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Soldiers line up before leaving to patrol the streets in Bogotá, Colombia, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. 
Critical State
Use the force: Part II
American military personnel wait to greet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken before he boards a plane to travel to Brussels.
Left unresolved: Part I
The tail of a missile sticks out in a residential area in Yahidne, near of Dnipro, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. 
Unmaking modern strategy: Part I
In this Sept. 29, 2021, file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new Pentagon plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in th
Critical State
Political climate: Part II
Woman in orange outfit walks in dry climate with girl in pink dress and boy in beige outfit
The Big Fix
NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats
An arm with an orange band with black letters spelling out "Police"
Police
‘Our phones are our only weapon’: French citizens demand police reform to address racism
Demonstrators march near the Arch of Triumph during a protest condemning the arrest of rap artist Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Feb. 22, 2021.
Free speech
Protesters in Spain say rapper’s arrest is an attack on freedom of expression
A person walks past a closed restaurant in Paris wearing a face mask.
COVID-19
Happy hour canceled in France under strict coronavirus curfew
S4 E2 – The Blob
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S4 E1 – Fee-fi-fo-fear
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S4 Trailer
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Do you feel safe?
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President Donald Trump crosses his arms as he listens during a White House meeting with Hispanic leaders, July 9, 2020, in Washington, DC.
2020 US presidential election
What Trump’s taxes mean for national security
S3 E8 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – After the Apocalypse
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Four white men in suits sit on a panel with a green background
Critical State
Legislating peace and security: Part II
S3 E7 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Future Wars
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A helmeted head is blurry in the foreground, behind it, a line of protesters on a balcony
Global Politics
The problem with offers of citizenship to those fleeing Hong Kong
Men in police uniform kneel on an urban street.
Conflict & Justice
No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief
S3E1: World War C
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S3 Trailer (The Wrong Apocalypse)
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People stand in voting booth casting ballots
As 2020 US presidential election nears, voter systems are still vulnerable
workers install US steel beams against sunlight in construction of building
Conflict
Don’t ignore serious nonmilitary threats to US national security
Small toy figures are seen in front of a binary code in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019.
Science & Technology
In a world of cyberthreats, the push for cyberpeace is growing
People gather for a vigil to remember victims of the mass shootings at Dayton and El Paso and hold placards that read, "We can end gun violence," in Brooklyn, New York.
Extremism
Obama-era extremist programs don’t tackle white nationalism, expert says
Man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in an illustration picture.
Science & Technology
A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon
Image of young Vladimir Putin with Russian text
Global Politics
Learn how to be a spy from previously unpublished KGB training manuals
passports from several countries
Immigration
How passports evolved to help governments regulate your movement
Recent released information about Russians hacking into American power systems has raised several concerns about the overall security of the U.S. energy grid as a whole.
Conflict
Can the US protect its power grid from hackers?
document leaks
Document Leaks: The consequences of revealing secrets
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Qian Xuesen worked on rocket and nuclear technology for the US government during World War Two. But in the 1950s, he was detained and then deported to China. One military official at the time called it, “the stupidest this country ever did.” Qian went on
Science
A US-trained scientist was deported, then became the ‘father of Chinese rocketry’
Protesters march with a sign that says "Obama: Shut down NSEERS"
Global Politics
The US has already tried registering Muslims. It didn’t work.
Environment
More countries, organizations seeking to use aerial drones for peaceful, nefarious purposes
Global Politics
White House issues guidelines for 9/11 commemorations
Aerial photo of Naval Station Norfolk
Environment
What it might take to protect the world’s biggest naval base from rising seas
Watertown shootout 2
Education
Colleges hoping to launch terrorism studies programs struggle to find qualified professors
The first daily Presidential Intelligence Checklist, dated June 17th, 1961, and marked 'Top Secret, For the President's Eyes Only'
Global Politics
CIA releases declassified copies of Kennedy’s and Johnson’s daily intelligence briefs
Uganda Wildlife Authority
Poaching and Terrorism: The Race to Protect Wildlife and National Security
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A view of sensor arrays at a former NSA monitoring base in Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany.
Justice
The NSA’s bulk collection program may soon end, but they may not care
An aerial view shows the car that was used the previous night by two gunmen, who were killed by police, as it is investigated by local police and the FBI in Garland, Texas May 4, 2015.
Conflict
The line between vague and actionable intel is a blurry, complicated mess
Municipal police officers watch screens in the video surveillance control room of the municipal police supervision centre in Nice February 9, 2015.
Technology
The French government’s new surveillance law opens the door to NSA-style mass surveillance
Brazilian activists hold Snowden masks
Technology
‘Privacy isn’t dead:’ Snowden’s South American legacy grows as Brazil’s crypto movement marches on
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Justice
Why one woman’s fight to be with her husband wound up at the Supreme Court
French police officers pay respects at a national tribute in Paris to the three officers who fell during last week's attacks by Islamic militants.
Justice
France is ‘at war’ with Islamists, says prime minister
A man assembles police observation cameras near the Bayerischer Hof hotel before the start of the 50th Conference on Security Policy in Munich on January 31, 2014
Technology
The year of surveillance is finally over
Arts
Here’s your chance to stand next to Julian Assange — kind of
A cyber security analyst works in a watch and warning center at a Department of Homeland Security cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Books
A huge intelligence screw-up turned the government and private companies into cyberwarfare partners
A protester shouts with both his hands in the air while marching through a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, on November 23, 2014.
Conflict
Black communities in England know what Ferguson is going through
US Border Patrol agent Art Del Cueto points to the Mexican border just a few feet away.
Conflict
Is ISIS a threat on the US border? Some border patrol agents believe it is — but others say not so fast
In Novemeber of 2009, Eric Holder announced that the accused mastermind of the September 11th attacks, and four other top terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, would be prosecuted in criminal courts.
Justice
Eric Holder will resign, leaving a mixed legacy on national security issues
An anti-government protester kicks a surveillance camera during clashes with police in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on February 7, 2014.
Conflict
What keeps you awake at night?
French youth take part in a protest against the government's handling of recent urban unrest in France, at Place Saint Michel in Paris, November 16, 2005.
Justice
In France, Ferguson protests stir memories of suburban riots
Riot police stand guard as demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 13, 2014.
Conflict
Why are police using military gear in Ferguson and how did they get it?
Conflict & Justice
WikiLeaks: the backstory from the editor of the NY Times
Conflict & Justice
A View from Inside the Wikileaks ‘Cyber War’
Conflict & Justice
Imagining WikiLeaks’ Political Drama as Literal Drama
Security officers stand outside the U.S. Embassy in Berlin July 10, 2014. Germany asked the top U.S. intelligence official at the Berlin embassy on Thursday to leave the country, a highly unusual step reflecting the deep anger within Angela Merkel's gover
Global Politics
Spying on friends doesn’t necessarily make them enemies
NSA
Global Politics
Why is the US government spying on this Muslim American lawyer?
Germany
Environment
Why a country that lived under a police state views digital privacy differently
Conflict & Justice
‘Anonymous’ Attacks Continue On WikiLeaks’ Behalf
Global Politics
Your Take: Wikileaks and American Honesty