"States of Exception: Criminal Armed Groups and the Evolution of South American Policing" by John P. Sullivan and Pablo Baisotti looks at the challenge of policing criminal armed groups (CAGs) in South America www.amazon.com/States-Excep...
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"States of Exception: Criminal Armed Groups and the Evolution of South American Policing" by John P. Sullivan and Pablo Baisotti looks at the challenge of policing criminal armed groups (CAGs) in South America www.amazon.com/States-Excep...
Breaking News: Britain said five men who had been arrested over a possible terror plot on a UK air base, which is used by the U.S. in its war against Iran, would be released on bail. Follow live updates.
Police Investigate Possible Terror Plot at U.K. Air Base Used by U.S.: Live Updates
The suspects remain under investigation with “stringent conditions,” a British official said. The base, R.A.F. Fairford, is used by the United States in its war against Iran.
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UN Report on US Strikes in Iran concludes US committed war crimes www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pars...
Parsing the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report on U.S. Strikes in Iran
The UN Fact-Finding Commission concludes that the United States has committed war crimes. It could have said more to make a convincing case.
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The Second AI Election: Testing the Safeguards Before November at www.justsecurity.org/154924/ai-di...
The Second AI Election: Testing the Safeguards Before November
Tests of six popular AI models show how easily their election safeguards can be bypassed, and what companies, lawmakers, and civil society should be before November.
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The warning by the United Nations climate chief comes as EU data shows August 2026 was the joint hottest month ever recorded
World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell
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This Philosopher Thinks It’s Time We Call Out Evil in Our World www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/b...
Book Review: ‘Call It Evil,’ by Susan Neiman
In a new book, Susan Neiman argues that by defining evil in terms of individual monstrousness we fail to perceive its widespread hold on our culture.
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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“Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #55: Car Bombing against the Comandancia (Police Headquarters) in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas,” (with Robert J. Bunker), Small Wars Journal, 7 September 2026. smallwarsjournal.com/2026/09/07/m...
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #55: Car Bombing against the Comandancia (Police Headquarters) in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas
A car bomb (coche bomba, carro bomba) was detonated outside the Comandancia (municipal police headquarters) in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, MX on Sunday, 30 August 2026. Mexican security officials, includi...
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The far-right party Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, fell short of an outright majority in crucial elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, according to final results posted on Monday. But it could still take power there if it wins the support of a minor populist party. nyti.ms/4gSOqmC
Congratulations to Mamdooh Abdelmottlep, PhD, SJD on the publication of his edited collection "Terrorism and Criminal Justice System" containing my chapter, "The Troubles: Intelligence, Cross-Border Cooperation, and Legal Systems" with Daniel Weisz Argomedo... sentiapublishing.com/terrorism-an...
Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System (Mamdooh Abdelmottlep) - Online Textbook
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Breaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens.
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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Hazardous smoke spread across both the United States and Canada.
Climate change created conditions for Canada fires, scientists say, as Trump blames mismanagement
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AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?
AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?
The UK’s AI Security Institute test revealed AI models indulging in unprecedented hacking attempts
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Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production
Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production
After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors Nato is working to get Ukraine the air defences it “urgently needs”, its secretary general has said, after Kyiv failed to shoot down a single Russian missile in an attack on Wednesday, and as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was seeking to significantly boost missile production ahead of winter. Speaking at a National Security and Defense Council meeting on winter resilience, the Ukrainian president did not rule out the idea that stalling missile supplies from western allies were “aimed at making Ukraine, so to speak, more willing to compromise” in peace talks with Russia. Continue reading...
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This paper “analyzes whether allies decisively pulled the U.S. towards war & concludes that they did. The Iran War is a case of allied entanglement: allies, specifically Israel & Saudi Arabia, are a but-for cause of U.S. military action against Iran.” Uncontroversial! www.stimson.org/2026/assumpt...
