Center for Strategic Communication

What We Are Reading… November 7, 2014

International News Coverage MENA Why Barack Obama is writing letters to Iran’s Supreme Leader David Blair / The Telegraph Analysis: The real aim of the correspondence is to reassure Iran’s leader that “regime change” is not America’s goal...

What We Are Reading… October 31, 2014

International News MENA UN: Growing number of foreigners in terror groups Cara Anna / The Associated Press A new United Nations report says the world is facing a challenge of foreign fighters in terror groups on an “unprecedented scale,” with about 15,000...

What We Are Reading… October 24, 2014

International News Middle East, IS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Islamic State keeps up Syrian oil flow despite U.S-led strikes SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI / Reuters Islamic State is still extracting and selling oil in Syria and has adapted its trading techniques...

North Korea and the Nuclear Domino Effect

Last week, the South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a statement warning against another North Korean nuclear test. She stressed that this could lead to a domino effect, in which other countries in the region may begin to see this as a threat and arm themselves...

What We Are Reading

Today is a day of eager anticipation for the national security world, as we await word on Kerry’s talks with Putin, Obama’s talks with Park, and cast a concerned eye to the upcoming Iranian election. On the climate side we have some encouraging news from...