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Tag Archives: afghanistan
Part II: Mexico vs Afghanistan – Comparing the Incomparable?
This is the second installment of a bi-weekly series of posts analysing the conflicts in Mexico and Afghanistan. Read the first installment here. Building on my original premise, when comparing Afghanistan and Mexico the first place one should look when … Continue reading
Part I: Mexico vs. Afghanistan – Similar Conflicts, Different Perceptions?
The conflict in Afghanistan has to a large extent dominated academic and practical dialogue in the realm of international politics and conflict in the 11 years since the attacks on 9/11 which precipitated it. This discourse – within the wider … Continue reading
In the Media
Albany’s Justin Marozzi followed our recommendation in last month’s newsletter and read Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s latest release: Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan (Bloomsbury). Here is an excerpt of his review from The Mail on Sunday: One of the books … Continue reading
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Afghanistan: “Build it and they will come?”
Of the main outcomes to emerge from the London Conference, helping reintegrate Taliban fighters via support for a Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund and negotiations with the Taliban have taken centre stage. As the conference communiqué put it, there is … Continue reading
Hard of Hearing: The UK Media and Afghanistan
The media space as a theatre of strategic communications over Afghanistan has been losing its efficacy. Sending the right message from Afghanistan – one which will be heard by an increasingly one-dimensional media – has become a daunting task. In … Continue reading
Editing Afghanistan: An increasingly dissonant message
In response to the ever-increasing groundswell of voices in the media questioning the continuing wisdom behind the British role in Afghanistan, General Sir Richard Dannatt said on the BBC flagship Nine O’Clock news programme last week: “There are those out … Continue reading
“It’s the economy (and social development) stupid”:the need for a new narrative in Afg.
There is a pressing need to start telling a different story in Afghanistan – one which focuses on the civilian, rather than the military campaign, and one which highlights the good work undertaken by the Afghan government in promoting … Continue reading
Message Creep in Afghanistan
Following the two day Albany Associates conference on strategic communications held in London recently, one thing stands out. Given the accumulated wisdom of the past few decades in the broad field of strategic communications, why are there still such problems … Continue reading
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Tagged afghanistan, communications strategy, conference, kosovo, strategic communications
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Strategic Comms Conference: New Media
Here in the bunker – it is a rather swish conference room but there’s a serious shortage of natural light – we’ve been looking at new media and strategic communications. Three themes from the new media panel and this morning’s … Continue reading
Strategic Communications Conference: Morning session summary
Hi there. My name’s Daniel Bennett. I write a blog for the Frontline Club on new media and conflict and I’ve been invited to temporarily take over this blogging space to crosspost a few thoughts on the key points coming … Continue reading
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