Center for Strategic Communication

Lizz Pearson on Boko Haram & gender, BBC4

[ by Charles Cameron — burn the boys & let the girls get married? — ] . Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Nigeria, torched by Boko Haram Feb 2014. Photocredit: AP** Lizz Pearson pulls all the right details together to paint a vivid and nuanced...

Strategy, Power and Diffusion

“….and therefore, two kinds of reactions are possible on the defending side, depending whether the attacker is to perish by the sword or by his own exertions.                                                                – Carl von Clausewitz,  On War...

Asymmetric Maritime Threats to the Strait of Hormuz

As Iran refuses to address ongoing concerns regarding its nuclear program, tensions between its leaders and the international community have escalated. The United States has made clear through multiple statements that a nuclear Iran is a serious threat to national...