Center for Strategic Communication

Greece Approaches a Crisis

Greek banks did not open for business Monday morning. The vast majority of them will stay closed for at least a week, with only a handful opening for pensioners to make withdrawals. This abrupt bank holiday could well be the beginning of the end of Greek membership in...

Time Is Running Out for Greece Deal

Greece still has yet to come to an agreement with its European creditors, as another meeting of eurozone finance ministers concluded without a deal. Reactions from those present indicate that almost no progress has been made, with German Finance Minister Wolfgang...

What We Are Reading

Key Reads Excessive Speed Probed in Amtrak Train Crash in Philadelphia Kris Maher, Ted Mann, Andrew Tangel / The Wall Street Journal At least 7 people dead and over 200 injured after train heading from Washington to New York derails. Pakistan Massacre: 44 Ismailis...

Reflections from the Eye of the Storm

By John Charles Dyer, UK Correspondent 28 July 2012.   It is quiet tonight.   The nation focuses on the Olympics.  GS4’s failure to deliver on its security contract, the call up of hundreds of troops to rescue them, Lord Ashcroft’s £7 million NHS profits, even new...