Intelligence

Houthi arms dealers use Zuckerberg’s Meta, Elon Musk’s X to sell US guns: Report (Interesting Engineering)

A new report has revealed that arms dealers linked to Yemen’s Houthi rebels are openly using social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and...

Brief: Iranian Branch of PKK Faces Uncertain Future Amid Regime Crackdown (Jacob Zenn – The Jamestown Foundation)

The Islamic Republic of Iran is cracking down on the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) in the aftermath of its war with Israel. The...

Brief: Attack on Damascus Church Exposes Fragile Protection for Syria’s Christians (Ethan Kaufman – The Jamestown Foundation)

On June 22, an Islamist terrorist entered the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus mid-service, opening fire on the crowd before detonating his...

Indonesia’s Deradicalization Program Through the Lens of Umar Patek: From Bomb-Maker to Entrepreneur (Irma Rahim – The Jamestown Foundation)

Indonesia has enjoyed some success with deradicalizing high-level militants, including Umar Patek, a key bomb-maker involved with the deadly 2002 Bali bombings. This approach...

Military AI and the void of accountability (DigWatch)

In her blog post ‘Military AI: Operational dangers and the regulatory void,’ Julia Williams warns that AI is reshaping the battlefield, shifting from human-controlled...

Are Cyber Defenders Winning? (Jason Healey, Tarang Jain – Lawfare)

On June 6, President Trump signed an executive order to “reprioritize cybersecurity efforts to protect America,” outlining a rough agenda “to improve the security...

Russia-linked group spoofing European journalists to spread disinformation (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A Kremlin-linked disinformation group has been impersonating real journalists and publishing fake articles on spoofed news websites to spread false narratives in France, Armenia,...

Assessing Terrorist Use of Virtual Asset Intermediaries (RUSI – Project CRAAFT)

This research briefing by Allison Owen examines intermediary services that convert virtual assets to fiat currency in cases related to three groups: Hamas, Hezbollah...

Unnatural Disasters: The Next Front in Russia’s Hybrid War (Matt Ince – RUSI)

Once confined to science fiction, solar geoengineering is now moving into real-world experimentation, raising the risk of misuse by hostile actors. Also known as...

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