by editor | Jun 3, 2014 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Publications, Strategic Comm.
CSC has released a new white paper: The Narrative Landscape of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Executive Summary This report presents the results of an analysis of the narrative landscape produced in texts by and about al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) from 2007...
by editor | Oct 12, 2013 | Africa, COMOPS Journal, Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication
by Steven R. Corman The CSC extends a warm welcome to Dr. Valentina Bartolucci. She is a Fulbright Research Scholar resident here during the 2013-2014 academic year, studying public diplomacy as anti-terrorism. Dr. Bartolucci is an Associate Researcher at the...
by greenberg | Mar 7, 2013 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Government, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Nathaniel Greenberg The Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute recently released a report entitled “Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel in 2012: Global Reach and Implications.” It contains important proposals for addressing some...
by greenberg | Oct 27, 2012 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Religion
by Nathaniel Greenberg The Libyan consulate bombing has drifted into the twilight world of murder mystery and conspiracy theory, a talking point for American political pundits, and major source of frustration for leaders in the region. In Cairo a militant from Libya...
by greenberg | Oct 4, 2012 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Europe, Narcoterrorism
by Nathaniel Greenberg Counterterrorism officials indicated this week that JSOC, in coordination with the CIA and the Pentagon, had begun to narrow its search for the culprits behind the attack on the American Consulate in Libya. From their investigations, articulated...
by editor | Sep 19, 2012 | Africa, COMOPS Journal, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood
by Nathaniel Greenberg The Innocence of Muslims is not the first, nor will it be the last offensive depiction of Islam. Just today the French journal Charlie Hebdo released its new edition with an image of Mohamed in a wheel-chair being pushed by a farcical looking...