by fleischer | Mar 9, 2010 | Language, Popular Culture, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Kristin Fleischer In his book Fighting the War of Ideas like Real War: Messages to Defeat the Terrorists, J. Michael Waller argues that the United States already has a “secret weapon worse than death,” and it is cheap, readily available and easy to deploy. That...
by editor | Jan 14, 2010 | Afghanistan, Image, Pakistan, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Yesterday the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan over the last year. It concluded that “2009 proved to be the deadliest year yet for civilians since the fall of...
by editor | Dec 12, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Framing, Pakistan, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman Jarret Brachman just did a post on a new video by nice-Jewish-boy-turned-AQ-mouthpiece Adam Gadahn (a.k.a Azzam al-Amriki, video linked on Jarret’s site). Jarret points out that this is the first video in a good long while from as-Sahab, and...
by goodall | Dec 2, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Narrative, Sensemaking
by Bud Goodall Yesterday’s speech by President Barack Obama at West Point about the future of American commitment to Afghanistan contained no real material surprises for anyone paying attention to the news reports that led up to his carefully planned and...
by editor | Dec 1, 2009 | Image, Narrative, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman Last Friday, Thomas Friedman published and op-ed in the New York Times entitled America vs. The Narrative in which he expressed bewilderment/exasperation that the anti-U.S narrative is getting so much traction in the Muslim world: Yes, after two...
by editor | Nov 18, 2009 | Afghanistan, Politics, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman A colleague in the UK military recently sent an e-mail remarking on the brewing controversy in the UK about casualties from the war in Afghanistan. Growing numbers of citizens are witnessing “repatriations” of dead soldiers, and Prime...