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Defending Taiwan: What Should the US Do?
Tweet As China and Southeast Asian countries argue over ownership of the disputed South China Sea, Taiwan, which appears to share the same claims with China, is often overlooked because of its...
View ArticleObama adviser seeks government-corporate partnerships to fight cyberattacks
Tweet President Barack Obama’s top cybersecurity adviser said the next president should keep focusing on cybersecurity concerns by forming strong partnerships between government and the private...
View ArticleAs Congo election date nears, uncertainty prevails
Tweet African and U.S. officials in Washington puzzled over the precarious election situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The discussion, hosted by the Brookings Institution and moderated...
View ArticleWhy doesn’t Isis attack Italy?
Tweet England, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, United States: this is a list of Western countries attacked by terrorists in the last 16 years. Yet, Italy is not included among them. There are many...
View ArticleCovering nuclear or radiation incidents
Tweet The Atomic Reporters group has released a new safety guide for covering nuclear/radiation incidents. See the recommendations. RELATED: Safety guidelines for covering nuclear incidents released
View ArticleWHO IS GUARDING THE ELECTRICAL GRID? : A REPORT
Tweet WASHINGTON — A new report by graduate students in Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications offers a timely look at a unique alliance...
View ArticleWho is Guarding the Grid?
In a two-month study, seven national security reporters with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism traveled to the Pacific Northwest to determine whether disruptive attacks are...
View ArticleFrom Medill News Service to DoD: Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook’s...
Tweet Assistant Secretary of Defense, Pentagon Press Secretary and – most important – Medill MSJ alum Peter Cook paid a special visit to the Medill Washington newsroom to discuss his journalism...
View ArticleFive articles you might have missed on cybersecurity
Tweet Hacked home devices caused massive Internet outage By USA Today A massive internet outage on Friday affected popular sites including Twitter, Spotify and Netflix. USA Today reports that the...
View ArticleReporting on people who want to vote but can’t
Tweet I recently wrote an article for The Washington Post about the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services extensive delays in processing citizenship petitions, which has prevented hundreds of...
View ArticleIndonesian counterterrorism strategies offer lessons for U.S., experts say
Tweet WASHINGTON — Indonesia’s strategy to combat Islamic State inroads with Muslim-based civic organizations should serve as a model for global counterterrorism, an Indonesian scholar said Monday....
View ArticleFormer NRA president warns election could jeopardize gun rights
Tweet WASHINGTON – Gun rights has not been the most critical issue in the presidential campaign, but former National Rifle Association president David Keene reminded an audience Wednesday that...
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Republicans Criticize FBI Director Over Recent Terrorist Incidents
Tweet WASHINGTON — Republican senators sharply criticized FBI director James Comey Tuesday for his agency’s handling of recent terrorism incidents, including a bombing in New York and a shooting in an...
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Top European diplomats concerned about EU survival after Brexit
Tweet WASHINGTON — Top European diplomats on Monday expressed concern over the European Union’s future and the long-term survival of the single market in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the...
View ArticleU.S.-India relationship in next administration essential to security, NSC says
Tweet WASHINGTON — The next president must build on the increased cooperation between the U.S. and India during the Obama administration to ensure the U.S. retains international support for its...
View ArticleFormer CIA director addresses “Darking sky” of cyberseurity threats
Tweet WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Tuesday described cybersecurity threats as a “darkening sky” but “not as dark as some suggest.” Hayden, who was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 and...
View ArticleUS INSTITUTE OF PEACE CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL
Tweet WASHINGTON — Tuesday marked the fourth annual International Day of the Girl, a United Nations initiative to protect and promote girls from around the world. Speakers at the United States...
View ArticleWordl Bank president urges innovation in fight to end global poveryt
Tweet WASHINGTON —The World Bank should more aggressively court private sector partnerships to find new ways to reduce extreme global poverty while making sure the poorest populations benefit, World...
View ArticleTurkmenistan Independence Day overshadowed by treatment of press
Tweet In America, we enjoy our First Amendment right to a free press. Unfortunately, many other countries do not have that luxury. Non-profit press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has...
View ArticleNew Washington think tank urges detente with Russia (Part One)
Tweet The Defense Priorities Foundation was founded in early 2016 in order to promote what it calls a “more prudent, restrained foreign policy” based less on military intervention and more on...
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