Center for Strategic Communication

The Iran Nuclear Deal and the Middle East

After the signing of the historic nuclear deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran, regional actors denounced the deal for fear it spelled a new regional balance of power, and added to the Islamic Republic’s regional influence. The U.S.’s largest allies in the Middle...

What We Are Reading

Key Reads   Global businesses must lead the way on climate action Laurent Fabius and Christina Figueres Major business leaders will gather in Paris this week for the Business and Climate Summit. It comes six months before the Paris climate conference, COP21, the aim...

Iran’s Fragile Rise

While the recent nuclear framework agreement between the P5+1 and Iran is a major step towards ensuring that Tehran does not obtain nuclear weapons, some justifiably point out that a final deal might turn Iran into a “second Saudi Arabia,” albeit one that will wreak...

What We Are Reading… September 26, 2014

International News Coverage Middle East, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism As U.S. takes on the Islamic State, al-Qaeda remains degraded but not defeated Greg Miller and Kevin Sieff / The Washington Post Zawahiri was silent on a far more sensitive...