by ruston | Aug 3, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Complexity, Media, Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication
by Scott W. Ruston The title of this post is my interpretation of what ADM James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of United States European Command (USEUCOM), says in a new TED Talk. To be fair, what he actually says is that...
by ruston | Jan 6, 2012 | Diplomacy, Europe, Military, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Scott W. Ruston* In December, COMOPS was invited to participate in a question and answer forum with General Stéphane Abrial, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, hosted by Atlantic-Community.org. Atlantic-Community is a leading European online think tank...
by ruston | May 5, 2011 | Analysis, Complexity, Framing, Narrative, Pakistan, Sensemaking, Uncategorized
by Scott Ruston As details pour in regarding this past weekend’s daring raid in which U.S. Navy SEALs killed elusive al-Qaeda leader and world’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden, the exact details of the events keep changing slightly. The New York Times titled...
by ruston | Dec 28, 2009 | Analysis, Intelligence, Military, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Scott W. Ruston Recent headlines revealed that video feeds from the Predator, the US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used for surveillance and targeting in both Iraq and Afghanistan, have been intercepted by insurgents in Iraq. Early follow up analysis focuses on...
by ruston | Sep 3, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Listening, Narrative, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Scott W. Ruston Admiral Michael Mullen’s recent essay in Joint Forces Quarterly criticizing “strategic communication” lambastes the US government for its failures of strategic communication and the growth of a bloated bureaucracy fueling an...