by lundry | Apr 25, 2013 | Analysis, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, Media, Narrative, Popular Culture, Sensemaking
By Chris Lundry It has been over a week since the grisly bombing at the Boston Marathon, and with one perpetrator killed and another captured, analysts are now searching for the “why” and “how” answers. How did a seemingly well-adjusted young man fall under the...
by admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Framing, Narrative, Politics, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Last month, James Appathurai, NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, agreed to participate in an electronic Q&A sponsored by the Atlantic Community. He answered 20 questions in four...
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 | Dec 19, 2011 | Analysis, Framing, Indonesia, Media, Religion, Sensemaking, Southeast Asia
By Mark Woodward and Inayah Rohmaniyah* Earlier this month (December 13-15) we were privileged to participate in a “The 2nd International Conference on Islamic Media” sponsored by the Saudi sponsored Muslim World League (MWL, Rabita al-Alam al-Islami) and the...
by editor | Sep 6, 2011 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Last Friday the always-excellent PBS Newshour ran a story that left me floored. It featured interviews with several ordinary Afghans who were handed pictures of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Of a dozen or so people asked, only one man (a...
by halverson | Jul 13, 2011 | Analysis, Islam, Language, Narrative, Religion, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Jeffry R. Halverson If you’ve read our book Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism then you already have a solid understanding of the major master narratives employed by Islamist extremists in their communications. For example, you’re able to recognize the...