Center for Strategic Communication

What We Are Reading

International News Coverage   Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Al Qaeda Group in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack Rukmini Callimachi and Alan Cowell / The New York Times Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen formally claimed responsibility on...

What We Are Reading

Senate confirms Froman as next trade representative Jim Abrams / The Washington Post Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Obama at Harvard Law School, won Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the next U.S. trade...

What We Are Reading

North Korea can’t hit America, but South Korea and Japan in Range Jack Kim / Reuters North Korea has plenty of military firepower even if its threat this week of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States is a hollow one, with South Korea most at risk from the...

Can the U.S. put a Price on Carbon?

Smokestacks. Image credit: Dori The American public is seemingly reluctant to adopt a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system according to a recent Brookings Institute report. Either policy would aim to ameliorate a long-term issue at the debatable expense of short-term...