Center for Strategic Communication

Letting Terrorists Wander Off

By Brady Kiesling, Guest Contributor Brady Kiesling served two tours as political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Athens before resigning in 2003 over USG policy. He is the author of “Diplomacy Lessons” (2006), and “Greek Urban Warriors,” his booklength study of Greek...

Time To Fix The State Department

By Joan Wadelton, Guest Contributor Joan Wadleton was a Foreign Service Officer from 1980-2011.  She served in Africa, Latin America, Russia and Iraq.  In addition to assignments in the State Department, she was an advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and...

MY SUMMER VACATION

By Wendi Maxwell, Guest Contributor Wendi Maxwell brings personal insight and occasional stories from California, particularly the strange world of California politics and the new left. Maxwell is a former policy maker for California adult literacy projects Let’s face...

After the Battle: Winning Back Hearts and Minds

By Guest Contributor Thomas Preece Tom Preece is a combat veteran and veterans advocate, a thirty year VA retiree, and author of The Last Lost Warrior a forthcoming novel based on his Vietnam and post-Vietnam experiences. The American military is in a war with itself,...