Category «Defense»

The International Court of Justice in the Hague – South Africa v Israel

Hearing at the International Court of Justice in the case South Africa v. Israel – Oral argument of South Africa began this morning: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11g Summary – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

How social media platforms shaped our initial understanding of the Israel-Hamas conflict

The Atlantic Council – The Big Story – Distortion by Design. Emerson T. Brooking, Layla Mashkoor, Jacqueline Malaret: “The first declaration of war came via Telegram. On October 7, at 7:14 a.m. local time, Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades used its Telegram channel to announce the beginning of a coordinated terror attack against Israel. Posts on Hamas’s …

Subjects: Defense, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

The New York Times, December 28, 2023. ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7. A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel…A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, Health Care, Legal Research

ODNI Releases Intelligence Community Assessment of Foreign Threats to the 2022 U.S. Elections

“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) today released the declassified Intelligence Community Assessment of Foreign Threats to the 2022 U.S. Elections [redacted] Coordinated across the Intelligence Community (IC), the assessment addresses the intentions and efforts of foreign actors to influence or interfere with the 2022 U.S. elections. Within 45 days of the …

Subjects: Defense, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients and Impact

Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients and Impact By Mitchell G. Bard, Ph.D. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (May 2023): “…Up until 2020, the DoE paid little attention to university compliance, and institutions did not report many of the gifts. That year the DoE began to investigate whether Yale and Harvard were complying with reporting requirements. …

Subjects: Defense, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

The Nuclear Weapon Systems Project

Via Jeremy Singer Vine – Data is Plural: “The Council on Strategic Risks’s Nuclear Weapon Systems Project aims “to document every type of nuclear weapon system ever deployed” by China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US — the five “nuclear weapon states” per the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The project’s core dataset, launched last week, …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

Tracking people in-and-out of Mar-a-Lago was easy thanks to commercial software

Rolling Stone: “Spying on presidents used to be a tough business. One of the great unsung heroes of American history was a formerly enslaved woman named Mary Bowser, a spy who infiltrated the family of Jefferson Davis as a domestic servant, and eventually landed a full-time job in the Southern White House, the political seat …

Subjects: Defense, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

LLRX November 2023

The November 2023 issue of LLRX has 9 new articles and 6 new columns: AI in Banking and Finance, November 30, 2023 ; AI in Banking and Finance – November 16, 2023 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government reports, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Recommended Books

2022 Country Reports on Terrorism

“The Department of State issued the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT). Each year, the CRT provides insight on important issues in the fight against terrorism and helps the United States make informed decisions about policies, programs, and resource allocations as we seek to build counterterrorism capacity and resilience around the globe. As the United …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

Violence Against Women and International Law

Via LLRX – Violence Against Women and International Law – LLRX is highlighting research sources for their relevance and relationship to this site’s Israel-Hamas War Project articles. This guide by Sabrina I. Pacifici will be updated moving forward and currently includes 8 pertinent sources comprising government reports, academic papers, reviews of UN/NGO programs, news, databases, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

Napoleon’s Kindle: Discover the Miniaturized Traveling Library That the Emperor Took on Military Campaigns

Open Culture: “Every piece of technology has a precedent. Most have several different types of precedents. You’ve probably used (and may well own) an eBook reader, for instance, but what would have afforded you a selection of reading material two or three centuries ago? If you were a Jacobean Englishman of means, you might have …

Subjects: Defense, Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries

DHS CISA and UK NCSC Release Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development

“Taking a significant step forward in addressing the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today jointly released Guidelines for Secure AI System Development to help developers of any systems that use AI …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research