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 | Nov 9, 2011 | Publications
by Steven R. Corman NSI has just released a new edited volume (PDF here) that should be of interest to COMOPS Journal readers. Entitled Countering Violent Extremism: Scientific Methods and Strategies, it contains the latest thinking on the subject, including a...
by editor | Nov 4, 2011 | Publications
by Steven R. Corman Friend-of-CSC Steve Tatham has co-authored a new book with Major General Andrew Mackay entitled Behavioural Conflict: Why Understanding People and their Motivations Will Prove Decisive in Future Conflict. I have not yet seen the book, but it will...
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 editor | Jul 8, 2011 | Narrative, Publications
by Steven R. Corman The CSC has released a new white paper entitled The Tariq ibn Ziyad Master Narrative by Jeffry R. Halverson. The executive summary is as follows: Master narratives provide important insights into the cultures and societies that analysts and...
by editor | Feb 2, 2011 | Analysis, Narrative, Publications
CSC members Jeff Halverson, Bud Goodall, and Steve Corman have published a new book entitled Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). The book describes a framework for analyzing cultural narratives that extremists use to influence...
