Pandemic preparednessApollo Program-Style Pandemic Preparedness Plan Published 10 September 2021 Last week, the Biden administration announced a new biosecurity plan which it likened to the Apollo program of the late 1960s. This $65 billion proposal would be one of the largest investments in public health in American history and would “remake the nation’s pandemic preparedness

9/11: 20 years onAmerica Marks 20 Years Since 9/11 Attacks as Biden Searches for Closure By Anita Powell Published 10 September 2021 The 9/11 terrorist attacks unfolded in less than two hours, killing 2,996 people. The war in Afghanistan, launched a month after the 9/11 attacks lasted 19 years, 10 months, three weeks and two

9/11: 20 years onLessons from 9/11 By Christina Pazzanese Published 10 September 2021 Beyond their painful human toll, the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed and continue to influence life in America in many ways. Harvard professors detail how the tragedy reshaped U.S. homeland security and foreign policy, study and treatment of PTSD, and crisis planning and management.

Water tensionsIran-Afghanistan Water Dispute: A Test of Tehran’s Ties to Taliban By Shabnam von Hein Published 10 September 2021 An old dispute over water rights could be the first test of Iran’s planned pragmatic cooperation with the Taliban. Without a functioning environmental agency, though, it is unclear who in Afghanistan can address the conflict. “The situation

9/11: 20 years onAmerica Marks 20 Years Since 9/11 Attacks as Biden Searches for Closure By Anita Powell Published 10 September 2021 The 9/11 terrorist attacks unfolded in less than two hours, killing 2,996 people. The war in Afghanistan, launched a month after the 9/11 attacks lasted 19 years, 10 months, three weeks and two

9/11: Twin Towers collapse9/11 Conspiracy Theories Debunked: 20 Years Later, Engineering Experts Explain How the Twin Towers Collapsed By David Oswald, Erica Kuligowski, and Kate Nguyen Published 9 September 2021 The collapse of the World Trade Center has been subject to intense public scrutiny over the last twenty years, prompting several investigations and spawning a

Water securityRiver Backwaters and High Water Quality Standards Published 9 September 2021 Clean drinking water is essential. Scientists are investigating how water quality in riverine floodplains, often used as drinking water resources, changes as a result of heavy rainfall and flooding. Floodplain landscapes are essential for drinking water supplies because they contain valuable water resources. This

Fake videosDetecting Forged Video Evidence Published 9 September 2021 Video evidence is commonly used to prove what happened during an event. However, with the emergence and rapid development of CGI (computer-generated images), deep fakes, and video manipulation, there is a pressing need for tools to detect forgeries that would otherwise undermine the value of video evidence.

PERSPECTIVE: Aborted plotThe Tel Aviv Plot Published 8 September 2021 Recently declassified information from the first-ever interrogation of someone presumed to be a senior al-Qaeda operative captured after 9/11 provides new insights into Osama bin Laden’s plans for a follow-up attack to Sept. 11. Bruce Riedel writes that, specifically, bin Laden was plotting a major

TerrorismTrial of 2015 Paris Terror Attackers Begins Published 8 September 2021 Twenty people involved in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in France – the largest terrorist event in France — in which 130 were killed and 490 wounded, went on trial in Paris Wednesday – six of them in absentia. Twenty people linked to the November