HSDL Critical Releases in Homeland Security [July 2017]

Every two weeks, the Homeland Security Digital Library identifies a targeted collection of recently-released documents of particular interest or potential importance. [Login to the HSDL is necessary to open some documents.*]

·         Bad Bots: The Weaponization of Social Media College of William and Mary; Project on International Peace and Security ·         Big Data: A Twenty-First Century Arms Race Atlantic Council of the United States. Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security; Thomson Reuters ·         Fentanyl: A Briefing Guide for First Responders United States. Drug Enforcement Administration ·         How Do Education and Unemployment Affect Support for Violent Extremism?: Evidence From Eight Arab Countries Brookings Institution. Global Economy and Development ·         How al-Qaeda Survived Drones, Uprisings, and the Islamic State: The Nature of the Current Threat Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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