Center for Strategic Communication

When win-win games get gamed

[ by Charles Cameron — a paradox I’m currently chewing on, courtesy of Richard Landes] . I want to take something that Richard Landes has been saying, abstract it from those conflicts to which Richard applies it, simplify it by removing one technical term...

Takfir squared, Prisoners Dilemma and MC Escher

[ by Charles Cameron — call it backlash, backfire, or blowback, somewhere they’re dclaring takfir on the takfiris ] . Ali Minai at BrownPundits has a worthwhile take on what he calls, paradoxically enough, Unreal Islam, from which I’ve excerpted this...

With gratitude for today’s twitter feast..

[ by Charles Cameron — high risk furniture — a single tweet with linked explanation, plus two sets of tweets I’d like to see further explained, explored and examined ] . First, a single tweet from Max Fisher with a catchy title and link, where the...