s A Mexican Standoff with Reality: … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Agri-business, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Dennis Blair, drug cartels, failed state, Felipe Calderon, George W. Bush, Hezbollah

Zenpundit: A Mexican Standoff with Reality2 comments

Brenda J. Elliott wrote 9 months ago: The following must read is cross-posted from Zenpundit, Mark Safranski, with a huge tip of the hat t … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Pundita, Mark Safranski, Real Barack Obama, Politics, the real barack obama, rbo, failed state, national security

Super-Empowered Individuals and 5GW: Heads or Tails.

Arherring wrote 11 months ago: Originally posted on 8/9/07 at Dreaming 5GW. As globalization economically and socially connects the … more →

Tags: D5GW, xGW, 5GW, Tom Barnett, John Robb, Thomas X. Hammes, Thomas L. Friedman, robert kaplan, super-empowerment

The State Department needs help, stat!9 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 year ago: Summary:  Zenpundit writes about one of the major geopolitical problem facing America.  His analysis … more →

Tags: Grand Strategy, Best and the Brightest, Charles Hughes, Colin Powell, David Halberstam, hillary clinton, State Department

President Kennedy speaks to us about global warming and Climate Science2 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 year ago: I recommend this post:  “Openness & Government“, Shane Deichman, at MountainRunner, 26 July 2008 … more →

Tags: Science & geopolitics, Global Warming, John Kennedy, Climate Audit, shane deichman, mountainrunner

Weekend Reading; see how the world changed last week

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 year ago: Contents I.  “The Trillion-Dollar War“, Reason (May 2008) – “The War on Terror is … more →

Tags: Geopolitical News, U.S. Dollar, Brad Setser, México, Women Warriors

Secretary Gates would be a hero - if speeches could reform DoD

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 year ago: Secretary of Defense Gates has received praise from some worthy analysts. It would be deserved, if s … more →

Tags: Our Military, Fred Kaplan, John Boyd, abu muqawama, paul yingling, Robert Gates

Roads in Afghanistan, a new weapon to win 4GW's?5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 year ago: A new article by Dr. David Kilcullen: “Political Maneuver in Counterinsurgency“, posted … more →

Tags: 4 GW, Iraq / Afghanistan, Our Military, David Kilcullen, joshua foust, peter marton, registan, selil, small wars council

Theories about 4GW are not yet like the Laws of Thermodynamics12 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 year ago: One of the baleful influences on the 4GW analysis is the science of Psychohistory developed by Hari … more →

Tags: 4 GW, 4GW, chet richards, if we can keep it, hari seldon, opposed systems design, coin, Isaac Asimov, psychohistory

Arrows in the Eagle’s claw - about 4GW analysts7 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 years ago: This series describes the various types of solutions to modern warfare, herein called fourth generat … more →

Tags: 4 GW, Grand Strategy, 4GW, Body, chet richards, Chuck Spinney, elkus, GI Wilson, martin van creveld

Tuesday Blogwhoring

matttbastard wrote 2 years ago: by matttbastard This one goes out to my fellow bastard.logicians. Love. (Melissa McEwan effin’ … more →

Tags: blogblogblog, Blogging Change, link farmin', progressive bloggers, Hatewatch, Fern Hill, Birth Pangs, M, Feminist Peace Network


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