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... we are all infidels, and thus we deserve death by the most violent means possible. They find their justification in the Qu'ran. Go read ... commonality among my examples is instead that the actors are engaged in battle, consider instead for a moment the hypothetical ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... investors are more powerful than nation states; stateless actors are more effective than standing armies; and, stability means ... of us till the dollars stop flowing. When you are facing a violent insurgency which is within your own community the simple and moral ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments

... Violent Non-State Actors in the Middle Eastern Region by J. Bernhard Compton, Small ...

Journal Article - Aug 25 2008 - 6:38pm - 0 comments

... Clausewitz and non-state actors - a combination that surely won't produce any disagreements, will ... drawn to the path of terrorism (25) in order to commit violent acts, the focus becomes locating recruiting mechanisms that traumatize ...

Journal Article - May 15 2012 - 4:52am - 7 comments

... Such thinking creates functional sancuaries for bad actors and relieves weak actors from their responsibilities. I am far more ... selfish, ignoble organizations emerge. Sometimes non-violent tactics are adopted, sometimes violent tactics are adopted. All of ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... upon the assumption that we are naturally competitive and violent.  We also forget that Galula, like many of us here, operated in an ... in constant conflict and given rise to radical non-state actors which Pakistan admits have been responsible for the 2008 Mumbai and 2001 ...

Journal Article - Mar 13 2012 - 11:56am - 35 comments

... over the Shah, with the U.S. as well.  Non-state actors are an even greater concern; as these threats are nowhere and ... be happy to support them if they agree to switch to non-violent tactics to advance their position. As with Egypt we will ensure that ...

Blog post - Feb 4 2011 - 5:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments

... political extremists {Norway killer}, transnational violent extremists, criminals, and potential adversarial states, etc.)are ... greatly reduce the dangers posed by smaller powers and nonstate groups. The long-term danger in great-power relations is the ...

Blog post - Apr 20 2012 - 2:11pm - 10 comments - 0 attachments

... basic relationships between states and between non-state actors as they pursue resources, power, and wealth, only the guises in which ... application in a very precise manner. Warfare is merely violent conflict which can be minimized and made kinder and gentler. ...

Blog post - Jan 13 2012 - 7:19am - 49 comments - 0 attachments

... remains no end to the violence in sight; 2010 was the most violent year yet with 15,273 homicides. [9] Calderon’s strategy has ... COIN has been so pop-centered against these violent actors 'hidden' inside the population that it allows us to look at how that ...

Blog post - Feb 11 2012 - 10:26am - 18 comments - 0 attachments