by admin | May 7, 2012 | Afghanistan, COMOPS Journal, Diplomacy, Government, Iran, Islam, Media, Movements, Politics, Religion
by Jeffry R. Halverson The Arab Spring showed the world how social media can help organize mass political dissent. In the cases of Tunisia and Egypt, single issues coalesced online into far broader and diverse campaigns that toppled ruling regimes. Recently, outside...
by editor | Mar 19, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Image, Obama, Politics, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman In previous posts I have advocated amplifying al-Qaeda’s record of killing Muslims, and argued this practice was doing serious damage toAQ’s brand. Captured documents from bin Laden’s compound indicate that he was worried about...
by editor | Mar 2, 2012 | Diplomacy, Publications, Roundup, Strategic Comm.
by Bruce Gregory* Morton Abramowitz and Mark Lowenthal, “Restocking the Toollkit,” The American Interest, Winter, January/February, 2012, 57-64. Abramowitz (Century Foundation) and Lowenthal (Intelligence and Security Academy) lament two decades of US...
by editor | Feb 10, 2012 | Diplomacy, Media, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman I pass on, for your viewing enjoyment, a segment from the PBS Newshour about a perky, Chinese speaking, twenty-something Voice of America employee named Jessica Beinecke. She is becoming something of a sensation in China by teaching American slang...
by ruston | Jan 6, 2012 | Diplomacy, Europe, Military, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Scott W. Ruston* In December, COMOPS was invited to participate in a question and answer forum with General Stéphane Abrial, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, hosted by Atlantic-Community.org. Atlantic-Community is a leading European online think tank...
by editor | Dec 29, 2011 | Diplomacy, Government, State Dept.
by Steven R. Corman In an apparent budget cutting move, the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy was cut from the recently passed budget, and has ceased to exist. The move eliminates an organization over 60 years old. The Commission was established under the...