U.S.-India relationship in next administration essential to security, NSC says
Security issues loom large in possible China-Pakistan agreement.
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Top European diplomats concerned about EU survival after Brexit
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 grouping.
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Republicans Criticize FBI Director Over Recent Terrorist Incidents
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 Orlando nightclub.
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Former NRA president warns election could jeopardize gun rights
Former NRA president David Keene reminded a Heritage Foundation audience that the next president could put Americans’ Second Amendment rights in jeopardy.
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Reporting on people who want to vote but can’t
I recently wrote an article for The Washington Post about the citizenship backlog crisis, which has delayed hundreds of thousands of legal permanent residents the opportunity to vote this election. Ironically, many were inspired to naturalize so they could vote on immigration reform.
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Five articles you might have missed on cybersecurity
A massive internet outage affected popular sites including Twitter, Spotify and Netflix. USA Today reports that the outage resulted from an online attack.
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Indonesian counterterrorism strategies offer lessons for U.S., experts say
Indonesia’s first defense against terrorism? Strong social institutions. And experts say these non-governmental organizations might be blazing a path that the United States needs to follow.
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From Medill News Service to DoD: Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook’s journalism journey
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 journey and the hot topics in national security in his new job on Oct. 6.
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Who 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 possible, likely or even inevitable and whether measures being taken are sufficient to secure the nation’s power grid.
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WHO IS GUARDING THE ELECTRICAL GRID? : A REPORT
Medill students’ investigation into cyber security published by U.S. News and World Report.
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