by lundry | Mar 4, 2010 | Indonesia, Media, Obama, Sharia, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Having recently returned from a brief (four-day!) trip to Indonesia and Singapore, I’ve been reminded of the value of simply being in a location with eyes and ears open in order to gain insight into current events. While in Indonesia, some interesting...
by goodall | Dec 14, 2009 | Analysis, Framing, Narrative, Obama, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall In Thursday’s Nobel acceptance speech, President Obama delivered the powerful narrative I had hoped to hear in his previous West Point address on Afghanistan. I was critical of the West Point address due to: “the absence of a compelling...
by goodall | Oct 7, 2009 | Afghanistan, Defense Dept., Government, Media, Narrative, Obama, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall One of the important challenges of President Obama’s administration is to sell the continuation of our “overseas contingency operation” (or perhaps FATAVE) in Afghanistan to an increasingly disenchanted audience at home and abroad. But...
by goodall | Jun 5, 2009 | Analysis, Framing, Islam, Narrative, Obama, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall, Angela Trethewey, & Steven R. Corman President Barack Obama’s historic speech in Cairo yeserday represents a welcome break from the former President George W. Bush administration’s approach to strategic communication. Bush’s...
by editor | Apr 5, 2009 | Analysis, Framing, Language, Obama
by Steven R. Corman Well it’s official. Earlier last week AP reported comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the government is no longer using the phrase “global war on terror” (GWOT): The administration has stopped using the phrase...