by editor | Jul 30, 2008 | Pakistan
by Steven R. Corman Last night’s PBS NewsHour carried and interview with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. He said a lot of interesting things. For example, he said that the reason the Pakistani Army can’t go after the Bad Guys in the FATAs is...
by editor | Jul 29, 2008 | Complexity, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Matt Armstrong of the MountainRunner blog probably knows more about the Smith-Mundt Act than any other living human, and he’s not even a lawyer. He has just published an “interim version” (?) of an essay on Smith-Mundt over at...
by editor | Jul 23, 2008 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Framing, Language
by Steven R. Corman Jeffrey Imm over at CT Blog did a post yesterday admiring Rep. Hoekstra’s attempt to amend H.R. 5959 to deny DHS and NCTC the ability to expend any funds in their efforts to discourage use of words like “jihad” in U.S. strategic...
by editor | Jul 21, 2008 | Analysis, Islam, Movements
by Mark Woodward* In wars that are as much about ideas as they are about anything else, it is convenient to have enemies that are clearly defined, easily demonized and clearly distinguishable from real or imagined allies. When none are apparent we all too often...
by editor | Jul 18, 2008 | Analysis, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman As Matt over at MountainRunner noted, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Jim Glassman’s recent PR offensive included a roundtable conference call with bloggers earlier this week. What a difference and appointee makes. I...
