by greenberg | Oct 4, 2012 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Europe, Narcoterrorism
by Nathaniel Greenberg Counterterrorism officials indicated this week that JSOC, in coordination with the CIA and the Pentagon, had begun to narrow its search for the culprits behind the attack on the American Consulate in Libya. From their investigations, articulated...
by ruston | Jan 6, 2012 | Diplomacy, Europe, Military, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Scott W. Ruston* In December, COMOPS was invited to participate in a question and answer forum with General Stéphane Abrial, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, hosted by Atlantic-Community.org. Atlantic-Community is a leading European online think tank...
by editor | Jul 27, 2010 | Analysis, Europe, Government, Southeast Asia
By Mark Woodward and Inayah Rohmaniyah* Efforts in European countries including France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands to restrict or prohibit women from wearing burkah and nikab (face veil) are well known in Indonesia. Reports about these efforts in the...
by furlow | Jan 28, 2010 | Europe, Islam
by R. Bennett Furlow Geert Wilders is a Dutch parliamentarian and head of the Party for Freedom (PVV). He is also a very clear opponent of Islam. Most critics of Islam are very careful to say that they oppose “radical Islam” or “Islamism” or...
by editor | May 9, 2008 | Europe, Islam, Language, Politics
by Emy Matesan Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first visit to Germany in the beginning of February illustrates the “Islamic dilemma†Western European countries currently face. In front of a predominantly German audience, Erdogan had emphasized the...
by editor | Mar 24, 2008 | Europe, Popular Culture
by Steven R. Corman An anti-Islam Member of Parliament from the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, has produced a short film that portrays the Quran as an inspiration for terrorist attacks and violence. A recent story in the New York Times on Wilders and his effort reported...