by justus | Jul 17, 2008 | Education, Israel, Media, Popular Culture, Strategic Comm.
Z. S. Justus Today I restructured the Palestinian police force. Earlier in the day I launched a joint cultural initiative between Israelis and Palestinians, but not before I eased travel restrictions in Gaza. Of course I did not actually do any of these things, but an...
by editor | Jul 17, 2008 | Media
by Steven R. Corman Those whacky Palestinian Children’s TV programmers are at it again. First, they brought you story time with Sheikh Muhammad, telling the kids about a Jewish woman who tried to poison the Prophet. Next they created Farfour the Mouse (a cheap...
by editor | Jul 16, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Movements
by Steven R. Corman A few weeks ago I wrote about an appearance by Michael Scheuer on a radio talk show. The theme was the possible disintegration of al Qaeda based on recent denouncements and recantations by prominent ideologues. He was going against the grain,...
by editor | Jul 13, 2008 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Image, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Though I’m not too sure what he has been doing in terms of actual public diplomacy lately, it’s apparent that Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Jim Glassman has been working overtime on public affairs. Since his recent...
by editor | Jul 11, 2008 | Defense Dept., Research
by Steven R. Corman Yesterday I participated in a Blogger’s Rountable discussion with Dr. Thomas Mahnken, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy, about the DoD’s Minerva program.  The audio from the roundtable was supposed to be up immediately...
