Intersections

Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on ‘any country’ that trades with Iran (Politico)

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to impose a 25 percent tariff on “any country” doing business with Iran, potentially affecting U.S. trade with China,...

Inside Democrats’ brewing war over the resurgence of “defund ICE” (Axios)

Last week's shootings in Minneapolis and Portland has supercharged a push by Democrats in Congress to use an upcoming government funding deadline to try...

New York Could Show Cities a Better Way to Work With Big Tech on Safety (Nikhil Jain – Tech Policy Press)

In his inauguration speech at the start of this year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a promise to govern New York City “expansively and audaciously.”...

Inside North Korea’s IT Worker Scam: Sophos CISO Shares How to Stay Protected (video) (Infosecurity Magazine)

In this Infosecurity Magazine interview, Sophos CISO Ross McKerchar discusses one of the fastest-evolving cyber threats, North Korean IT worker schemes. These operations are...

Concerns raised over scope of planned EU-US biometrics deal (EURACTIV)

An EU-US deal under negotiation to allow the transfer of biometric and other sensitive data on European citizens to US authorities in exchange for...

Cyber Fortress strengthens European cyber resilience (Dig Watch)

Luxembourg has hosted its largest national cyber defence exercise, Cyber Fortress, bringing together military and civilian specialists to practise responding to real-time cyberattacks on...

UN News (12 January 2026)

(Peace and Security - Ukraine) Ukraine has entered the new year under intensifying and deadly Russian attacks which have crippled energy systems and left...

Tether and the United Nations Join Forces to Strengthen Community Resilience against Crime and Protect Victims (Tether)

Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, announced today a joint initiative with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),...

Grey-Zone Warfare and Cyber Precursor To Conventional Conflict (Soumya Awasthi – Observer Research Foundation)

Contemporary conflict between State actors is increasingly unfolding in the grey-zone arena, an ambiguous space that lies below the threshold of declared war yet...

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