On January 1, 2026, in his planned first message for the 59th World Day of Peace, Pope Leo XIV will reflect on peace, justice, and global harmony.On December 18, 2025, Pope Leo published his first ...

The recent release of President Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), with its emphasis on “the Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,” and its resultant challenges, such as border security, ...

Out with a “rules-based international order” and in with “U.S. core national interests”, according to the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) of 2025. The NSS was not well-received by many of the 32 ...

Emmanouil M. Karatarakis has served in the Greek Ministries of Defense and Finance and in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece as Senior Advisor. He's worked for CNBC in London and as ...

The White Lady earns a prestigious 4 out of 4 trench coats ...

Mark Munsell leads a non-profit effort to expand the geospatial technology ecosystem in St. Louis, MO. Previously, he held jobs as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Chief Artificial ...

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Geoffrey Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy, Texas Tech University School of Law and a Distinguished Fellow with the ...

Mark Munsell leads a non-profit effort to expand the geospatial technology ecosystem in St. Louis, MO. Previously, he held jobs as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Chief Artificial ...

Max Lesser is the senior analyst on emerging threats at FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, where his research focuses on countering foreign malign influence operations. Max previously ...

Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery is a senior director at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He directs CSC 2.0, which works to implement ...