Dance, Dance… Revolution?!?
Who says revolutionary struggle can’t be fun? Not Colombia’s FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army). Latin America’s longest running militant Communist revolutionary organization hadn’t been having the best of luck, what with the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt … Read More
Do Working Men Rebel?
The National Bureau of Economic Research recently published a paper by Eli Berman, Jacob Shapiro, and Joseph Felter called “Do Working Men Rebel?” The paper challenges one of the few universal tenets held by Counter Insurgency planners and decision makers: … Read More
Bringing a Language Back From the Dead
Some of you may have heard of the Rosetta Stone. Due in large part to its massive marketing campaign the Rosetta Stone has become synonymous with language learning software. Recently, the company issued a press release announcing that it had … Read More
Kitsch Meets National Security
Different age groups adapt to and use new technology in different ways. While the study of age-based demographics for new media is far from revolutionary, there are some interesting considerations for how decision makers in the federal government choose to … Read More
The Miscreants of Taliwood
Last night, Strategic Social screened Geoge Gittoes’ most recent film, The Miscreants of Taliwood, at the Letelier Theater in Georgetown, which was followed by a robust Q/A session. The movie is about the men and women who try to bring … Read More →