Is Russia Using Energy as a Weapon Again?

11/1/21 Energy Security Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Europe is experiencing energy turmoil, with spot prices for natural gas surging in the past month to levels five times those of a year ago. Some analysts see Russia as the villain in this new crisis, but the tight market has several other explanations: declining gas Read More >

Official Reject Claims of Terrorists Infiltrating U.S. From Mexico

10/29/21 Border Security Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  0 Fears the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could reinvigorate terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, and lead to a surge of attempted infiltrations along the southern U.S. border have not been realized, a top counterterrorism official said, dismissing claims to the contrary as “factually inaccurate.” For months, mostly Republican Read More >

Less than a Third of U.S. Parents Eager to Vaccinate Young Kids Against COVID-19

10/29/21 Vaccines Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Only 27 percent of parentsin the latest poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation said they were eager to get their young children vaccinated against COVID-19 if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) authorize the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Read More >

Improving Safety in Labs Dealing with Lethal Viruses

10/29/21 Biosecurity Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments A project aimed at improving biosafety and biosecurity practices in high-risk laboratories working on dangerous pathogens will be led by Dr. Filippa Lentzos, Co-Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London (KCL). read more