Center for Strategic Communication

What We Are Reading… July 23, 2014

Climate Bonds Market Comes Of Age As Investors Buy In To Green Finance Mike Scott / Forbes This may be the year that climate bonds come of age. It’s an asset class that has grown up fast. In just a few years, the market for debt instruments that finance projects that...

Cause and Effect: U.S. Gasoline Prices

In Brief: Domestic U.S. Gasoline prices are very closely correlated with the price of crude oil. Oil prices, in turn, are tied to events largely outside of America’s control. Oil prices depend on the interplay of supply, demand, and the perception of future changes in...

What We Are Reading

Turkey should close its border to ISIS Al-Monitor US President Barack Obama is reviewing a range of options to deal with the takeover of Mosul and other Iraqi cities by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). One option is Turkey closing its “jihadist...

What We Are Reading… June 6, 2014

Daily News Obama and Putin Chat on Sidelines of D-Day Anniversary Lunch NBC News Syria’s rebel fighters: Down but not out The Economist President Barack Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met Friday on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary events in...