by editor | May 16, 2009 | Complexity, Counterterrorism, Strategic Comm., Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman Hi there. Long time, no blog. That’s in part because I was attending a conference entitled Strategic Communication for Combating Terrorism sponsored by the NATO Center of Excellence for Defense Against Terrorism in Ankara, Turkey. The...
by editor | Dec 2, 2008 | Analysis, Complexity, Military, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman The Advanced Research and Assessment Group of the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom has just released a new primer on Strategic Communication. The executive summary says: This paper attempts to address a perceived gap in UK defence thinking...
by editor | Jul 29, 2008 | Complexity, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Matt Armstrong of the MountainRunner blog probably knows more about the Smith-Mundt Act than any other living human, and he’s not even a lawyer. He has just published an “interim version” (?) of an essay on Smith-Mundt over at...
by editor | Jan 7, 2008 | Complexity, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy
by Steven R. Corman Today the CSC has released a new white paper that is a companion piece to our Pragmatic Complexity paper from last year. This paper applies another idea from complexity theory, Kauffman’s Rugged Landscape Model, to the problem of finding the...
by editor | Jun 19, 2007 | Analysis, Complexity, Diplomacy, Media, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman Just over two weeks ago, a new report from the State Department entitled “U.S. National Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication†surfaced. The plan includes prescriptions for messages, methods, and organizational changes to...
by editor | May 22, 2007 | Analysis, Complexity, Diplomacy, Media
by Bud Goodall In recent Congressional hearings on U.S. attempts to win popular support in the Arab world, the continuing controversy surrounding al Hurra dominated the discussion. al Hurra, a television network financed to broadcast pro-U.S. messages throughout the...
