Center for Strategic Communication

Paris, the Prophet and his veiled face

[ by Charles Cameron — the role of iconography vs idolatry within Islam and Christianity ] . Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tweeted an image of Muhammad today: Images of the prophet Mohammed weren't always taboo. This 16th...

DoubleTweet: equal-opportunity spoils of war

[ by Charles Cameron — as their respective flags testify, both Sunni and Shia benefit from our involuntary largesse ] . We're selling 175 new Abrams tanks to Iraq to replenish for their losses to daesh. http://t.co/clPMWdAIQP pic.twitter.com/sJpkPcirtI...

ISIS and the Crisis in American Statecraft

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] A Facebook friend with an astute comment pointed me toward this Wall Street Journal article by Joe Rago on the mission of General John Allen, USMC  as “Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter...