by editor | Mar 18, 2008 | Counterterrorism
by Steven R. Corman According to a weekend story in The Guardian, Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair, called for dialog with al Qaeda: There’s nothing to say to al-Qaida and they’ve got nothing to say to us at the moment, but at some...
by justus | Mar 11, 2008 | Analysis, Diplomacy
By Z. S. Justus State-funded terrorism, international intrigue, drug production, saber rattling, cold-war leftovers, and false promises: These are headlines and/or accusations that have characterized the situation in Afghanistan and more surprisingly, a crisis in...
by editor | Mar 10, 2008 | Afghanistan, Diplomacy, Image, Strategic Comm.
by David Berg The US State Department has been quietly advocating the use of a controversial strategy transplanted from the War on Drugs in South America to the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan. According to freelance journalist Joseph Kirschke, the US State Department...
by editor | Mar 8, 2008 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Earlier this week Marc Lynch did a nice post (that had been on my impossibly long to-do list for some time) critiquing the presidential candidates’ positions on post-Bush public diplomacy. As Lynch points out, Clinton avoids the subject...
by editor | Mar 7, 2008 | Framing, Image, Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman An article published by Reuters earlier this week contained an interesting passage that implies that al Qaeda is using a new communication tactic: Fundraising videos. Reporting on a Saudi roundup of 28 suspected al Qaeda operatives, the article...
