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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Israel's Strike On South Pars Hits Iran, And Iranians, Where It Hurts Most (Umud Shokri, Schar visiting fellow, quoted). Also in Global Security and Oil Price.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio option): In dictating public school curriculum, Virginia Democrats are on a slippery slope/Guest column (Op-ed by Mark J. Rozell).
Mansion Global: Schar School namesake Dwight Schar puts his extensive arrowhead collection on display at a Reston Station hotel.
Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly (page 3): Stuart Malawer writes about Trump’s tariff and trade policies and the ensuing chaos.
The Atlantic Council: PhD student Ali Mammadov writes about the significance of Iran striking targets in Turkey.
The Times of Israel: Iran’s regime was teetering. This war could be keeping it from collapse (Jack A. Goldstone quoted). Similar in Media Indonesia.
The Print (India): India’s strategic oil reserves tell a tale of structural constraints and stalled expansion. Here’s why (Umud Shokri, visiting fellow, quoted). Also in Magzter (India).
MSN UK (The Independent pickup): Which countries will be worst hit economically by Iran war? (Umud Shokri quoted). Also in Yahoo! News UK and AOL.
War on the Rocks: Why Did the United States Lift Sanctions on Assad’s Chemical Weapons Scientists? (Co-authored op-ed by Gregory D. Koblentz, director of biodefense graduate programs, and Rebecca Earnhardt, PhD major in biodefense, in which Schar School’s biodefense graduate program is mentioned).
World Journal (translation may be required): Cover story/Mexican drug lord leader, most of his family members are online in the United States (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, co-director of CONTRA, quoted).
New Lines Magazine: The noxious smoke enveloping Tehran (Umud Shokri quoted).
FFXnow: Fairfax City Council member named a ’40 under 40’ honoree for N. Va. leadership (Alum Anthony Amos, MPP/Schar ‘24, profiled).
World Net Daily: ‘The greatest political hoax in history’ now targeted by grand jury investigation (Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director and acting director, mentioned).
MS NOW (video; password is MS0320): Larry Pfeiffer (beginning at the 3:30 mark) weighs in on the “imminent threat” question facing the intelligence community.
IBM Center for the Business of Government: Alan R. Shark writes about his new book about using AI in government.
IN Network (video): Mahmut Cengiz takes to the airwaves to describe how transnational crime networks work.
Middle East Forum: Iraq’s Northern exports return, but supply risks persist (Op-ed by Umud Shokri).
Security of Supply Symposium: Arnold Dupuy discusses his work at NATO during a symposium in Karlskoga, Sweden.
Military Times: The U.S. has counter-mine ships homeported in the Middle East. Are they effective? (Comments in an op-ed by graduate student Ethan Connell, international security major/Taiwan Security Monitor, cited). Also in Navy Times and Marine Corps Times.
The Daily Mail (subscription may be required; UK): America bracing for gruesome new attack on U.S. soldiers and civilians in Iran war: ‘This is their nuke’ (Gregory Koblentz quoted).
Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz writes about JNIM’s expansion in the Sahel and coastal West Africa. He also analyzes the global terrorism spillover of the conflict in Iran.
The Daily Mail (UK; paywall): Gregory Koblentz is quoted in a story about Iran’s chemical weapons capabilities.
ARLnow: A $25 minimum wage in D.C. could shift business to N. Va., restaurant association says (Comments by Terry L. Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis, cited).
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily (audio option): David White promoted to JCC Deputy Chief of Police (Alum David White, BS in Public Administration, profiled).
Russland-Analysen (translation may be needed): Mark N. Katz writes about recent changes in Russian foreign policy in the Middle East.
Houston Chronicle (subscription may be required; audio option): St. Thomas paid nearly $1M in exit packages for departing staff despite financial woes (Judith Wilde quoted).
Midland Daily News (subscription may be required; audio option; Midland, TX): Commentary: Stop fighting voter ID. Start defining it. (Op-ed by Dana Dolan). Also in West Central Tribune (MN).
Homeland Security Today: The media outlet announces a new editorial board that includes Mahmut Cengiz. Also in Pulse.
The Hill (audio option): Comey subpoenaed in 2016 election probe in Florida (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in Yahoo! News.
Academia
Democratic Communiqué: James Finkelstein et al. post a study recapping George Mason University’s recent controversies surrounding academic freedom, free speech, and “the struggle against ideological capture.”