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Successful info ops, but who are the targets?2 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 week ago:  This looks like good news: U.S., Allies See Progress in Selling Al-Qaeda As an Enemy to the Muslim … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Internet - does it make us smarter or dumber?

"Combating the Growing Threat of International Organized Crime" 2 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 week ago: Summary:  On rare occasions speeches by public officials deserve attention.  This is one, describi … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News

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

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: A new article by Dr. David Kilcullen: “Political Maneuver in Counterinsurgency“, posted … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Our Military

The media discover info ops, with outrage!8 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: The media have discovered that our military has mastered the key 4GW skill of running information op … more »

Tags: America's Long War, Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Our Military

Visionaries point the way to success in the age of 4GW4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 weeks ago: After WWII we entered the age in which 4GW is the primary mode of warfare.  In response first come … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy

Insights about modern war from the NIC's 2020 Project3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  the papers from a workshop of the NIC’s 2020 Project provide valuable insights.  … more »

4GW: A solution of the first kind - Robots!5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Just as visionaries earn more than analysts, so do solutions of the first kind (hardware) receive m … more »

Tags: Our Military

4GW: A solution of the third kind

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Solutions of the first kind… new things (i.e., robots, autonomous flying vehicles, software to hel … more »

Tags: Our Military

Dark origins of the new COIN manual, FM 3-242 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  A follow-up to this post about the use of social science language and concepts in FM 3-2 … more »

Tags: Our Military

4GW: A solution of the second kind5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Solutions of the first kind:  new things (i.e., robots, autonomous flying vehicles, software to hel … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy

A key to the power of FM 3-24, the new COIN manual3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: (later additions to the text are in red)   FM 3-24 provides a basis for DoD’s people to desc … more »

Tags: America's Long War, Our Military

The 2 most devastating 4GW attacks on America, and the roots of FM 3-242 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  building COIN strategies upon our ability to successfully change foreign societies (from … more »

Tags: Our Military

How to get the study of 4GW in gear7 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Here is an question by Jason lifted from the comments on A solution to 4GW — the introduction. … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy

A solution to 4GW - the introduction15 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago:  We now have an adequate basis upon which to develop a solution for 4GW (at least, a “Mark … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy

Theories about 4GW are not yet like the Laws of Thermodynamics11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: One of the baleful influences on the 4GW analysis is the science of Psychohistory developed by H … more »

ABCDs for today: About Blitzkrieg, COIN, and Diplomacy20 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: Here and here I discussed our tactical retreat in Anbar Province of Iraq.  Dan Tdaxp raises an i … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy, History, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars

The Constitution: wonderful, if we can keep it4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: Many reviews of books about public policy give the impression that the reviewer went directly to t … more »

Tags: Books about Geopolitics

Valuable new insights about the culture of war... a preview30 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 months ago: Western writers about military and political theory sees war as a largely rational activity, at le … more »

Recommendation to read: "Is Warfighting Enough" by Richards and Vandergriff3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 months ago: “Is Warfighting Enough?” by Chet Richards (Colonel, USAF, retired) and Don Vandergriff (Major, … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy, Our Military


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