by editor | Apr 5, 2009 | Analysis, Framing, Language, Obama
by Steven R. Corman Well it’s official. Earlier last week AP reported comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the government is no longer using the phrase “global war on terror” (GWOT): The administration has stopped using the phrase...
by editor | Sep 30, 2008 | Government, Language, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman There has been some dispute in our little corner of the blogosphere lately about whether strategic communication is a good term for describing the government’s efforts to communicate strategically. Matt Armstrong commented on this in the...
by editor | Jul 23, 2008 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Framing, Language
by Steven R. Corman Jeffrey Imm over at CT Blog did a post yesterday admiring Rep. Hoekstra’s attempt to amend H.R. 5959 to deny DHS and NCTC the ability to expend any funds in their efforts to discourage use of words like “jihad” in U.S. strategic...
by editor | Jun 14, 2008 | Analysis, Iraq, Language, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman During my usual media grazing I ran across an article published yesterday in Aljazeera Magazine by Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, in the “reviews” section. I’m not sure what it’s supposed to be reviewing, but on the surface it has...
by editor | Jun 4, 2008 | Language, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman The latest entry in the war of language comes from Jim Guirard of the TrueSpeak Institute writing today at Small Wars Journal Blog. Guirard is one of the earliest and most persistent arguers against using the word “jihadi” to describe...
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...
