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TERRORISMResearchers: No Guarantee Against Another Terrorist Attack, Despite Increased Surveillance
77 people were killed on 22 July 2011 in Norway. ‘Never again’ became a national promise. 15 years later, terrorism researchers cannot rule out that a similar attack could happen again. “A society that would be able to guarantee against terrorist attacks is, unfortunately, probably a society we would not want,” says one expert.
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AIAI Faces Trusted More Than Faces of Real People, Warn Researchers
Images of faces created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are seen as more trustworthy than images of genuine faces say researchers, who warn of the risks of online fraud and other harms.
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CYBERSECURITYSome Agentic AI Browsers Come with Major Cybersecurity Risks: Study
In the last year or so, artificial intelligence companies have rolled out a spate of web browsers equipped with AI agents. New research found that the most powerful of these browsers also open users up to significant cybersecurity risks.
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CYBERSECURITYOld Dominion University Launches First Ph.D. in Cybersecurity in Virginia
For years, professionals seeking a doctorate in cybersecurity had few options beyond computer science or engineering. Old Dominion University is opening a new path. The Ph.D. program will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity, with artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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FOOD SECURITYU.S. Needs New Drought Assessment Framework as Droughts Become More Severe and Unpredictable
Droughts in the United States are becoming more intense and unpredictable, and the nation needs to develop a new drought assessment framework to better understand and address them. A new framework should be developed which distinguishes between short-term operational needs, such as drought monitoring and emergency response, and long-term planning for water management, infrastructure, and climate adaptation.
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WATER SECURITYU.S. Supreme Court to Hear Colorado-Nebraska Water Dispute
Nebraska has set aside $600 million for a new canal that would start along the South Platte River in the northwest corner of Colorado. But the state alleged Colorado has sought to impede the effort, in violation of its compact with Nebraska.
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OUR PICKSCIA Officers Can Sense the Threat Within | Texas Is Waging a Battle to Stop “Islamification” | The Rosenberg Boys, and more
· CIA Officers Can Sense the Threat Within
· Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee Flagship Report
· An Aging Assassin Was Caught by ICE. Will the U.S. Deport Him?
· U.S. Extends Work Permissions for Immigrants with TPS Hours Before Expiration
· Trump Fires Members of Bipartisan Elections Commission
· Texas Is Waging a Battle to Stop “Islamification”
· The Rosenberg Boys
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WORLD ROUNDUPBrazilian Cities Are Building Vast Surveillance Networks | Marco Rubio Burned Down the House to Fix a Sink |The Lessons of Mali, and more
· Marco Rubio Burned Down the House to Fix a Sink
· The U.S. Will Pay for the Chain Reaction Trump Set Off in NATO
· Europe Has Promised Cash for Defense. It’s Failing to Provide It
· Brazilian Cities Are Building Vast Surveillance Networks
· Is Ukraine’s Decentralized Drone Innovation a Blip or a Revolution?
· The Lessons of Mali
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CRIMEThe U.S. Murder Rate Fell to Historic Lows in 2025 – Here’s Why
The murder rate in 2025 was the lowest in modern American history. Homicide rates have closely followed three trends over the past decade: alcohol consumption, drug abuse and firearm purchases. Now that the drug and alcohol crises are waning and gun purchases are falling, so too is the murder rate.
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TERRORISMHamas Files Reveal Long-Term Plan to Trigger Israel’s Collapse: New Research
Hamas had spent years meticulously preparing to “detonate” a regional infrastructure to bring about the total military collapse of the State of Israel, according to seized documents reviewed in a new study.
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AIWill We Know If AI Takes Over? Q&A with Benjamin Boudreaux
“Over time, we would reach a threshold where the options that are presented to us have all been shaped by AI,” says RAND’s Benjamin Boudreaux. “It wouldn’t happen all at once, and it might not even feel like a loss. It could feel like a convenience, a relief. Our decisions might seem to be getting easier,” he says. “And then, really, humans would no longer be in charge.”
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DRONESThe Drone Threat to America’s Cities
Drones are coming for our cities. The tech is cheap, the threat is real, and our defenses are nearly nonexistent. To avoid that ugly reality, we need to come up with better ideas, and we need them fast. Because ready or not, the drones are coming.
