Countering Militant Propaganda in AfPak

by Matt Tirman on August 18, 2009

An article in the August 16th edition of NY Times made us stand up and take notice. Entitled U.S. Plans a Mission Against Taliban’s Propaganda it highlights a new $150m Department of State initiative to counter Taliban and Al-Qaeda propaganda. Richard Holbrooke, US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, sums up the information and communication environment [...]

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A Culture of ‘Disruptive Innovation’

by Matt Tirman on August 7, 2009

After the OGI Conference in DC a couple weeks back I had the pleasure to sit down with CAPT Ed Buclatin, Director of Public Affairs at U.S. European Command and discuss what they’ve been doing in Stuttgart, Germany and across EUCOM to leverage the Social Web. CAPT Buclatin and his crew have been at the [...]

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Information Fuels Social Media

by Matt Tirman on August 3, 2009

Strategic Social CEO, Matt Bigge, writes in Federal Computer Week on the national security community’s need for a well rounded approach to leveraging the Social Web. Bigge describes the current over-reliance on social media tools as a distraction from the mission when not linked to strategic goals.
To be successful, our nation’s military, diplomatic and intelligence institutions [...]

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