by Posted by AD Brown | Dec 16, 2011 | Monitor
Afghanistan Gary Schmitt and Richard Cleary believe that the NATO coalition in Afghanistan is starting to collapse. Iran Michael Rubin argues that unless the US takes a tougher stance, it will continue to pursue nuclear weapons. Barry Rubin (no relation) …...
by editor | Dec 16, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Egypt, Framing, Media, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman A few weeks ago I did a keynote speech at a public meeting of the U.S. Advisory Commission in Public Diplomacy. Later in the meeting I heard a presentation by Ambassador Richard LeBaron, Coordinator of the State Department’s Center for...
by Posted by AD Brown | Dec 9, 2011 | Monitor
Afghanistan Spencer Ackerman is worried by the proposed outsourcing of U.S security operations on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Counterinsurgency Andrew Exum believes that counterinsurgency will continue to remain important. Egypt The Arabist looks at the dispute...
by halverson | Dec 8, 2011 | Analysis, Narrative, Religion, Research, Strategic Comm.
By Jeffry R. Halverson I’ll admit that I slip sometimes in everyday conversation and use the word “story” as a synonym for “narrative.” A lot of people do it. But I should know better. There’s an important difference between the two. For the average conversation the...
by Anand Gopal | Dec 6, 2011 | Monitor
You would think that, after ten long and bloody years, there would be little new the Afghan war could offer in terms of brutality. But Tuesday’s twin suicide strikes on Shi’a Muslim processions in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, leaving 58 dead and more than a...
