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Praemon is proud to release this, the first Annual Threat Report. In addition to each student contributor’s regular pieces on varying national security issues, the Annual Threat Report (ATR) is a large-scale, collaborative analysis project. The purpose of the ATR is to identify the handful of threats that we, the members of Praemon, consider to [...]

On October 25, 2012, The New York Times published an eye-opening report on an extensive, billion-dollar business empire constructed by relatives of China’s prime minister, Wen Jiabao.  Three months later, the Times revealed it had been undergoing intense cyber attacks even before the report was publicly released.  Cooperating with AT&T, the FBI, and a leading [...]

General John Abizaid, the Central Commander of the Middle East and African regions, including Iraq, from 2003 to 2007, stated in a visit to Brigham Young University last week that the United States will continue to have conflict in the Middle East as long as it remains dependent on Arab oil. However, the U.S. now [...]

Despite the continued international pressure, sanctions, sabotage, and threats of attack from Israel, Iran’s acclaimed civil nuclear program has continued to prosper in what many believe is the production of a nuclear weapon. On the 33rd anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution last Saturday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that he will reveal his country’s [...]

Once is an event, twice is a coincidence, and three times is a pattern. It’s not like we didn’t know there were clandestine operatives in the United States, but there is a difference between would-be attackers (however under-the-radar they may operate), and spies. The past week, we have been observing a resurgence of espionage activities [...]