Center for Strategic Communication

When win-win games get gamed

by | Aug 3, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — a paradox I’m currently chewing on, courtesy of Richard Landes] . I want to take something that Richard Landes has been saying, abstract it from those conflicts to which Richard applies it, simplify it by removing one technical term...

The Boston IS and Apocalyptic Conference

by | Jul 16, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — I was (unexpectedly) almost totally deaf at the time, so the videos of the conference allowed me a second go-around, for which I’m profoundly grateful ] . Richard Landes, opening the Boston conference ** With what I hope will turn...

A dozen or so books on Islamic apocalyptic

by | Apr 29, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — since this topic is at last swinging into focus ] . It is my impression that Islamic apocalyptic has finally surfaced as a significant contributor to those interested in questions of contemporary national security — first, through...

So: how does it feel at World’s End?

by | Mar 21, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — on conveying the experience of the eschatological — on the way to better understanding the allure of IS ] . And the fifth Angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth, and to him was given the key of...