by zen | Apr 17, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Infinity Journal has a good article by eminent Clausewitzian strategist Colin Gray on the interrelationship of politics and strategy (free registration required): Politics, Strategy and the Stream of Time ….Second,...
by Lynn C. Rees | Apr 16, 2014 | Monitor
[by Lynn Rees] Angellism before Angell, at the dawn of the French Revolution: French military might strode defiantly across the land, contemptuous of the political calculus with which other governments anxiously weighed enmities and alliances, weakening the forces of...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 15, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two learnings about Hezbollah, in process and with one question each ] . . The trouble with this internet thing is that it offers nonstop opportunities for learning. I hope my readers here at Zenpundit know by now that I’m an amateur...
by zen | Jul 5, 2013 | Monitor
I have a new book review up at Pragati Magazine this morning, The Strategy Bridge:Theory for Practice by Colin S. Gray which is a must read book for any serious student of strategy. Pragati, which is a national interest and policy magazine for India is starting to...
by zen | May 28, 2013 | Monitor
4GW theory has always attracted overenthusiasts and raging haters ever since the concept emerged way back in 1989, so debates about the merit of 4GW are nothing new; in fact, the arguments became so routine that they had largely gone sterile years ago. After T.X....