by lundry | Feb 22, 2013 | Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, COMOPS Journal, Media, Military, Narrative, Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication, Research, Strategic Comm.
Professor Steven R. Corman, the Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and the Herberger Professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, received the ASU Alumni Association Founder’s Day Faculty Achievement...
by lundry | Nov 2, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Framing, Indonesia, Islam, Language, Media, Narrative, Religion, Southeast Asia
By Chris Lundry Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has been branded a commander of the crusaders following the announcement that Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain will be awarding him the Honorary Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Bath. The...
by editor | Oct 11, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Media, Narrative
by Karina Sandhu Beginning September 11, 2001 and ending on May 2, 2011, in the eyes of many Americans, the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, was born, raised, lived, and died. Despite the fact that al-Qaeda was founded in 1989 and continues to exist today, many...
by halverson | Jul 25, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Egypt, Islam, Muslim Brotherhood, Narrative
by Jeffry R. Halverson For the second time this year, remnants of the pro-Mubarak media in Egypt have caused a major stir in the international press and blogosphere by spreading false stories about alleged Islamist plans for Egypt. The latest claim is that the...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | Afghanistan, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Narrative, Obama, Religion, Southeast Asia, Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry Indonesian extremist site Prisoner of Joy recently posted the announcement by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan that operations against the United States and its allies will now be named Al Farooq Operations. From the post: The invaders should be made...
by admin | May 17, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Complexity, Counterterrorism, Islam, Military, Narrative, Politics, Publications, Religion, Sharia
by Jeffry R. Halverson The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) has released a short monograph, De-Legitimizing al-Qaeda: A Jihad-Realist Approach, by sociologist Paul Kamolnick, a professor at Eastern Tennessee State University. Kamolnick criticizes current US efforts...
