Center for Strategic Communication

Ali Soufan on strategy & tactics

[ by Charles Cameron — short and sweet ] . Everyone here knows that we are in a conflict with Islamic extremism. Everyone here knows that strategic outweighs tactical success. And most everyone here knows that Ali Soufan is one of the key voices on that topic...

In which John Horgan presents a DoubleQuote

[ by Charles Cameron — taking a very brief break from Bach once in a while — but Kanye? ] . In what I’d term a DoubleQuote in the Wild, Dr John Horgan uses a simple textual and visual juxtaposition to good effect: America is a land of contrast…...

The Tortured Debate about Torture

By Patricia Lee SharpePinch me!Wake me from this nightmare!Am I really stuck in an America awash in arguments pro torture put forth by fellow Americans proudly proclaiming they’d do it again?  Waterboarding.  Rectal rapes.  Chaining.  Hanging. Agonizing stress...

Sanctified payback, blowback

[ by Charles Cameron — so IS is using waterboarding? meditating on copycattism as a jihadist strategy ] . ** Here’s the basic news, from Adam Goldman and Julie Tate, Captives held by Islamic State were waterboarded, in the Washington Post today: At least...