News You Can Use: 02/15/19
National Security
The Problem With a ‘Smart’ Border Wall, Government Executive
Natural Disasters are Changing. How are We Responding?, Fors Marsh Group
State of Defense 2019: Special Report, Defense One
Is there a way to save the ‘fraying’ nuclear consensus in Congress?, Defense News
Ex-director of FBI, CIA takes on a phone scammer—and wins, ARS Technica
The US Air Force Has Won Control of the Space Force, Defense One
Pentagon chief: US will work with NATO on planned Afghanistan troop withdrawal, Military Times
FEMA Administrator Brock Long Resigns, Government Executive
Cybersecurity
Why it’s time to make cybersecurity a national priority, Fifth Domain
Cyber Deterrence Done Right: The Coordinated Actions Against Huawei, Defense One
Intel: How an Air Force vet’s indictment reveals US vulnerability to Iranian cyber-espionage, Al-Monitor
What the Pentagon’s new AI strategy means for cybersecurity, Fifth Domain
Trade group pushes DoD to get on the same page with industry on cybersecurity standards, Fifth Domain
Public Health
Medical Anthropologist Explores ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’, NPR
Trump Wants to End HIV Within 10 Years. Here’s What That Would Take, According to Experts, Time
EPA Says It Plans To Limit Toxic PFAS Chemicals, But Not Soon Enough For Critics, NPR
World Health Organization Forms Committee To Guide Editing Of Human Genes, NPR
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
The vow of ‘never again’ is dying in Assad’s prisons, The Washington Post
The quiet coup that could devastate human rights in Guatemala, Open Democracy
Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give Up Their Rights’, Foreign Policy
Trump signs anti-genocide act, anti-Semitism resolution into law, Jewish News Syndicate
Government & Military Personnel
Watch out for fake DoD websites like this, Military Times
Feds hold silent protest to remind Congress of shutdown costs, Federal Times
HUD’s System for Processing Public Records Requests Died During the Shutdown, ProPublica
As sexual assault cases rise, service academy superintendents struggle for solutions, Military Times
Black mold, rodents, lead paint in privatized housing: No rent until it’s fixed, military spouses say, Military Times

Posted: February 15, 2019 by Simons Center
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