by Driss Ghali | Sep 18, 2016 | Monitor
By: Driss Ghali Galula was a self-made man in various aspects; born into a relatively modest environment, he rose to positions where no one expected him to.
by Octavian Manea | Sep 2, 2016 | Monitor
By: Octavian Manea Small Wars Journal interview with Karsten Friis, Senior Adviser and Head of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs’ Research Group on Security and Defense.
by zen | Apr 20, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] Rule of the Clan by Mark Weiner I often review good books. Sometimes I review great ones. The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals about the Future of Individual Freedom  by Mark S. Weiner gets...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 30, 2016 | Monitor
[ Last week, Zen hosted Pete Turner’s guest post, PRT and State Department Ignorance Fails Us All. Here is part 2 of that article — posted by Charles Cameron for Zen ] . ** Last week I wrote about the tragedy of Anne Smedinghoff, who died on a patrol in...
by zen | Mar 25, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / a.k.a “zen“] The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House […] by Zalmay Khalilzad Just received a courtesy review copy of The Envoy, the memoir of Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, from Christine at St. Martin’s Press. Khalilzad...