OUR PICKSIran-Israel War Is Coming | Lessons for the Next Pandemic | Explosion at a Texas Energy Plant, and more Published 22 June 2022 ·  Deal or No Deal, Iran-Israel War Is Coming to the Middle East ·  Microsoft: Russian Cyber Spying Targets 42 Ukraine Allies ·  U.S. Investment in Ukraine’s Energy Security Focuses on Cybersecurity for

COASTAL CHALLENGESDeveloping Novel Hybrid Reef-Mimicking Structures Published 22 June 2022 Despite previous efforts to implement storm mitigation solutions — including concrete breakwaters — damage due to storm surge and flooding continues to devastate coastal areas around the world. In response to these threats, DARPA has launched the Reefense program to develop self-healing, hybrid biological, and

CHINA WATCHThird Aircraft Carrier to Help China Match U.S., Japan in Western Pacific: Analysts By Ralph Jennings Published 20 June 2022 China has launched a third aircraft carrier, likely a way to upgrade overall defenses in the face of stronger navies rather than to target any specific future battleground, analysts believe. A third aircraft carrier

EXTREMISMGermany: Far-Right AfD Conference Halted Amid Ukraine War Infighting Published 20 June 2022 After struggling at recent state and federal elections, the far-right party failed to agree on its new foreign policy stance, particularly over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The party conference in Saxony broke up early. The far-right Alternative for Germany’s party conference ended abruptly on

ENCRYPTIONTaking Steps Toward a Secure Quantum Internet Published 20 June 2022 Scientists with at the University of Chicago have, for the first time, connected the city of Chicago and suburban labs with a quantum network—nearly doubling the length of what was already one of the longest in the country. Scientists with the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) at the

Extremism & Terrorism ·  GOP to DOJ: Investigate Vandalism at Anti-Abortion Centers as Domestic Terrorism ·  US Sanctions Far-Right Swede for Links to Russian Terror Group ·  Buffalo Shooting Suspect Said He Carried Out Attack ‘For the Future of the White Race,’ Federal Complaint Says ·  15 People on Terror Watch List Were Captured Sneaking Across the Southern Border in May ·  Counterterrorism Researchers Say They Lack the Data

DEMOCRACY WATCHIs There Anything to Learn about Watergate? New History Says Yes By Christina Pazzanese Published 17 June 2022 Historian Garrett Graff argues “America misremembers Watergate as an event, the break-in of the DNC offices, when history has shown us that Watergate was more of a mindset. It was this dark, paranoid, conspiratorial, corrupt mindset

CYBERWARFAREThe Risk of Russian Cyber Retaliation for the United States Sending Rockets to Ukraine By Scott Jasper Published 17 June 2022 U.S. rocket shipments to Ukraine will not trigger Russian cyberattacks against the United States. Russian is too focused on attacking Ukrainian systems and defending their own networks to mount a response to the weapons shipments.

DEMOCRACY WATCHCan Reforming Social Media Save American Democracy? By Dora Mekouar Published 17 June 2022 When social media exploded in the mid-2000s, retweeting, sharing and liking posts appeared to give average citizens the power to share their opinions far and wide. The problem, according to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, is that online social networks didn’t

AIThe Military Cannot Rely on AI for Strategy or Judgment Published 17 June 2022 Using artificial intelligence (AI) for warfare has been the promise of science fiction and politicians for years, but new research argues only so much can be automated and shows the value of human judgment. Using artificial intelligence (AI) for warfare has been