Water securitySustainable Water Management Key to Scaling Up Bioenergy Production Published 9 March 2021 Bioenergy is frequently considered one of the options to reduce greenhouse gases for achieving the Paris climate goals, especially if combined with capturing the CO2 from biomass power plants and storing it underground. To avoid a substantial increase in water scarcity,

BOOKSHELF: China watchBook Review: Hidden Hand – Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World By Andrew Podger Published 5 March 2021 Hidden Handis right to remind people that: China and the CCP are not one and the same; China has a party-state system of government that is authoritarian and not democratic; China

ARGUMENT: Intelligence failureThe Questions FBI Director Christopher Wray Wasn’t Asked Published 5 March 2021 It was the most catastrophic intelligence failure since Sept. 11, 2001. One of the three branches of American government faced violent invasion. The invaders threatened the lives of the speaker of the House, the vice president of the United States, and

ParamilitariesNorthern Ireland Loyalists Pull Support for Good Friday Peace Deal Published 5 March 2021 Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have reportedly told the British prime minister that they are withdrawing support for the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Loyalists are supporters of Northern Ireland being a part of the U.K., and the decision was taken

CybersecurityA Framework for Secure Cyber-Physical Systems Published 5 March 2021 Cyber-physical systems (CPS), which combine modern networking with physical actuators, can be vulnerable against hackers. Recently, researchers at DGIST developed a new framework for CPSs that is resilient to a sophisticated kind of cyberattack. Unlike existing solutions, the proposed approach allows for real-time detection and

CybersecurityCyber Threat Looms Large over German Election By Janosch Delcker Published 8 March 2021 Whether hacking attacks or disinformation campaigns, online meddling could sway public opinion and influence the outcome of the September vote, experts warn. Recent incidents suggest that the threat is real. When Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) met online to elect a

BOOKSHELF: Syria’s chemical weaponsThe “Red Line” That Wasn’t By Chris Quillen Published 7 March 2021 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons (CW) against his own people is the greatest challenge the Chemical Weapons Convention has ever faced. This breach of the taboo against CW use sparked numerous national and international investigations to determine

PandemicWHO Cancels Interim Report on China COVID Investigation Published 5 March 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) investigators who recently visited China to determine the origins of the emergence of the COVID-19 virus will not release a promised interim report of their findings. the WHO team decided not to release its interim account “amid mounting

ParamilitariesNorthern Ireland Loyalists Pull Support for Good Friday Peace Deal Published 5 March 2021 Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have reportedly told the British prime minister that they are withdrawing support for the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Loyalists are supporters of Northern Ireland being a part of the U.K., and the decision was taken

BOOKSHELF: China watchBook Review: Hidden Hand – Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World By Andrew Podger Published 5 March 2021 Hidden Handis right to remind people that: China and the CCP are not one and the same; China has a party-state system of government that is authoritarian and not democratic; China