Center for Strategic Communication

The Shariah twins and other ads

[ by Charles Cameron — attempting the unbiased exploration of nuance in often low-nuance discourses ] . As usual, billboards, pamplets and ads on the sides of buses are worth watching. Let’s start with the Shariah twins: The similarities are pretty obvious...

A question re Hasan and Awlaki

[ by Charles Cameron — revisiting the question of Maj. Nidal Hasan ] . … above: Daveed's tweet today, Awlaki's email from Intelwire. I was struck by one curious aspect to the question of what Maj. Nidal Hasan was up to at what point in his...

SWJ: Manea interviews Fernando Lujan

The latest in the series of COIN interviews by Octavian Manea: COIN and Other Four-Letter Words: Interview with AfPak Hand Major Fernando Lujan  OM:  In early 2009, I made a tour of a few DC think tanks.  At the time everybody was talking about COIN. Why did COIN...

SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

This looks to be an invaluable resource. From SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare  US Army Special Operations Command and Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory National Security Analysis Department have put together a useful reference...