by lundry | Sep 26, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Government, Image, Intelligence, Islam, Narrative, Religion, Southeast Asia, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry Last year, my colleagues Steven Corman, Jeffrey Halverson and I wrote a series of blog posts exploring Islamist reactions to anti-Islam and anti-Muslim events in the US, including the debate over the Park51 Islamic Center and an American pastor’s...
by editor | Aug 9, 2011 | Analysis, Image, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman In business marketing, branding means creating demand for a product by creating an image that is appealing to potential consumers. This probably brings to mind successful brands like Coca-Cola, Disney, and Nike. But brands can also become...
by editor | Jul 8, 2011 | Image, Indonesia, Publications
by Steven R. Corman The CSC has released a new white paper entitled A New Cultural Path for Indonesia’s Islamist PKS? by Mark Woodward, Ali Amin, Inaya Rohmaniyah, and Chris Lundry. The executive summary is as follows: With the commencement of Indonesia?s transition...
by lundry | Jun 3, 2011 | Image, Indonesia, Popular Culture, Southeast Asia
By Chris Lundry It was bound to happen: London’s Daily Mail reported yesterday that the face of Osama bin Laden appeared on a Londoner’s piece of toast. I have been fascinated with how the image of Osama bin Laden became a pop cultural phenomenon after 9-11 in some...
by editor | Nov 2, 2010 | Analysis, Defense Dept., Image, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Military, Strategic Comm.
by Cameron Bean and Bennett Furlow On Friday, October 22, Wikileaks released almost 400,000 documents on the Iraq War. At first Pentagon spokesperson Geoff Morrell seemed to downplay the release, claiming the documents were “essentially snapshots of events” and do...
by editor | Oct 27, 2010 | Analysis, Framing, Image, Politics, Popular Culture, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Lisa Braverman A couple of weeks ago as I skimmed the news, I saw the freshly-released images of the Park51 Community Center (colloquially known as the “Ground Zero Mosque”). In the same sitting, I also performed my semi-regular check of a former professor’s...