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Taliban take questions using online forum

on March 28, 2012 4:56 PM

Reuters is reporting that the Taliban have started answering queries submitted to an online forum on their website.Questions have been asked on topics ranging from the Taliban's negotiations with the United States to their position on educating girls.The Taliban banned......more

Just for YOU: NATO launches WE-NATO social media platform

on March 5, 2012 11:19 AM

NATO has launched a new interactive social media platform called WE-NATO. It's primarily a Wordpress blog which will attempt to encourage an "eye level conversation with netizens out there in the web".WE-NATO also wants to livestream a series of talks......more

Social media from the front line

on February 2, 2012 11:50 AM

Major Paul Smyth is one of the people responsible for changing the Ministry of Defence's approach to social media particularly in the context of front line operations. I've spoken to him previously for the Frontline Club about his Frontline bloggers......more

MSF aid workers shot in Somalia

on December 29, 2011 3:40 PM

Associated Press is reporting that two people working for the aid group, Médecins Sans Frontières, have been shot in Mogadishu. At least one person is believed to have been killed. The incident is reportedly related to an internal staffing issue -......more

General Richards: The media "frequently draw the wrong conclusion" on Afghanistan

on December 15, 2011 9:50 AM

The Chief of the Defence Staff gave an annual lecture to the Royal United Services Institute last night. General Sir David Richards spoke broadly about the global environment, the response of the armed forces and particular strategic challenges.He argued that......more

Five links from 2011: 'Twitter'

on December 14, 2011 2:13 PM

I am picking out a few of the more interesting links from my 2011 delicious bookmarks. On Monday, I selected five from my 'war reporting' tag. Today, I've selected another five from among the bookmarks I labelled 'Twitter' in my delicious account.  Enjoy! ......more

US Navy "burning the boats" to join social media conversation

on August 16, 2011 4:37 PM

A speech on the US Navy's approach to communications by Admiral Gary Roughead has surfaced in my Twitter feed.The Admiral is the US Chief of Naval Operations and he gave these remarks to a Public Relations Strategic Communications Summit in......more

Ministry of Defence reviewing communication strategy for a networked world

on May 17, 2011 3:47 PM

The Ministry of Defence is considering proposals that would empower more members of their staff to communicate so it can compete more effectively in a networked information environment. In particular, the MoD will decide whether to free deployed commanders from......more

The U.S. Navy's social media manual and (not) "flattening communications"

on October 17, 2010 1:19 PM

The U.S. Navy has produced a social media handbook including guidance for sailors and Navy personnel as well as a section for commanders. In the introduction, the Navy's Chief of Information, Denis Moynihan, suggests the manual is necessary because "the rapid......more

A lesson in information operations

on June 1, 2010 12:38 PM

That's what Andrew Exum at the Center for a New American Security thinks the Israeli raid on the Free Gaza flotilla provides.......more