{"id":61147,"date":"2018-10-17T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=61147"},"modified":"2018-10-17T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T17:41:00","slug":"of-note-tim-furnish-trumps-national-ct-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=61147","title":{"rendered":"Of Note: Tim Furnish, & Trump’s National CT Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — and a few ppl whose views on trump’s strategy document I’d also like to read ]
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  • Tim Furnish<\/strong>, Trump\u2019s New Counter-terrorism Strategy: The One-Eyed Man is Still King<\/a>\n
  • Trump<\/strong>, 2018, National Strategy for Counterterrorism<\/a>\n
  • Obama<\/strong>, 2011, National Strategy for Counterterrorism<\/a>\n
  • Tim Furnish<\/strong>, Sectsploitation: How to Win Hearts and Minds in the Islamic World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    **<\/p>\n

    I wanted to draw your attention to our blog-friend and sometime contributor Tim Furnish<\/strong>‘s post, which offers a lucid introduction to the Trump <\/strong>administration’s National CT Strategy paper, situating it in contrast to the Obama <\/strong>admin’s version, and linking it to a very helpful breakdown of what we might call (remembering William James<\/strong>, but in mostly lower case) the varieties of Islamic experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Let me just say that from my POV:<\/p>\n

    1) Tim Furnish<\/strong> has a way superior understanding of the said varieties than John Bolton<\/strong> ever will have — plus he has a taste for pop culture asides!<\/p>\n

    2) that the key issue to be further explored could be expressed in terms of the overlaps, Venn <\/strong>diagram-wise, between “literalist”, “mainstream” and “authentic” Islams.<\/p>\n

    That’s a project I’ve been circling for more than a decade, and the closer I get, the more subtleties arise to be considered. Still circling in..<\/p>\n

    Thomas Hegghammer, JM Berger, Leah Farrall, Adam Elkus, Will McCants<\/strong> and John Horgan<\/strong> are others whose varied voices and opinions regaarding the new CT Strategy text I’ll be watching for. <\/p>\n

    **<\/p>\n

    Tim’s essay and associated matters: Warmly recommended.<\/p>\n

    Zen — pray chime in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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