Counterterrorism

Teenager Arrested on Counter-Terrorism Charges in North London

The teenager was arrested on suspicion of engaging in Islamist-related terror activities on Thursday. He was arrested as part of an investigation led by the force’s Counter Terrorism Command, the Metropolitan Police said. The man was detained under Section 41 of the…

France Launches Terrorism Probe After Attack on Jailed Corsican Nationalist

French prosecutors said on Thursday they were launching a terrorism investigation after Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna was violently attacked on Wednesday by another prisoner in a jail in Arles, Southern France. According to French media reports, Colonna is in a coma…

Military & Defense

US, Russia Set Up Military Communication Line to Prevent Accidental Clash

The U.S. military has set up a channel to communicate directly with the Russian military to prevent "miscalculations" or "escalation" over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, a defense spokesperson confirmed to The Hill Thursday. "The Department of the Defense recently…

After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Germany is Making Major Moves to Give its Struggling Military 'Strength of Our Own'

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe's largest economy to take extraordinary measures to correct its significant and longstanding military shortcomings. On the day of the invasion, Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais, the chief of staff of the German army, publicly lamented the state of the German military, writing in a LinkedIn post that "the army which I have the…

Cybersecurity

Cyber in the Biden Administration’s Latest Emergency Funding Request

A White House request for $32.5 billion in emergency funding to counter Covid-19 and support Ukraine in its war against Russia would devote millions to a legion of cybersecurity efforts throughout the federal government. The Biden administration has asked Congress to…

Ukraine's 'IT army' Targets Belarus Railway Network, Russian GPS

Ukraine's "IT army" of volunteer hackers announced a new set of targets on Thursday - including the Belarusian railway network and Russia's homegrown satellite-based navigation system, GLONASS. "We need to mobilise and intensify our efforts as much as possible…

Counterintelligence & Espionage

Russian Foreign Spy Chief says Cold War with West has Turned Hot

The head of Russia's foreign intelligence agency said on Thursday it was wrong to speak of a new Cold War between Russia and the West because the situation was already "hot"." Western politicians and commentators like to call what is happening a 'new cold war.'…

Returning to the Wilderness of Mirrors: How Great Power Competition and Cyberwarfare Could Precipitate a Digital-Age Cold War

At the height of the Cold War, former CIA Chief of Counterintelligence James Jesus Angleton famously borrowed from T.S. Eliot to describe Soviet operations strategy as a “Wilderness of Mirrors” because they were “[A] myriad of stratagems, deceptions, artifices, and all the other…

Transnational Organized Crime

RCMP say 47 Canadians Arrested, 12 Children Rescued in Global Sex Abuse Operation

Forty-seven Canadians have been arrested and 12 children have been removed from abusive situations as part of a global investigation into online child sexual exploitation, the RCMP said Wednesday. The Mounties said 186 charges have been laid in Canada so far during the…

Smugglers Cut Through Trump Border Wall Over 3,000 Times, Report says

Sections of former President Trump’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico continue to cost the government millions in maintenance to fix sections breached by smugglers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection records obtained by the Washington Post show that…