Center for Strategic Communication

What We Are Reading

  ASP: In case you missed it …. 7 November 2013   Iranian leaders sign on to social media, call for end to Twitter ban Michael Pizzi / Aljazeera   Iran’s Culture Minister Ali Jannati joined a growing number of high-profile government figures on Tuesday, calling for...

Tight Oil Gives West Leverage Over Iran

Chief among the geopolitical consequences of the U.S. tight oil boom is the greater leverage it gives Western powers over Iran. OECD nations and emerging markets most dependent on Iranian oil—Turkey, Japan, South Korea, India, and China—can reduce their imports with...

The Choice on Iran

The Iranian election will soon be over and the US and our partners will find ourselves in the same place we were before the election.  Secretary of State John Kerry said, “I do not have high expectations that the election is going to change the fundamental calculus of...

The Nuke Review, October 9 – October 15

Iran Western nations to pursue “reformulated” negotiations with Iran Following the November presidential elections, the P5+1 is reportedly planning on advancing a “reformulated” proposal to Iran in an effort to end the nuclear standoff. The plan would apparently...