Intelligence

Brief: Gazan “Gray-Zone Militants” Challenge U.S. Immigration Vetting (The Jamestown Foundation)

A Gazan man accused of participating in the October 7 attacks entered the United States on a visa after concealing his ties to the...

The Impact of Evolving Threat Perceptions on the Transatlantic Alliance (Erik Brattberg – RUSI)

This paper examines how shifting threat perceptions are affecting definitions of national security in the US and Europe, and considers the future implications for...

Russia’s Latest Nuclear Saber-Rattling: Nuclear Testing? (Heather Williams and Lachlan MacKenzie – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In a November 5 meeting of the Security Council of Russia, President Vladimir Putin directed his military and political leaders to “submit coordinated proposals...

As Data Centers Proliferate, Anti-AI Resistance Has the Potential to Turn Violent (The Soufan Center)

Online threats to physically sabotage AI data centers, which house the servers necessary to train, deploy, and deliver AI services, have proliferated over the...

Mali on the Brink of Collapse as Jihadists Threaten to Overrun the Country (The Soufan Center)

The West African country of Mali stands on the brink of collapse, with al-Qaeda’s Sahelian branch, Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), choking off...

Drones are Changing How Wars Harm Civilians (Lauren Spink – Just Security)

Armed actors are dramatically escalating their use of unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs), more commonly known as drones. Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)’s Protection...

What does the US drawdown in Romania mean for European defense? (Atlantic Council)

On Wednesday, the Romanian defense ministry and US military announced that the United States will withdraw a brigade of troops that had been rotating...

DeepSeek Use in PRC Military and Public Security Systems (Sunny Cheung, Kai-shing Lau – The Jamestown Foundation)

Military procurement documents show that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is adopting homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) systems like DeepSeek to accelerate its shift toward...

Authoritarian reach and democratic response: A tactical framework to counter and prevent transnational repression (Marcus Kolga, Sze-Fung Lee, Iria Puyosa, Kenton Thibaut, and Lisandra...

Foreign interference (FI) and transnational repression (TNR) represent a fundamental challenge to the international rules-based order by employing tactics that exist below the threshold...

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