• CAMPUS PROTESTSNYPD Says Protesters Had Weapons, Gas Masks and 'Death to America!' Pamphlets

    By Tom Gantert, The Center Square

    Michael Kemper, a NYPD’s chief of transit, said protesters had weapons including knives and hammers as well as pamphlets with “Death to America!” written on them. “For those romanticizing the protests occurring on college campuses, ‘Death to America!’ is one sentiment that runs counter to what we believe in, what we stand for, and what many have fought for on behalf of this country,” Kemper said.

  • GUNSIn A Decade, Firearm Deaths Among Young Black People in Rural America Have Quadrupled

    By Fairriona Magee

    A new analysis of CDC data shows that gun fatality rates among Black children and teens in rural places are on par with cities, and are primarily driven by a rise in homicides.

  • NUCLEAR DETERRENCEIs Nuclear Deterrence Ethical and Legal?

    By Larence Freedman

    To state the obvious the nuclear situation will become more manageable and tolerable when great power relations are relaxed. When and if current tensions ease it would be wise to look for ways to reduce even more the risks of a nuclear calamity. If the weapons cannot be completely eliminated, however, then neither can the risks of the worst imaginable outcomes. Little can be gained by pretending otherwise.

  • TRUMP-PROOFING GLOBAL SECURITYTrump-proofing NATO: Why Europe’s Current Nuclear Deterrents May Not Be Enough to Face Biggest Threats Since WWII

    By Natasha Lindstaedt

    NATO’s concerns about Trump’s re-election were heightened by his flippant comment in February that he would encourage Russia to do whatever it wanted, if certain countries didn’t pay up, defying NATO’s principle that an attack on one constituted an attack on all. Trump’s comments represent a seismic departure for US foreign policy. No US president has made these types of threats before about its commitment to NATO, and this has forced Europe to prepare to deal with Russian aggression without US support.

  • TRUMP-PROOFING GLOBAL SECURITYTrump's Possible Return Reignites South Korea Nuclear Debate

    South Korean calls to acquire nuclear weapons, which were subdued for the past year following steps to strengthen the U.S.-South Korea alliance, are once again bubbling to the surface ahead of the possible return of former U.S. President Donald Trump.

  • DECEPTION DETECTIONBeware of AI-based Deception Detection, Warns Scientific Community

    Artificial intelligence may soon help to identify lies and deception. If only it were as easy as with Pinocchio: Researchers warn against premature use.

  • WILDFIRESDecayed Power Pole Sparked the Largest Wildfire in State History, Texas House Committee Confirms

    By Jayme Lozano Carver

    A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history. A lack of air support and ineffective coordination hurt efforts to contain this year’s Panhandle fires, the committee said.

  • GRID RESILIENCEResilient Power Systems in the Context of Climate Change

    As extreme weather events increase in frequency and society’s dependence on electricity grows, scientists are focusing on issues at the nexus of water and energy, recognizing that water and energy systems are strongly coupled and already stressed.

  • SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESSSecuring Competitiveness of Energy-Intensive industries Through Relocation: The Pulling Power of Renewables

    Countries with limited potential for renewables could save up to 20 percent of costs for green steel and up to 40 percent for green chemicals from green hydrogen if they relocated their energy-intensive production and would import from countries where renewable energy is cheaper.

  • OUR PICKSExtremist Militias on Facebook | From Panic to Policy | An Army of Voice Clones, and more

    ·  Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups
    After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, exclusive reporting shows, militia extremist groups and profiles have been quietly reorganizing and ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook

    ·  Trump Wants to Prosecute Biden. He Also Thinks Presidents Deserve Immunity.
    In arguing to the Supreme Court that he cannot be charged for acts while in office, Donald Trump has asked the justices to enforce a norm that he has long threatened to shatter

    ·  The End of ‘The Aftermath’
    Season 2 of our narrative series on Jan. 6 has come to a close. But the search for accountability is far from over

    ·  Why the U.S. Intelligence Community Needs an OSINT Agency
    The establishment of a dedicated OSINT agency would be a step towards reconfiguring the IC for the challenges of the information age

    ·  From Panic to Policy: The Limits of Foreign Propaganda and the Foundations of an Effective Response
    The relationship between people’s attitudes and their media consumption remains murky at best

    ·  ElevenLabs Is Building an Army of Voice Clones
    A tiny start-up has made some of the most convincing AI voices. Are its creators ready for the chaos they’re unleashing?

  • WORLD ROUNDUPWhen AI Decides Who Lives and Dies | Countering North Korean Cybercrime and Its Enablers | Climate Change and Military Power, and more

    ·  US Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine
    Washington says banned substances including poison gas used during the First World War are being deployed on the battlefield, with one soldier suffocating to death

    ·  Britain ‘Must Invest in Iron Dome as World War Looms’
    Ex-US security adviser urges UK to spend 4pc of GDP on defence because ‘it’s a lot cheaper to prevent a war than have a fight’

    ·  Countering North Korean Cybercrime and Its Enablers
    The crackdown on digital platforms that help North Korea launder billions in stolen cryptocurrency has so far achieved only mixed results

    ·  The Case for Averting War Between Israel and Hisballah
    There are several reasons why a massive Israeli military operation designed to eliminate Hizballah might be counterproductive

    ·  Climate Change and Military Power: Hunting for Submarines in the Warming Ocean
    Climate change has significant effects on military power, capabilities, effectiveness, and employment – for example, the range of detection of enemy submarines through underwater acoustics is contracting due to climate change

    ·  When AI Decides Who Lives and Dies
    The Israeli military’s algorithmic targeting has created dangerous new precedents

  • BORDER SECURITYAs Texas' Border Security Efforts Succeed, California is ‘New Epicenter' of Crisis

    By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square

    With the success of Texas’ border security mission Operation Lone Star pushing human trafficking efforts by Mexican cartels further west, southern California is “the new epicenter” of illegal immigration, officials say. California has greatest number of Chinese nationals illegally entering U.S.

