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April 3, 2024 // Issue 13

Less Than One Week Away! Reserve your spot today.

Some of the world's leading experts on Iran will gather at USF on April 10. Is Iran's global role as big as they believe? How are U.S. relations with Iran? How badly have women's rights deteriorated in Iran? Find out next week at the Patel Center at USF.

Attendance is free but space is limited.


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GNSI Decision Brief: A Covert Competition and a Competition Over Covert Action


The U.S. is entering an era of global competition that is drawing comparisons to the Cold War. Similarly, the U.S. is again facing key problems in one of the most secret and sensitive areas of national security: cover action. Written by Dr. Jeff Rogg, JD, PhD


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Current Spotlight (Vol 17, No 1)

Engagement with Radical Propaganda Drives Cognitive Radicalization: An Analysis of a Right-Wing Ecosystem A quantitative analysis of the ecological nature and user engagement of online far-right communities and how the promotion of outgroup intolerance leads to cognitive radicalization.

Written by: Julius B. Calvert


From the JSS Archives (Vol 13, No 4) Zombie Experts and Anarchy Imaginaries: Fantasies of ‘Crises to Be’ in Climate Change Futures Media narratives of anarchy following catastrophes are used as justification for social control, but do not reflect the lived-in experiences of collective action following disasters. Written by: Natalie D. Baker

GNSI Speaker Series: Episode 10. Andrew Whiskeyman, PhD and USAF Lt General (Ret) John Shanahan Discuss AI in National Security

Two engineering and AI experts from USF, Drs. John Licato and Norma Alcantar spent time with a visiting professor from the University of Paris-Saclay, Dr. Nicholas Sabouret, have a spirited conversation about that state of AI in their respective universities and countries.


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Are the Houthis, Iranians and other actors strangling a vital maritime route in the Middle East?


In the latest episode of What's Really Happening? GNSI Executive Director, General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, dives full force into the situation engulfing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal and the extreme national security risk of having that sea route choked off by the region's militant groups.


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“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes, then learn how to do it later.”

– Richard Branson

Other stories of interest:

  • Upcoming calendar of GNSI Events. Read More.
  • GNSI Executive Director General (Ret) Frank McKenzie appeared on ABC Sunday morning news show, "ABC This Week," explaining the threat from ISIS-K is increasing, not decreasing since the group's attack in Moscow. Watch here.
  • We're excited to announce the addition of 14 new members to the GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellows ranks. See all the new members here.
  • Be sure to tune into the GNSI podcasts: At the Boundary and What's Really Happening? New episodes drop every week!



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