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Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz debuts a new weekly roundup of emerging terrorist threats and counterterrorism operations. Graduate student Sean Dilallo assists.
Telediario: 15 Hours (video): Jeremy Mayer discusses the events in the Middle East on Spain’s version of 60 Minutes. He begins at the 10:00 mark.
Maryland Now (podcast): Jonathan Gifford takes part in a conversation about risk and reward in private sector/public infrastructure investments.
News Lines Magazine: Umud Shokri says “purely military targets” are rare as Israel continues to strike fuel depots.
Columbus Dispatch (via AOL): James Finkelstein estimates the salary of Ohio State’s new president could be as high as $14.5 million.
CNA (video): Prof Jack Goldstone discusses US strategy in Iran war (Jack A. Goldstone interviewed).
Inside Higher Ed (subscription may be required): When Two Become One (Op-ed in which Anne Holton is mentioned).
FirstPost (India): Kharg Island: The oil lifeline that could ignite a global energy shock (Op-ed by Umud Shokri). Also in MSN.
Middle East Forum: Umud Shokri writes about oil supplies in the Kurdistan region.
Homeland Security Today: Master of International Security graduate Alejandra Rodriguez is the new Department of Homeland Security deputy press secretary.
The Lantern (Ohio): Judith Wilde suggests Ohio State’s promotion of the provost to president was rushed.
Northern Virginia Magazine: Buzz McClain, English ’77, describes what happened to George Mason after the “March Magic” Final Four run 20 years ago this month.
Central News Agency (translation may be required; audio option; Taiwan): Analysis: The U.S.-Iraq war cannot be compared to the Taiwan Strait, and asymmetric combat power helps strengthen deterrence (Comments by Michael A. Hunzeker, director of the Taiwan Security Monitor/associate director of the Center for Security Policy Studies, cited). Also in Yahoo! Taiwan and Money.udn (Taiwan).
Deutschelandfunk (ABC News pickup; translation may be required; Germany): “Crown jewel” of infrastructure: Why the Iranian oil island of Kharg is so important (Mark N. Katz quoted). Also in Newstral (Germany).
The Fulcrum: Affiliate faculty Dana Dolan writes about not fighting voter ID, but defining it.
Irregular Warfare: Arming Kurdish Resistance fighters in Iran with drones (Op-ed by Zak Kallenborn).
Homeland Security Today: George Mason University launches new research center on transnational crime and corruption (George Mason’s CONTRA profiled and Louise I. Shelley mentioned).
Cardinal News (audio option; Roanoke, VA): 10 things to know about the General Assembly that just ended (Comments on X by David Ramadan, former GOP state delegate, cited).
Homeland Security Newswire: Pick your poison: The enduring threat of biological toxins (Gregory D. Koblentz mentioned).
The Good Men Project: Do America’s top health research officials stick around too long? (Jim Olds, former head of the NSF Biological Sciences Directorate, quoted).
Politico (subscription may be required): Gabbard takes the hot seat (Andrew McCabe mentioned).
Homeland Security Today: Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley processes 70% of global internet traffic (2025 research by Terry L. Clower and Keith Waters cited).
Khan (South Korea): ‘Pro-Trump’ U.S. counterterrorism chief tenders resignation, saying “I cannot in good conscience support a war against Iran” (Colin Dueck quoted).
Small Wars Journal: Disrupting illicit markets: Cognitive warfare and the fight against drug cartels (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, co-director of CONTRA, mentioned).
New York Post: Mueller probe cut corners, broke rules to ‘get Trump,’ whistleblower claims (Comments by Andrew McCabe cited). Also in DNYUZ and FV Digital (Dominican Republic). Similar in Independent Journalism Review.
Daily Caller: Democrats for years rejected arming school personnel. Armed security just prevented massacre at synagogue (Comments to CNN by Andrew McCabe cited). Also in BizPacReview.
Here & Now (public broadcasting; audio): Colin Dueck explains why some MAGA supporters approve of the attack on Iran and others do not. He also discusses it in the Economist. Also in The Hindustan Times (India) and Universul.net (Romania). The European (The Economist pickup; translation may be required; Germany): MAGA, c’est moi: Why Donald Trump’s movement supports the Iran War (Dueck quoted). Similar in Storm Media Group (China), Magzeter (India), Quoshe (Turkey), and other media outlets.
Politico (subscription may be required): Iran strikes expose U.S. counterterrorism gaps (Larry Pfeiffer, former CIA chief of staff/executive director of the Hayden Center, quoted.
