by Mark Dillen | Dec 8, 2009 | Monitor
When I was growing up in India, the U.S. Information Services used to serve as ambassadors of American culture, ideas, and ideals. That entire approach to diplomacy was shuttered after the Cold War and even after 9/11 remains moribund. – Fareed Zakaria,...
by goodall | Dec 2, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Narrative, Sensemaking
by Bud Goodall Yesterday’s speech by President Barack Obama at West Point about the future of American commitment to Afghanistan contained no real material surprises for anyone paying attention to the news reports that led up to his carefully planned and...
by editor | Dec 1, 2009 | Image, Narrative, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman Last Friday, Thomas Friedman published and op-ed in the New York Times entitled America vs. The Narrative in which he expressed bewilderment/exasperation that the anti-U.S narrative is getting so much traction in the Muslim world: Yes, after two...
