Election securityWhen to Worry, When to Not, and the Takeaway from Antrim County, Michigan By Cindy Cohn Published 13 November 2020 Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable. With technology in the mix, making sure that the technology supports this is critical. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has long-warned against blindly adopting technologies

Argument: France & radical IslamismMacron Alone: Where Are France’s Allies in the Fight against Islamism? Published 13 November 2020 Martin Luther King memorably said: “In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” Douglas Murray writes that that reflection may now be going through the head

TerrorismIslamism: How Terror Attacks Have Shocked France Published 13 November 2020 According to official data by Europol, France has witnessed more jihadist attacks than any other European Union member since 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) established its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Nearly 300 French citizens have died in those attacks. Over the past

BOOKSHELF: The Russia connectionRussia’s “Neo-Imperialism” Is a Product of Complex Factors By Simon Saradzhyan Published 13 November 2020 Since Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, there has been no shortage of commentaries, articles, papers and entire volumes by Western academics, think-tankers, former policy practitioners and journalists on how Russian President Vladimir Putin is rebuilding the Russian empire

ImmigrationU.S. Immigration Policy Changes Expected Under Biden By Aline Barros Published 11 November 2020 The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden could swiftly reverse an array of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, many of which remain among the most contentious initiatives of his administration. The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden could swiftly reverse an array

Argument: Legal aspects of cyberwarfareCyberattacks and the Constitution Published 11 November 2020 The United States has one of the world’s strongest and most sophisticated capabilities to launch cyberattacks against adversaries. How does the U.S. Constitution allocate power to use that capability? And, Matthew Waxman asks, what does that allocation tell us about appropriate executive-legislative branch

Contested electionThe Leader Editorial: Let the Election Recount Process Play Out Published 11 November 2020 In 2000, Vice President Al Gore was losing the State of Florida – and thus the election. But rather than concede, Gore filed lawsuits and demanded selected recounts of counties more favorable to him. The Florida recounts took five weeks,

Contested electionHistory Tells Us that a Contested Election Won’t Destroy American Democracy By Alexander Cohen Published 11 November 2020 The United States has a long history of such contested elections. With one exception—the 1860 election, which happened in a unique context and which sparked the Civil War – theses challenges have not badly damaged the

EpidemicPutting Games to Work in the Battle Against COVID-19 By Sara Frueh Published 11 November 2020 While video games often give us a way to explore other worlds, they can also help us learn more about our own — including how to navigate a pandemic. That was the premise underlying “Jamming the Curve,” a competition

EpidemicShielding the Vulnerable Using a Risk Calculator – Here’s Why It Won’t Be Enough By Andrew Kunzmann and Justin Feldman Published 11 November 2020 In recent weeks, there have been controversial proposals to ask older, more vulnerable adults to isolate from society, while younger adults build herd immunity to COVID-19. These strategies have been criticized