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ENERGY SECURITYChina’s ‘Artificial Sun’: The Holy Grail of Energy
China has achieved a major milestone in its pursuit of commercial nuclear fusion, with two domestically developed superconducting magnets designed for a fusion reactor successfully passing technical acceptance and full-load testing.
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OUR PICKSSelf-Driving Cars Are Interfering with First Responders | Robot Dogs Could Change Counterterrorism Ops | US Military Is Not Organized for Cyber War, and more
· Self-Driving Cars Are Interfering with First Responders. Feds Aren’t Happy
· Rubio Tries to Enlist Other Nations in Antifa Fight, but Some Allies Recoil
· China, Russia and Others Seek to Inflame Debate Over A.I. Data Centers
· Security Precaution Led Trump to Use Old Air Force One in Leaving Turkey
· Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted
· The US Military Is Not Organized for Cyber War
· Robot Dogs Could Change Counterterrorism Ops
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WORLD ROUNDUPIran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War | How to Hide from Killer Drones | The Man Who Would Change Russia, and more
· Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War
· The Man Who Would Change Russia
· How to Hide from Killer Drones
· NATO’s New Enemy Is the Thermometer
· What Will Happen to Iran’s Sea Mines?
· Tanker Attacks Risk Overplaying Iran’s Hand and Reigniting a War
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POLITICIZING COUNTERTERRORISMAt a Mosque in San Diego, Trump’s Counterterrorism Strategy Falls Flat
The United States faces a threat landscape that is evolving and unlike anything counterterrorism professionals have dealt with before. Keeping Americans safe from such threats requires serious, sustained counterterrorism, informed by data and unbothered by politics and ideology. More simply, to even begin to address this new threat environment, the administration has to acknowledge it. But the administration does not. Its strategy trades an accurate assessment of the threat landscape for political rhetoric.
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CHINA WATCHChina-Friendly KMT Stunts Taiwan’s Attempt to Grow into a Fully Formed Hedgehog
The Taiwanese legislature, led by the China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT), passed a pared-down version of the special military budget championed by President Lai Ching-te. But in shrinking the special budget to just $25 billion from the proposed $40 billion, the KMT eliminated all the most important spending. This was the spending that would help Taiwan grow into an ‘indigestible hedgehog’ – that is, prey too prickly for a larger predator to easily consume.
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MILITARY PURGESCombat Experience as a Strategic Resource: Lessons of the Red Army Purges
Since January 2025, the Defense Department has removed, replaced, or forced the early retirement of a remarkable concentration of operationally experienced senior officers. What is the impact of these removals on combat effectiveness, which is Secretary Hegseth’s own widely shared standard? I believe the impact is negative. In fact, the impact of those decisions on combat effectiveness constitutes a strategic liability of the Defense Department’s own making – the depletion of a vital resource central to the Secretary’s sought-after lethality.
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DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL BASEThe Lamentable State of British Defense Acquisition
Britain needs to move towards the French or Swedish model. Each nation has a defense acquisition agency with real authority, as well as a working deal with industry and the services on one side and the government moneybags on the other.
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ENERGY SECURITYAs Trump Buyouts Shake Offshore Wind Industry, States Hope Developers Stay in the Game
President Donald Trump has shown the immense power of the executive branch to stymie offshore wind development, as nearly all projects are in waters where federal agencies operate as the landlord. Federal agreements have given companies more than $2.5 billion to forfeit wind leases.
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COASTAL CHALLENGESSea-Level Rise Has Increased Frequency of Extreme Coastal Flooding Worldwide: Study
Human-caused sea-level rise has significantly increased the frequency of extreme coastal flooding worldwide. New research found that coastal flooding events expected only once every 100 years are now, on average, about 12 times more likely to occur.
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OUR PICKSICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics | Why U.S. Measles Outbreaks Have Grown Harder to Extinguish | Floating Nuclear Power Plants, and more
· Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports
· A Supreme Court Case on AR-15s Could Hinge on Their ‘Common Use’
· The Accused Is in Court but Conspiracy Theories Still Swirl Around Kirk Case
· He Wrote a Scathing Message to ICE. Federal Agents Showed Up at His Door.