Government Technology: Deadline approaches to address the Digital Services gap (Op-ed by Alan R. Shark).
Small Wars Journal: When killing a kingpin becomes policy theater (Op-ed by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera).
Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz writes that the attack on Iran may reinforce the country’s internal cohesion and expand its proxy warfare.
The Atlantic (subscription may be required): ‘We need to do McCarthyism to the Tenth Power’ (Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director and acting director/distinguished visiting professor, mentioned).
ARLnow: A $25 minimum wage in the District? Terry Clower says to just add it to the other things impacting the regional economy.
Le Monde-Vu D’Ailleurs: The national French newspaper discusses, in English, “the underlying logic of revolutions” with someone who knows revolutions better than most, Jack Goldstone.
Kyiv Post: Richard Kauzlarich warns that Iran-Russia intelligence sharing could put U.S. forces at risk.
WTOP: Early voting underway for Virginians to weigh in on congressional redistricting plan (David Ramadan, former GOP state delegate, quoted).
The Columbus Dispatch: James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde write an op-ed asking why Ohio State’s president was allowed to resign instead of being fired for having an inappropriate relationship. Also in AOL.
Kyiv Post: Richard Kauzlarich says he’s not surprised to hear Putin is providing information to Iran.
International Viewpoint: A war neglected by the world – Afghanistan and Pakistan (2021 comments in Al Jazeera by Ashan Butt cited).
The Augusta Free Press (Waynesboro, VA): The UVA president situation was Spanberger’s first political test: She failed (Op-ed in which op-ed by James Finkelstein mentioned).
Governor of Virginia: Anne Holton is announced as a board appointee to Governor Spanberger’s Virginia Commission on Higher Education.
The Charlotte Gazette: Should Virginia’s Democrats Redistrict? (Mark J. Rozell quoted).
Domino Theory: Is Taiwan vulnerable to the kind of precision strike that took out Iran’s leadership? (Michael A. Hunzeker, director of the Taiwan Security Monitor/associate director of the Center for Security Policy Studies, quoted).
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): A conservative case for letting data center tax exemptions expire/Opinion (Op-ed by David Ramadan).
Lawfare: Justice Delayed (Andrew McCabe mentioned).
The Columbus Dispatch: James Finkelstein offers insights on Ohio State’s next president now that the current one is resigning.
Osmanqizi English (video): Richard Kauzlarich discusses Azerbaijan’s role in the Iranian conflict.
Sherwood: Group of retired senior military officers and Microsoft file briefs supporting Anthropic in lawsuit (Gen. Michael V. Hayden mentioned).
Revistagente: The serious allegations against Donald Trump for alleged sexual abuse of a minor that the Epstein Files “forgot to publish” (Comments by Andrew McCabe cited).
The Print (India): PM review oil, gas supply as analysts warn reliance on imports leaves India open to war disruptions (Umud Shokri, Schar visiting fellow, quoted). Also in Magzeter (India).
The Telegraph Forum (The Columbus Dispatch pickup; subscription may be required; Bucyrus, OH): Ohio State’s Ted Carter is out. Who might be the next president? (James Finkelstein quoted). Also in The Daily Record (Wooster, OH).
Ultima Hora (translation may be required; Paraguay): Arámbulo Case: UNA separates Fermín Bogado and expert points to Judge Esquivel for running over Nicolás Morás (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, co-director of CONTRA, quoted).
Noticias de Bariloche (translation may be required; Argentina): The serious allegations against Donald Trump for alleged sexual abuse of a minor that the Epstein files “forgot to publish” – Gente Online (Comments to CNN by Andrew McCabe cited).
Viajes, fotos y comidas (translation may be required; Argentina): Is World War III coming? This is what the experts say (Mark N. Katz quoted). Also in Radio Constanza (Argentina), Latidosfm935.com (Argentina), and other media outlets.
Books
Fielding University Press: ODKM’s Penny Potter contributes a chapter to a new book, Coaching Education: Foundations of Excellence.
Public Technology Institute: Alan R. Shark publishes and updated CIO Leadership for Cities and Counties: Emerging Trends and Practices.
Academia
Ketagalan Media: Master of Public Policy student Yenting Lin analyses the post-COVID use of the social media outlet Threads by Taiwan’s Gen Z.
KDI School of Public Policy and Management publishes a paper coauthored by PhD in Public Policy graduate Narae Lee that addresses electric motorcycle management. It also informs at World Bank Group study.