Category Archives: Josh’s Page

How Blogs Failed the War in Georgia

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Columbia Journalism Review asked me to write an essay criticizing blogger coverage of the War in Georgia. As I’m sure you can imagine, I was scathing. While this wasn’t necessarily surprising—after all, these blogs all talk in a big circle, … Continue reading →

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Support Citizen’s Media: A Challenge Grant

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Official friend-of-Registan.net Sean-Paul Kelley, of The Agonist fame, has set forth an offer I simply cannot refuse: He is willing to pitch in $1000, if I can raise the remainder of my costs for going to Afghanistan August 22. That … Continue reading →

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Counterintuiting the FATA

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Posted first at Registan.net, the web’s best source of news and analysis of Central Asia and the Caucasus. My friend Jeb Koogler and I co-wrote an op-ed in Thursday’s Christian Science Monitor, titled, “Myths in Al Qaeda’s ‘home’.” This matters … Continue reading →

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Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Blogging can bring about some amazing opportunities. Through my involvement with Global Voices I’ve had the opportunity to meet some extraordinary people working very hard for the basic right to speak their minds—something I routinely take for granted. It is … Continue reading →

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The Hated Become the Hateful

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Jesse Helms has died today. And I have lost track of the number of gay friends who have written me congratulatory or celebratory emails and IMs. It really is terrible—yes, the man opposed our right to an equal stake in … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Just America

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Budapest is fun. What’s also fun is when Lufthansa cancels your flight to Frankfurt on the tarmac, then spends so many hours making you wait in line you miss other, useful connections and wind up on some Air France flight … Continue reading →

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Hungary Hungary Hippies

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Pic: simplistic political activism at the Blaha Lujla metro stop in Central Budapest. My own thoughts on the matter are here. And no, Michael, the Gellert baths were not as molest-y as you made them out to be. Rather, the … Continue reading →

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I’m Leaving

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Joshua Foust

But not forevs. Tomorrow I hope on a plane and fly to Budapest, Hungary, for a well-deserved break from the grunt and grind of every day. At the tail end of the week, I shall be attending the Global Voices … Continue reading →

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Forgive the Self-Promotion

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Joshua Foust

I honestly don’t have the time to reformat everything for several cross-posts, so this is a summary of posts at my other blog, Registan.net, where I’ve been discussing some interesting topics related to counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan, as well … Continue reading →

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Apropos of Nothing, I Had to Post This

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Joshua Foust

This came courtesy a post on Registan.net, the blog where I spend the majority of my brain power. There’s some really cool stuff up there this week, discussing stereotyping, historical context, the downed Georgian drone, and Afghanistan’s most famous cover … Continue reading →

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The Wonders of the Midwest

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Ever since I moved to the Midwest four-point-five long months ago, I’ve been amazed at the subtle difference that occasionally make me feel like I’m in another country. Maybe Arlington, VA is just too damned humorless, but there are random … Continue reading →

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A Socio-cultural approach to tribal militancy

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Quite unexpectedly, I’ve found myself in an ongoing debate with William McCallister on the utility of pushing a counterinsurgency through the tribal areas of Pakistan. I don’t think it’s really a debate, though, so much as a discussion, as we … Continue reading →

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About Josh: The most frustrating blogger you’ve never heard of

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Hello, my name is Josh. After writing here for many months, Lance finally asked me to do an “about me” thing. That was certainly kind of him. I like to write about government policy, though not domestically (this is not … Continue reading →

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