MASS SHOOTINGSOver 70% of Mass Shootings in Developed Countries Happen in the U.S. Published 15 June 2022 Between 1998 and 2019 there were 139 incidents of mass shootings in the 36 countries defined as developing countries, and 73 percent of these incidents occurred in the United States. There were 1,318 fatalities in these mass shootings,

EXTREMISMAl-Shabaab and the Islamic State Networks on Facebook  Published 15 June 2022 Researchers found that the network of support on social media for al-Shabaab and Islamic State extended across several platforms, including decentralized messaging applications such as Element and RocketChat, and encrypted messaging platforms such as Telegram, as well as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.  Researchers at

FIRST RESPONDERSDigital Indoor Mapping Capability Available for First Responders Published 15 June 2022 DHS S&T funded the development of a cloud-based capability that enables first responders to review and analyze indoor floor plans in real-time when responding to incidents. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) funded the development of a cloud-based capability that

SATELLITESBuild-a-Satellite Program Could Fast Track National Security Space Missions Published 15 June 2022 Satellites equipped with remote sensing technology execute many critical national security missions, from detecting explosions to tracking sea ice, but until now it could take a team years to move from a concept to a deployable space system. High-performance computing enables custom

FLOODSUncertainties in Flood Risk Estimates Published 15 June 2022 Flood frequency analysis is a technique used to estimate flood risk, providing statistics such as the “100-year flood” or “500-year flood” that are critical to infrastructure design, dam safety analysis, and flood mapping in flood-prone areas. But the method used to calculate these flood frequencies is

OUR PICKSHow Did Guns Get So Powerful? | Afghanistan’s Warlords Return | Boston’s Dangerous “Mapping Project,” and more Published 15 June 2022 ·  How Did Guns Get So Powerful? ·  The Rifle That Ruined America ·  What We Know About Patriot Front ·  Afghanistan’s Warlords Prepare Their Comeback ·  Growing Risks from Far-Right Extremism, Inquiry Hears ·  Neo-Nazi Group Plasters

NUCLEAR WEAPONSGlobal Nuclear Arsenals Are Expected to Grow Published 14 June 2022 The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)—continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and although the total number of nuclear weapons declined slightly between January 2021 and

IRAN’S NUKESIran’s Removal of More Cameras Could Be a “Fatal Blow” to Reviving Nuclear Deal: IAEA Published 9 June 2022 Iran has started removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites across the country, further reducing the IAEA’s ability to monitor Iran’s nuclear program, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog has said. Iran’s move “poses

ARGUMENT: CRITICAL MINERALSAddressing China’s Growing Influence over Latin America’s Mineral Resources Published 9 June 2022 The United States and its partners in the hemisphere must address a major strategic challenge: China’s growing influence over Latin America’s critical and natural mineral resources. Adina Renee Adler and Haley Ryan write that “Allowing a geostrategic competitor like China

EXTREMISMExtremist Planning Bioweapons Attacks to Start a Racial War in South Africa Convicted Published 9 June 2022 South African court convicts the leader of an extremist group planning to use bioweapons to bring about, in his words, “black genocide” as part of a broader effort to re-establish the country’s apartheid regime. On Monday, a South African