Center for Strategic Communication

On IS ecumenism? Two tweets in short order REDUX

by | Sep 29, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — among jihadist groups in Syria, are the scales tipping towards unity or disunity? ] . ** Yesterday I posted the following DoubleQuote, with sources, on our alternate site while Zenpundit proper, this place, was temporarily down: Sources:...

Regarding the Lesser and Greater Sludges

by | Mar 29, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — the warnings, the lack of response, the tragedy, and a diagnosis of the underlying, near-universal human condition ] . Devastation wrought by the Lesser Sludge, Snohomish County, WA, March 2014 ** Hear ye! Hear ye! The most stunning...

Lind on “the Navy’s Intellectual Seppuku”

by | Feb 22, 2014 | Monitor

William Lind had a very important piece regarding an extraordinarily ill-considered move by the Navy brass: The Navy Commits Intellectual Seppuku  The December, 2013 issue of the Naval Institute’s Proceedings contains an article, “Don’t Say Goodbye to Intellectual...

Various body parts for various body parts

by | May 31, 2013 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — mostly about a fascinating quote from Martin Luther King ] . . Let’s start with the Code of Hammurabi, 196-97: If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he break another man’s bone, his bone shall be...

Of hot spots and feedback loops

by | Oct 26, 2012 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — with a pinch of humility which, if you ask me, burns hotter than any pepper ] . . Micah Zenko at the Council on Foreign Relations‘ Politics, Power, and Preventive Action blog raised a question yesterday that I found irresistible:...