by humbleauthor | Jul 28, 2011 | Monitor
Check out my blog posting over at the International Spy Museum’s site where I discuss what the killing of Osama Bin Laden tells us about the role of the CIA in warfighting. Pax.
by halverson | Jul 27, 2011 | Analysis, Framing, Government, Islam, Narrative, Politics, Religion
By Jeffry R. Halverson Unlike the protests of the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt, the campaigns underway against the Assad regime in Syria have a distinctly sectarian character. The Assad regime is dominated by the Alawites, a little-known esoteric Shi‘ite sect....
by Anand Gopal | Jul 18, 2011 | Monitor
As southern Afghanistan was still reeling from the assassination of local heavyweight Ahmed Wali Karzai, gunmen on Sunday struck down Jan Muhammad Khan, one of the most notorious powerbrokers in southern Afghanistan. JMK, as he is known to the Americans, was the...
by editor | Jul 18, 2011 | Diplomacy, Roundup, Strategic Comm.
by Bruce Gregory* Intended for teachers of public diplomacy and related courses, here is an update on resources that may be of general interest. Suggestions for future updates are welcome. Jozef Batora and Monika Mokre, eds., Culture and External Relations: Europe...
by halverson | Jul 13, 2011 | Analysis, Islam, Language, Narrative, Religion, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Jeffry R. Halverson If you’ve read our book Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism then you already have a solid understanding of the major master narratives employed by Islamist extremists in their communications. For example, you’re able to recognize the...
