The George Washington University Program on Extremism just released Encrypted Extremism: Inside the English-Speaking Islamic State Ecosystem on Telegram, a study into the usage of the Telegram messaging software by Islamic State (IS) sympathizers. Telegram is a multimedia messaging application that is accessible by smartphones, tablets, and computers. Telegram users...
New In Focus now available on Soft Targets for Terrorism Soft Targets, such as sports venues, parks, open air festivals, and anywhere people congregate, are a difficult security challenge. This In Focus includes resources that address the challenges and approaches to making Soft Targets safe and secure. Each HSDL In...
The U.S. Department of Defense released its inaugural 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report: Preparedness, Partnerships, and Promoting a Networked Region, highlighting the importance of the Indo-Pacific region in American politics, economics, and homeland security. The U.S. has five Pacific states that include Hawaii, California, Washington, Oregon and Alaska and four territories...
The Council of Councils (CoC), a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) initiative, has released its 2019 Report Card on International Cooperation generally focused on the performances of the Group of Twenty (G20). The CoC is a group of foreign policy institutes from 24 countries, who were asked to prioritize the top global challenges and rank the results 1-10,...
In April of 2019, The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Security of Soft Targets and Crowded Places Resource Guide. Soft targets and crowded places are any easily accessible, public areas such as malls, houses of worship, and event venues that consistently attract large...
Women’s participation in extremist groups is a fact that rarely attracts attention. Yet according to the new report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations, terrorists often rely upon women to “gain strategic advantage, recruiting them as facilitators and martyrs while also benefiting from their subjugation.” In fact, women have...
Foreign interference and manipulation of information represent the new order of emerging threats to Western democracies. In particular, cyber-enabled interference in elections offers unique opportunities for adversaries to transform public opinions and shape political events. To address these threats, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute released a policy brief, which highlights...
In response to a growing concern over the United States mass incarceration rates, the Brennan Center for Justice released a compilation of essays from the country’s most prominent public figures offering innovative solutions to the criminal justice system. The resulting collaboration includes twenty proposals to reduce the US prison population...
Recently the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) released their Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019. Due to our economic and environmental activities has gotten us to this position. There are also suggestions on how we can slow down this amendable fate. The report follows the Sendai...
Around the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, a student opened fire at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Denver. In light of this event, and the many other shootings that have dominated the news, the topic of mental health is often discussed. A recent article by the American Civil...
