by editor | May 18, 2013 | Afghanistan, COMOPS Journal, Government, Publications
by Steven R. Corman Here is a quiz: In what South Asian war did a country invade to pursue its own interests, overthrow an existing government and establish a client regime, encounter effective resistance by local insurgents despite the superiority of its army, fight...
by editor | Apr 30, 2013 | Afghanistan, Publications
by Steven R. Corman Narrating the Exit from Afghanistan is now available in a Kindle version. A description of the book is available here. There is also a brief review by Tom Wein, here. ...
by editor | Mar 25, 2013 | Afghanistan, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, COMOPS Journal, Narrative, Publications
by Steven R. Corman With the United States and NATO set to withdraw all or most forces from Afghanistan in 2014, a key question is: How do we want to be remembered for our efforts there? The current narrative of the Afghanistan war is a mess. Yet the narrative of the...
by editor | Mar 21, 2013 | Afghanistan, COMOPS Journal, Narrative
by Steven R. Corman A presentation by John Hagel, Chairman of Deloitte, at the recent SXSW conference has been getting a lot of play in the blogosphere. In it, Hagel advocates differentiating story from narrative. While he is right to draw the distinction and gets...
by Matt Compton | Jun 20, 2012 | Afghanistan, Russia
After two days of policy discussions and meetings with leaders from the world's major economies, President Obama held a press conference to discuss his takeaways from the G20 Summit. The ongoing economic crisis in Europe was a central focus of the top-level...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | Afghanistan, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Narrative, Obama, Religion, Southeast Asia, Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry Indonesian extremist site Prisoner of Joy recently posted the announcement by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan that operations against the United States and its allies will now be named Al Farooq Operations. From the post: The invaders should be made...