Center for Strategic Communication

Thoughts on CNAS “Preparing for War in the Robotic Age”

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] My reading at CNAS, which had once been frequent, declined with the waning of the Abu Muqawama blog. While formerly I usually scanned through CNAS reports on a regular basis after reading what Exum and his commenters had...

The Last Post

This is the last post on Abu Muqawama. As many of you know, I left the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in August of 2012 to spend a fellowship year in the U.S. Department of Defense doing Middle East policy. My plan had been to stay away for one year, but as...

Elkus interviews Charles Cameron at Abu Muqawama

[ by Mark Safranski a.k.a “zen”] Longtime friend of ZP,  Adam Elkus interviews our own Charles Cameron at the highly regarded Abu Muqawama blog: Interview Charles Cameron  [….]  AE: How has the study of apocalyptic tropes and culture changed (if it...

Elkus on Policy Relevance

Intriguing and vigorously argued piece by Adam over at Abu Muqawama Relevant to Policy? Are we in a 1914 scenario in East Asia? How often do guerrillas succeed? Did counterterrorism law erode national sovereignty? These are just a few of the important questions that...