Nineteen years after the largest terrorist attack on American soil, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center said Thursday that the U.S. is still at war with al-Qaida.
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Just one week after President Donald Trump told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” during the first presidential debate, the Department of Homeland Security’s domestic threat assessment identified white supremacist extremism as “the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland.”
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Political and racial justice activists around the country organize protests and rallies using social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter, but the social platforms also are used by extremists and terrorists to spread their messages, the chairwoman of the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee said Thursday.
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Three years and millions of dollars later, counter terrorism efforts in the Philippines have not made a “substantial difference,” a Defense Department Inspector General report released this week found.
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As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on health systems across the globe, a different sort of virus is following its lead online: misinformation.
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The press freedom in China is deteriorating, as China ranks 177th out of 180 countries and territories, according to the RSF World Press Freedom Ranking 2019.
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The U.S. and France, like many Western countries, are fighting disinformation campaigns from foreign countries, mainly Russia, but their policy approach to combat the problem are markedly different – the U.S. focuses on voluntary efforts to help people distinguish correct information from disinformation, while France has instituted new regulations on the news media.
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Developing a vaccine is just one hurdle in the race to fight the dangerous virus.
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Even though killings of journalists decreased in 2019, journalists still face threats to their safety that a UNESCO’s can help address by building trust between security forces and journalists in countries transitioning to democracy.
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Mankind has always tried to unpack the nature of conflict, from Sun Tzo to Carl von Clausewitz to Alfred Thayer Mahan. From an academic perspective, war can be studied through a variety of treatises throughout history.
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