by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Oct 12, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeSo the Obama administration has finally fessed up to what’s long been clear to more than a few mere citizens: the millions (or billions) spent to whip allies or elements we like into effective anti-Assad, anti-ISIS (or anti-Taliban) fighters has...
by Cara Doglione | Sep 13, 2013 | Monitor
Recent years have seen a growing attraction to the informational format of TED talks, 1500 of which are freely accessible on the TED website. TED’s (Technology, Entertainment and Design) global accessibility via the World Wide Web in 40 languages provides viewers...
by Teresa Lappe-Osthege | Apr 24, 2013 | Monitor
By: Teresa Lappe-Osthege A critical analysis of statements by Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri reveal a fragmented and weakened Al Qaeda disguising its internal incoherence and lack of appealing strategic and political…
by Beau Barnes | Jan 23, 2013 | Monitor
By: Beau Barnes True to its name, Syed Saleem Shahzad’s Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban goes beyond the common misperception of Al-Qaeda as a static organization…
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 9, 2012 | Monitor
A screenshot of Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Courtesy: Electronic Arts In February, movie audiences thrilled to Act of Valor, a big-budget Hollywood film starring actual Navy SEALs. Next month comes Zero Dark Thirty, a major recreation of the raid that killed Osama bin...