WAR IN UKRAINEThe Battle for Donbas Will Be Protracted and Bloody By Frank Ledwidge Published 14 April 2022 For eight years, Russia and Ukraine have fought in the Donbas region, with Russian regular army elements supplementing separatist units. Now, after defeat in Kyiv, Russian forces are redeploying there to take on Ukraine’s best and most

EXTREMISMSome 2022 Left-Wing Candidates Espouse Troubling Rhetoric on Israel Published 14 April 2022 In recent years, American public life has been increasingly marked by the rise of extremism and the erosion of democratic norms. More than any time in recent memory, people view political disagreements not as good faith disputes but as zero-sum clashes with

EXTREMISMThe Role of Violent Conspiratorial Narratives in Violent and Non‐Violent Extreme Right Manifestos Online, 2015‐2020 Published 14 April 2022 Much research remains to be done on the precise qualitative difference between the structures and linguistic markers that are evident in violent and non‐violent conspiratorial language, especially on the extreme far right, and how this encourages

WATER SECURITYFuture Peak Flow Along Rio Grande to Arrive Early Due to Climate Change Published 14 April 2022 The Rio Grande flows nearly 2,000 miles from its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the primary source of water for more than 13 million agricultural, municipal

EXPERTISEPolitics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society By Zeynep Pamuk Published 14 April 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of scientific advice to modern policymaking. But how can the use of expertise in politics be aligned with the needs and values of the public? The solution: a new model

OUR PICKSComplacency ahead of Hurricane Season | Terrorists Are Gaming the System | The Return of the Machine Gun, and more Published 14 April 2022 ·  Officials Warn of ‘Complacency’ ahead of Hurricane Season ·  German Police Bust Right-Wing Group Planning Attack on Energy Grid ·  Neo-Nazi Who Tried to Launch a ‘Civil Race War’ By Launching

WAR IN UKRAINEAnother Problem for Russia in Ukraine: Effective Satellites Are Few and Far Between By Mark Krutov Sergei Dobrynin Published 12 April 2022 The Russian forces have faced many problems in Ukraine. A big item on the list of problems: satellites — there are too few of them, and too few with high-quality capabilities.

ARGUMENT: RISK OF NUCLEAR WARWhy the War in Ukraine Poses a Greater Nuclear Risk than the Cuban Missile Crisis Published 12 April 2022 There has been a considerable debate of the risk of nuclear escalation growing from the current Russian war in Ukraine. Some dismiss the concern about a possible Russian first use of nuclear

CONSPIRACY THEORYGoogle Autocomplete Helps Mislead Public, Legitimize Conspiracy Theorists Published 12 April 2022 Google algorithms place innocuous subtitles on prominent conspiracy theorists, which mislead the public and amplify extremist views, according to researchers. Someone like Gavin McInnes, creator of the neo-fascist Proud Boys organization – a terrorist entity in Canada and a hate group in the

THE RUSSIA CONNECTIONA Headache for Germany: Russian Nickel, Palladium, Chromium Exports By Arthur Sullivan Published 12 April 2022 Russian gas and oil are by far the most significant exports Moscow sells to Germany. Yet other important raw materials are also under the spotlight because of the war in Ukraine. Almost all the debate surrounding Germany’s economic