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The National Interest: Did Iran use chemical weapons on protesters? (Co-authored op-ed by Gregory D. Koblentz). Also in Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Small Wars Journal: In the first of three parts, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera examines the entirely of Mexico’s security landscape under President Claudia Sheinbaum.
WUSA 9 (local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.; video): Jesse Jackson’s legacy in DC (Michael K. Fauntroy, founding director of the Race, Politics, and Policy Center, interviewed).
The Hill (audio option): College fundraising faces scrutiny after latest batch of Epstein files (Alan Abramson, director of the Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise, quoted).
U.S. Naval Institute News: Taiwan to construct 10 light frigates for air defense, anti-submarine missions (Jaime Ocon, research fellow with the Taiwan Security Monitor, quoted).
Virginia Business Magazine (subscription may be required): Virginia employment claims spike in early February (Keith Waters, assistant director of the Center for Regional Analysis, quoted).
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN podcast): Sheriff: “We have DNA” in Guthrie case (Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director and acting director/distinguished visiting professor, discusses topic). Similar in another CNN piece (video).
Homeland Security Today: Homeland Security Today welcomes Dr. Mahmut Cengiz as Managing Editor for Counterterrorism (Mahmut Cengiz, TraCCC, profiled).
Hipólito Delgado (translation may be required; Dominican Republic): Consumer Technology Association announces leadership succession: Kinsey Fabrizio to become president and CEO; Gary Shapiro to serve as executive chairman (Alumna Kinsey Fabrizio, BA in Government and International Politics, profiled).
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription may be required; audio): UVa doesn’t need a scholar-in-chief. It needs a legitimate president./Guest column (Op-ed by David Ramadan, former GOP state delegate).
Richmond Times-Dispatch: James Finkelstein coauthors an op-ed suggesting “strong universities depend on a union contract.”
StateTech (audio option): Beyond Smart: How AI is developing emotional intelligence (Op-ed by Alan R. Shark).
SpyTalk (podcast): What’s Going on with Tulsi Gabbard? (Larry Pfeiffer, former CIA chief of staff/executive director of the Hayden Center, discusses topic).
Fairfax County Times: Minimum wage increase advanced in Senate (Jeremy D. Mayer, director of the political science master’s program, and Terry L. Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis, quoted).
Small Wars Journal: Mahmut Cengiz examines why a terrorist organization would claim, or not, to be the perpetrator of violence.
Osmanqizi English (video): Richard Kauzlarich discusses JD Vance’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan, what was achieved and what risks it brought.
Washington Monthly: Hannah Arendt understood the forces behind Donald Trump (Andrew McCabe mentioned).
The Alligator (Florida): Judith Wilde weighs in on the University of Florida’s search for a new president, the third one in four years.
KFOR 4 (The Hill pickup; local NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City, OK): College fundraising faces scrutiny after latest batch of Epstein files (Alan Abramson quoted).
WTOP: Did grants given to Fairfax Co. businesses during COVID actually help? (2025 co-authored research by the Center for Regional Analysis cited, with Terry Clower quoted).
Il Giornale (translation may be required; Italy): Harpoon missiles a stone’s throw from China: high tension in Asia (Post on X by the Taiwan Security Monitor cited).
Washington Free Beacon: Biden official who created ‘disinformation’ board appointed as FISA court adviser, sparking concern from Republican senators (Andrew McCabe mentioned).
The Daily Progress (The Richmond Times-Dispatch pickup; subscription may be required; audio option; Charlottesville, VA): Strong universities depend on a union contract (Coauthored by James Finklestein).
The Daily Progress (The Richmond Times-Dispatch pickup; subscription may be required; audio option; Charlottesville, VA): UVa doesn’t need a scholar-in-chief. It needs a legitimate president. (Op-ed by David Ramadan).
The Baltimore Banner (subscription may be required): Hutzell: New bridges are bringing an economic boom to Maryland. We’re not ready. (Op-ed in which a 2022 study by the Center for Regional Analysis mentioned).
The Tennessee Star: Commentary: Patience is needed to destroy Deep State (Andrew McCabe mentioned).