Center for Strategic Communication

Target: innocence

by | Nov 22, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — the DoubleQuote as déjà vu, and as moral contrast and comparison ] . The targeting of innocence seems particularly reprehensible — but in this instance, the Islamic State is only following in the footsteps of the Soviets in...

Gaza symmetries and asymmetries

by | Jul 20, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — “hatred of the other” viewed as a cognitive matter, and Richard Landes on the capacity for self-criticism ] . Credit: Amir Schiby ** Nicholas Kristof has a post today for the NYT Sunday Review, Who’s Right and Wrong in the...

Of death and children, one way or the other

by | Nov 13, 2013 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — thoughts triggered by the Jeremy Scahill & Lawrence Wright documentaries ] . I don’t really enjoy writing this, because I’m loath to suggest that sixteen year old Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was in fact a combatant, though it...

Turkey and the unicorn

by | Jun 17, 2013 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — i don’t do much in the way of cat pics, so here’s a timely geopolitical unicorn for you ] . What with the Whole Wired World looking a bit both “1984″ and “Brave New” this week, and with Turkey clearly...