· Why U.S. Measles Outbreaks Have Grown Harder to Extinguish
· ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
· How the Future of Military Energy Could Lead to Floating Nuclear Power Plants
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BOT SOLDIERSRobots Just Captured a Russian Position in Ukraine—but Don’t Worry About Real-Life Terminators Just Yet
Military ground robotics are rapidly transforming battlefield tasks. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that ground robots (also known as unmanned ground vehicles) had captured a Russian position. But for the immediate future at least, robots are more likely to support that fight, rather than lead it.
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AI & WARFAREHow Artificial Intelligence Could Reshape Four Essential Competitions in Future Warfare
How will advances in artificial intelligence (AI) shape the future of war? There is a growing belief among some policymakers and analysts that AI will transform the future of war, but researchers are still in the early stages of understanding how AI will actually change warfighting.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURENew Technologies and Approaches Needed to Shore Up Interconnected U.S. Energy and Water Systems: Report
To strengthen the reliability and resiliency of the nation’s energy and water systems, the U.S. Department of Energy should develop innovative technology and infrastructure at the intersection of the two systems through a suite of pilot programs, says a new report.
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CONSPIRACY THEORIESConspiracy Theories Meet Real News: How QAnon Tries to Hijack the Internet
You’ve seen the hashtags: #love #vote #child. Are they as banal as they seem, or are they being used by the far right to attract unsuspecting readers?
POLITICAL VIOLENCEHow Influencers Indirectly Mobilize Action and Legitimate Violence
Influencers are key mobilisers of collective action, shaping narratives that create urgency, define group norms, and can indirectly legitimate violence without issuing explicit calls to action.
PERNICIOUS ETHOSThe ‘Warrior Ethos’ Promises Victory — History Says It Leads to Defeat
Hegseth calls his military doctrine the “warrior ethos” – criticizing “stupid rules of engagement”; saying the U.S. will give “no quarter, no mercy” to its enemies; and that troops would be held to the “highest male standard.” Historians have catalogued similar rhetorical patterns — strongman posturing, contempt for constraint — for decades. This doctrine also has a theory of war: Victory belongs to the ruthless and the ideologically pure. Rules are for the weak. Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan all built their military strategies on some version of the “warrior ethos.” It did not end well for them.
EXTREMISMUncovering Coded Antisemitism Online Takes Both Human Expertise and AI Automation
Hate speech can take a hidden form, using code words or terms understood only by like-minded people. Coded hate speech can evade online content censors and recruit people who might balk at more clearly discriminatory speech.
AIThe Making of a Mythos: AI-Enabled Cybersecurity and the Emerging Architecture of Access
Anthropic’s release of the frontier AI model Claude Mythos Preview has caused significant trepidation, as its autonomous code-reasoning capabilities surfaced previously undetected vulnerabilities across major operating systems and software infrastructure. The architecture of access, being constructed around such capabilities, creates an asymmetry in access. India needs to secure critical infrastructure by updating, modernizing or replacing legacy systems.
CYBERSECURITYAfter the Canvas Breach, Security Takes Center Stage for SaaS Providers
When a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform fails, it doesn’t just fail one customer; it fails whole sectors. That’s the security problem hiding inside organizations becoming more and more dependent on SaaS providers.
DEMOGRAPHICSCan China Stop Its Demographic Slide? Can the United States?
The United Nations expects global population numbers to peak sometime in the second half of this century. Then they will do something that governments around the world have not experienced for centuries. They will start to slowly, but significantly, drop.
DAMSClose Calls at Michigan’s Dams Are a Climate Warning to America
Record flooding pushed Michigan’s dams to the brink of disaster. The near miss reflects the national problem of infrastructure that is not suited to the challenges of a warming world.
CRITICAL MINERALSThe Missing Link in America’s Critical Minerals Push Isn’t Mining – It’s Processing Expertise
The United States is spending billions of dollars to secure access to critical minerals – minerals and metals that are essential to modern technology, from electric vehicles to smartphones and military systems. But amid the push to dig more, one question gets far too little attention: Who will actually process what comes out of the ground?