Center for Strategic Communication

Strategy, Power and Diffusion

“….and therefore, two kinds of reactions are possible on the defending side, depending whether the attacker is to perish by the sword or by his own exertions.                                                                – Carl von Clausewitz,  On War...

Iwo Jihad?

[ by Charles Cameron — our stuff turned against us once again, this time it’s our symbolism ] . . ** Richard Clarke, at that time Chair of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and Special Advisor to the President for CyberSpace...

Miracles and rumors of miracles

[ by Charles Cameron — Timbuktu tombs, cultural preservation, WWII, miracle stories, della Robbia ] . . A report on Al Jazeera today is sub-headed: Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali attacks tombs of Sufi saints just days after sites put on UNESCO endangered...