by Charles Cameron | Mar 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the election itself a one day affair, and may even be settled by the time you read this — but the impact lingers, and the complex balancing of forces in the region remains ] . ** Nothing is ever black-and-white, it seems to me...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — an oriental carpet video game, would you believe it? — and one from IS ] . ** The intersection of war and games is a fascinating one. You may recall the Stone Throwers game, built at the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, and set against...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 11, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — contrasting perspectives, asymmetric warfare, and a bible story ] . Art Spiegelman, the creator of the acclaimed graphic treatment of the Holocaust, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, has now posted a visual DoubleQuote of his own, along with...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron – ISIS video, early Dabiq reference, satirical response ] . . You may recall that almost exactly a year ago, Shiite truck drivers in Anbar province were stopped by ISIS patrols, questioned as to the exact form of Islamic prayer, and executed...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 6, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two voices of moderation with a glimmer of hope — plus a recap of some recent posts of mine ] . Scott Atran, Ed Husain. Scott Atran, an anthropologist at France’s National Center for Scientific Research, John Jay College and the...
