Author: Colman

Bruce Schneier talks about a paper explaining why terrorism seldom achieves its aims: This is an example of correspondent inference theory. People tend to infer the motives — and also the disposition — of someone who...

I normally have a lot of respect for Larry Johnson’s work but I think today that he’s suffering from an excessively Western – in the sense of the US/European conventional wisdom – framing of the issues....

Turns out the Russians are causing trouble again, according to the FT: the editorial today opens with: President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in Russia’s deepening conflict with the west over missiles, deterrence...

William S. Lind (yes, I know his background) has some advice for the NATO commander in Afghanistan – you know, that other war that’s being lost at the moment: 1. Stop fighting the Pashtun. The war in Afghanistan is...

Via Fran in the Eurotrib breakfast thread comes this piece of joy in the Independent: Seth Stein is used to jetting around the world to create stylish holiday homes for wealthy clients. This means the hip architect is familiar...