New Knowledge, an organization dedicated to defending public discourse and tracking disinformation operations, has released The Tactics & Tropes of the Internet Research Agency. This comprehensive report used social medial posts and metadata provided by Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) to quantify and contextualize the extent of the...
Cybersecurity is a cornerstone of our national security strategy, especially as technology continues to advance. Malicious actors with cyber-capabilities threaten our critical infrastructure, continuity of government, and even private sector companies. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, signed into law by President Trump on November 20,2018 establishes...
Though the United States has made significant progress in addressing Islamic extremism since 9/11, there has been a rise in right-wing extremism in recent years. Seth G. Jones explores this phenomena in a Center for Strategic and International Studies Brief titled The Rise of Far-Right Extremism in the United States....
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security has released a new report that builds on previous research off of global catastrophic biological risks, or GCBRs. The report, titled Technologies to Address Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, centers on modern technology that can be used to respond to GCBRs. The report points...
Though climate change has been part of the global discourse for some time, the international community has been slow to react to the environmental crisis. This reluctance to act may be attributed in part to the ambiguous nature of climate change: How do we know the climate is really changing?...
Department of State releases Country Reports on Terrorism 2017
Trends in general-purpose law enforcement employment
September 2018 – Terror Threat Snapshot
Private-public partnerships protecting the power grid
Fentanyl safety video allows first responders to limit exposure
