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November 10, 2025 Elena Martynova

The Uses of OSINT in Counter-Terrorism

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) has become a key component of modern strategic and operational intelligence work. It is defined as the practice of collecting and analyzing information gathered from publicly available sources, such as newspapers...

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October 08, 2025 Josh Lipowsky

October 7: Lamenting Hamas’s Victory Two Years On

On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the worst attack on Jewish life since the Holocaust, murdering approximately 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage. Over the ensuing two years, widespread protests broke out across the Western world against Israel...