Assumption Testing: The Iran War Is a Case of Alliance Entanglement • Stimson Center
Evaluating whether the Iran War is a case of alliance entanglement by the United States’ Middle East allies.
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In China, an unsecured police dashboard provided a rare look into how foreigners are tracked using vast amounts of private data.
How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners
An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.
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I just don't believe that AI will be a winner-take-all technology. Open-weight model and the vagaries of deployment will be the determinate factors in who wins most from this disruption. foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/u...
America’s Cosmic Bet on AI
The winner takes it all. What happens if the United States loses?
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Anti AI Violence: What is the next Homeland Security threat in the age of AI? My Security Studies colleague Russell Lundberg posits an answer in this provocative new Homeland Security Today piece. It looks at previous historical transformations for lessons. www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...
Violence Against AI Has Started, and It is Following a Familiar Pattern - HSToday
In April, a 20-year-old from Spring, Texas, firebombed the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and was arrested outside the company's headquarters carrying kerosene and a manifesto warning of humanity's ext...
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Hobbesian, Lockean or Kantian? These are your analytical lenses for the future of US-China relations presented by Derek Levine author KeyPoint Press. With implications for wars large and small! Great for any international relations or foreign policy course! www.amazon.com/Chinas-Path-...
China's Path to Dominance: Preparing for Confrontation with the United States
China's Path to Dominance: Preparing for Confrontation with the United States [Levine, Derek] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. China's Path to Dominance: Preparing for Confrontation with the United States
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Haiti has something in common with Mali, Somalia, and Yemen: decades of international intervention, mountains of activity reports, and outcomes that never matched the paperwork. warontherocks.com/beyond-the-o...
Beyond the Output Trap: Haiti and the Future of International Stabilization
Five years after the assassinations in Haiti of Monferrier Dorval, Diego Charles, and Antoinette Duclaire, justice remains elusive. Four years after the
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The coastal wildfire forced hundreds to evacuate, as Highway 1 along a popular stretch of the Sonoma Coast closed and heavy smoke continued to shroud the region.
Crews make gains on Woodside Fire, but heat, wind and heavy timber to make for 'a long haul'
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Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month Donald Trump is now offering early access to his Truth Social posts in a move that has been seen as corruption benefitting a sitting president. Trump Media and Technology Group officially rolled out its new subscription-based data service on Saturday, giving paying customers faster, real-time access to Truth Social posts from Trump and other high-profile accounts. Continue reading...
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Powerful winds are expected to raise the risk of fire to critical levels across the northwestern U.S. on Saturday. Forecasters with the National Weather Service have issued their most urgent alert for parts of Washington and Oregon, where dozens of large fires are already burning.
Wildfire Weather Poses ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ in Pacific Northwest
Forecasters in Washington and Oregon are using their strongest language this weekend to signal a worst-case wildfire threat and get people’s attention.
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🎙️Tren de Aragua grew powerful in Lima through the profits from extorting sex workers. And it left a trail of blood of those who refused to pay. 🎧 Listen to the latest episode of The InSight Crime Podcast, now available on your favorite podcast platform. https://bit.ly/45Cl7iZ
🇨🇷 | Costa Rica has captured Alejandro Arias Monge, alias “Diablo,” a fugitive also wanted by the US for drug trafficking, who had been on the run for 10 years.
Costa Rica's Devil: Bloody Drug Feud Catches Authorities Off Guard
An unusually drawn-out feud between two rival gangs in northern Costa Rica has left over 150 people dead in five years, with authorities making a renewed push to end the violence.
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Check out my interview with Times and Sunday Times on Mexican Cartels. Its a good explainer video www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvf9...
Why Mexico’s War on Cartels Is Impossible to Win
YouTube video by Times Originals
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"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Very proud of our KeyPoint Press, its existing titles and its forthcoming! So honored to work with the best in the business Daniel Weisz, John P. Sullivan and Robert Bunker. keypointpress.com/books
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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