  • IRAN’S THREATU.S. Sanctions on Iranian Hackers Highlight Growing Concern About the Islamic Republic’s Cyberwarriors

    By Vasileios Karagiannopoulos and Iain Reid

    A feature of the simmering tensions between the US, Israel and Iran has been not just the tit-for-tat missile and drone strikes and assassinations, but accusations of cyberwarfare waged by Iran.

  • CHIP WARWhat Is the CHIPS Act?

    By Michelle Kurilla

    Extraordinary U.S. government incentives are proving popular with many large chipmakers, but it is too early to tell how much of the semiconductor industry can be lured back to the United States. 

  • CHIP WARWhy Japan Is Investing in Semiconductors Once More

    By Julian Ryall

    Japan was once the world’s leading chip manufacturer. Now, concerns over supply chains and geopolitical tensions have prompted the government to provide funding for foreign firms and domestic manufacturers.

  • TERRORISMOn the Horizon: The Future of the Jihadi Movement

    By Barak Mendelsohn

    Factors of continuity, such as anti-regime grievances, the appeal of religious ideology, and the ability to hurt, are likely to maintain jihadism as a viable resistance ideology. Jihadism is still a powerful force and is making inroads in various regions, and a more modest jihadi strategy with a regional focus is offering jihadis a new path forward, but also suggests that a sustainable jihadi success would require moderation that is simply antithetical to the nature of the ideology.

  • ENERGY SECURITYHow Artificial Intelligence Can Transform U.S. Energy Infrastructure

    By Michael Kooi

    Groundbreaking report provides ambitious framework for accelerating clean energy deployment while minimizing risks and costs in the face of climate change.

  • OUR PICKSThe Menace of Nuclear Annihilation | America’s Infectious-Disease Barometer Is Off | The Push to Ban TikTok Spurred a New Washington Influence Machine, and more

    ·  Voters, Please Think About the Menace of Nuclear Annihilation
    The speed at which nuclear war will unfold, and then escalate, all but guarantees that it will end in civilizational collapse

    ·  How the Push to Ban TikTok Spurred a New Washington Influence Machine
    The tech moguls and defense contractors behind the Hill and Valley Forum aim to expand their impact, prepping an executive order that would dismantle the Biden administration’s rules on artificial intelligence

    ·  America’s Infectious-Disease Barometer Is Off
    Somehow, the U.S. is both over- and under-reacting to bird flu and other pressing infectious threats

    ·  Donald Trump Vows to Prosecute Biden ‘for All His Crimes’
    Presumptive Republican presidential nominee pledges to appoint ‘real special prosecutor’ to investigate president, who he says is at center of a ‘crime family’

    ·  Bill Would Alert Immigration When Non-citizen Tries to Buy Guns
    Nearly 15 million people living in or entering the country illegally are on an FBI list prohibiting purchase of firearms

    ·  Without Indonesia’s Nickel, EVs Have No Future in America
    The IRA and Senate opposition to a free trade deal with Jakarta are undermining the United States’ green transition

    ·  New York Woman Gets 18 Years for Funding Terrorism with Cryptocurrency
    Prosecutors said Victoria Jacobs sent funds to Bitcoin wallets controlled by a terrorist training group that operated in Syria

  • WORLD ROUNDUPWhy China Is So Bad at Disinformation | How Globalization Rose and Fell with Nord Stream | Most Americans See TikTok as a Chinese Influence Tool, and more

    ·  China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere
    More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also becoming bigger and roomier

    ·  Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis with His Desperate Asia Visit
    Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives

    ·  Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation
    China’s state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it

    ·  How Globalization Rose and Fell with Nord Stream
    The pipeline bringing Russian gas to Europe was once seen as a triumph for borderless business—but Putin’s invasion of Ukraine put an end to that fantasy

    ·  As South Korea Comes Knocking — Will AUKUS Become the Asian NATO?
    Several Pacific nations are interested in joining Britain, America and Australia’s security pact to work on weapons and tech. Is it worth China’s wrath?

    ·  Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
    The neoliberal orthodoxy – government downsizing, tax cuts, deregulation – that took hold some 40 years ago in the West was supposed to strengthen democracy, not weaken it. What went wrong?

    ·  Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans See TikTok as a Chinese Influence Tool
    Americans believe that the Chinese government uses TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, to “influence American public opinion”

    ·Rwanda Gen Zs Combat Lingering Hate Speech
    Over 100 days in 1994, Hutu extremists massacred some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus

    ·  Negative Views of China Persist in US, Report Finds
    81% of Americans have an unfavorable view of China, including 43% who hold a very unfavorable view of the country

  • DISINFORMATIONX's Crowdsourced Tool to Counter COVID Untruths mainly accurate, credible: Researchers

    By Mary Van Beusekom

    Community Notes, a crowdsourced COVID-19 vaccine misinformation countermeasure on X (formerly Twitter), generally corrected false posts accurately and pointed readers to more credible sources, according to researchers who evaluated the posts.

  • CYBERSECURITYComputer Scientists Unveil Novel Attacks on Cybersecurity

    By Katie Ismael

    Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors currently in use. Intel and AMD issued security alerts based on the findings.

  • GRID SECURITYNew Cybersecurity Center to Protect Grids Integrated with Renewables, Microgrids

    Bringing renewable energy to the power grid raises all kinds of “internet-of-things” issues because “everything is connected,” says an expert. Solar inverters are connected to the internet. Wind farm controllers are connected to the internet. And with each internet connection, energy resources distributed across the countryside are potentially vulnerable to cyberattacks.