by editor | Oct 28, 2014 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Narrative
CSC has released a new white paper entitled De-Romanticizing the Islamic State’s Vision of the Caliphate. The Executive Summary is below, and you can download the full PDF here. Executive Summary Calls for restoration of the Caliphate are a regular feature of...
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 editor | Mar 25, 2013 | Afghanistan, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, COMOPS Journal, Narrative, Publications
by Steven R. Corman With the United States and NATO set to withdraw all or most forces from Afghanistan in 2014, a key question is: How do we want to be remembered for our efforts there? The current narrative of the Afghanistan war is a mess. Yet the narrative of the...
by editor | Mar 24, 2013 | COMOPS Journal, Movements, Narrative, Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication
by Steven R. Corman On Thursday, March 20, Small Wars Journal published Narrative Landmines: The Explosive Effects of Rumors in Syria and Around the World by Scott W. Ruston, Chris Lundry, Pauline Hope Cheong and Daniel Bernardi. Ruston and Lundry are Assistant...
by editor | Mar 21, 2013 | Afghanistan, COMOPS Journal, Narrative
by Steven R. Corman A presentation by John Hagel, Chairman of Deloitte, at the recent SXSW conference has been getting a lot of play in the blogosphere. In it, Hagel advocates differentiating story from narrative. While he is right to draw the distinction and gets...
by greenberg | Mar 7, 2013 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Government, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Nathaniel Greenberg The Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute recently released a report entitled “Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel in 2012: Global Reach and Implications.” It contains important proposals for addressing some...