by Isabella Alvarenga | Feb 15, 2017 | Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Wyden sat in a wood-paneled hearing room of the Hart Senate building as he grilled Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. It was March 12 2013, just months before Edward Snowden revealed the government’s mass surveillance of...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail about Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin has understandably created speculation about what U.S.-Russia relations will look like under President-elect Trump. As tensions with Russia increased...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Departing U.S. Brazilian Ambassador Liliana Ayalde called on President-elect Donald Trump and his administration to increase trade, investment and economic ties between the two countries. At her last public event as ambassador, Ayalde assured an...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 21, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Prohibition has failed as a remedy for the worldwide drug problem, and decriminalization with regulation remains as the best solution, according to a group of activists and former international leaders. The Global Commission on Drug Policy released...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 16, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — The next president must make education worldwide a priority in order to improve conditions in unstable regions of the world, according to global education experts. Rebecca Winthrop, director of Center for Universal Education at the Brookings...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – With ransomware attacks on the rise, small and medium businesses are the most vulnerable, according to a Capitol Hill internet panel. The Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus, a private sector group that gives recommendations and...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 7, 2016 | Featured
WASHINGTON – For many Millennials, gun violence is one of the top issues affecting their generation, but they are divided on how to solve it, especially on college campuses. “This is something that is really the defining issue for our generation,” said Maggie...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 1, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Although both presidential candidates have been tough on China over trade, U.S.-China relations have not been damaged by the campaign rhetoric yet, China experts say, but that could change after Nov. 8 because Donald Trump represents a break with current...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 1, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON —As Kenya continues its fight against Al-Shabaab, the Kenyan government and media need to better understand the role of female extremists to create a more effective counterterrorism strategy, experts say. Dr. Fredrick Ogenga, a visiting scholar at the...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 26, 2016 | Business, Featured, Living, Technology
WASHINGTON — Smartphones and mobile apps can help end poverty, but only if traditional social programs carefully integrate technology into safety net services, according to technology experts. The problem, it seems, is that existing social programs, designed to...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Tuesday described cybersecurity threats as a “darkening sky” but “not as dark as some suggest.” Hayden, who was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 and director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005, said one of...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The next president must build on the increased cooperation between the U.S. and India during the Obama administration to ensure the U.S. retains international support for its efforts in Afghanistan and other conflicts, a top National Security...
