by editor | Mar 11, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Publications, Strategic Comm.
CSC members H. L. Goodall, Jr, Pauline Hope Cheong, Kristin Fleischer and Steven R. Corman have just published a new article in Perspectives on Terrorism. The abstract is below, and the article is available (free) here. Rhetorical Charms: The Promise and Pitfalls of...
by editor | Mar 2, 2012 | Diplomacy, Publications, Roundup, Strategic Comm.
by Bruce Gregory* Morton Abramowitz and Mark Lowenthal, “Restocking the Toollkit,” The American Interest, Winter, January/February, 2012, 57-64. Abramowitz (Century Foundation) and Lowenthal (Intelligence and Security Academy) lament two decades of US...
by editor | Feb 10, 2012 | Diplomacy, Media, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman I pass on, for your viewing enjoyment, a segment from the PBS Newshour about a perky, Chinese speaking, twenty-something Voice of America employee named Jessica Beinecke. She is becoming something of a sensation in China by teaching American slang...
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 | Dec 21, 2011 | Diplomacy, Roundup, Strategic Comm.
by Bruce Gregory Asia Foundation, Afghanistan in 2011: A Survey of the Afghan People, November 15, 2011. While nearly half (46%) of Afghans say their country is moving in the right direction, more respondents (35%) than at any time since the Foundation began polling...
by editor | Dec 16, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Egypt, Framing, Media, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman A few weeks ago I did a keynote speech at a public meeting of the U.S. Advisory Commission in Public Diplomacy. Later in the meeting I heard a presentation by Ambassador Richard LeBaron, Coordinator of the State Department’s Center for...