… Recent barbaric acts committed by Islamic State extremists, including the beheadings of Westerners and the immolation in a cage of a Jordanian air force pilot, shocked the nation. Now we learn of the death of Kayla Mueller, a 26-year-old American aid worker held hostage by ISIS since August 2013. […] Read more »
ISIS, Terrorism Seen as Graver Threats Than Russia, Ukraine
Despite the intensifying fighting between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists before the cease-fire agreement Thursday, Americans place the conflict low on the list of critical threats to U.S. interests in the next decade. Islamic extremists, commonly known as the Islamic State or ISIS, along with international terrorism in general, loom much […] Read more »
A Different Kind of Security Election
Before every presidential election, we chew over the question of whether this will be a foreign policy or a domestic election. Will we be talking about “security moms” or “soccer moms”? 2016 is going to be a security election, but not in the traditional war/peace sense. Instead, we need to […] Read more »
5 key takeaways about how investigative reporters view their digital security
As journalism becomes an increasingly digital practice, the data and communications of investigative journalists have become vulnerable to hackers, government surveillance and legal threats. But what are these vulnerabilities – and what steps have investigative journalists taken to protect themselves? Here are five takeaways based on a new Pew Research […] Read more »
Partisanship shapes views on state of the nation
As President Obama and congressional Republicans reengage over economic issues, Americans offer a gloomy assessment of the state of the nation. But those perceptions appear to be heavily influenced by political identification and partisan leanings, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Fifty-seven percent of Americans describe the state […] Read more »
Americans’ Satisfaction With Security From Terrorism Drops
Although a majority of Americans remain satisfied with the nation’s security from terrorism, this measure has dropped 10 percentage points since last year, from 69% to 59%, and is now back where it was in 2008. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »