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On President Donald Trump's first day back in office, he granted clemency to all rioters, violent and non-violent, involved with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Reset discusses who was pardoned, what's next and what this action means for the future of political violence and civil society in the U.S. with Robert Pape, director of The Chicago Project on Security & Threats at the University of Chicago and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ investigative reporter on government and politics. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

If there's a thread that connects unsettling trends across domestic and international affairs today, it's the return of forms of violence that we once thought were more or less obsolete. That's true of the return of political violence in the United States. It's also true of the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Robert Pape is a political scientist at the University of Chicago and the founding director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats. He has made a career of studying these types of violence—whether carried out by American extremists, by suicide bombers, or by Russian or Israeli fighter jets. In a series of pieces in Foreign Affairs, he explains why all of these phenomena are likely to endure—including, in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, with what he calls an era of violent populism here at home. He spoke with Foreign Affairs editor Dan Kurtz-Phelan on October 30 about the resurgence of these forms of violence—and the consequences for the United States and the world. You can find transcripts and more episodes of The Foreign Affairs Interview at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-interview.

Professor Robert A. Pape from the Department of Political Science discusses how his early research interest in air power and international political violence brought him to sit with military officers and policy decision-makers on various occasions. Professor Pape also expanded his interest in national security and democracy as he continued his research and teaching path at the University of Chicago, and directs the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST). Tune in to listen to his thoughts on the upcoming presidential election.

Get Ready To Rumble John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, national security and military analyst, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, tactics, and other related topics. Considered one of the world's leading experts on urban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy. He's authored over 130 articles in our leading intellectual publications. He is the author of three books, including The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender, which was translated into 16 languages. Robert A. Pape is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, as well as on Nightline, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and National Public Radio. Before coming to Chicago in 1999, he taught international relations at Dartmouth College for five years and air power strategy for the USAF's School of Advanced Airpower Studies for three years. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1988 and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982. His current work focuses on the causes of suicide terrorism and the politics of unipolarity. He is the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. 0:00 Introduction 3:36 Coin Toss Decision 5:30 Robert Opening Pape's Argument 11:20 John Spencer's Counterargument 15:53 Pape Responds 29:53 Assessing Hamas's Strategic Goals 34:00 Critique on Planning for the Future 37:13 Rebuilding Democracy in the Middle East 41:01 Pape's Preferred Israeli Strategies for October 8th 42:46 Creating a Wedge Strategy 47:09 Insights from General McChrystal 49:42 Differing Military Strategies 50:23 Debating Military Approaches 51:38 Winning Battles vs. Winning Wars 55:58 Political Power Dynamics 59:00 Importance of Words in Strategy 1:01:27 Acknowledging Past Mistakes 1:04:53 Counterinsurgency Strategies 1:08:36 Role of Threat in Strategy 1:10:20 Separating Militant Groups 1:12:05 Achieving Strategic Objectives 1:12:09 Counterinsurgency Tactics 1:14:20 Importance of Meaningful Conversations 1:14:38 Sharp Arguments and Surviving Contact with the Enemy

Get Ready To Rumble John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, national security and military analyst, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, tactics, and other related topics. Considered one of the world's leading experts on urban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy. He's authored over 130 articles in our leading intellectual publications. He is the author of three books, including The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender, which was translated into 16 languages. Robert A. Pape is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, as well as on Nightline, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and National Public Radio. Before coming to Chicago in 1999, he taught international relations at Dartmouth College for five years and air power strategy for the USAF's School of Advanced Airpower Studies for three years. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1988 and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982. His current work focuses on the causes of suicide terrorism and the politics of unipolarity. He is the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. 0:00 Introduction 3:36 Coin Toss Decision 5:30 Robert Opening Pape's Argument 11:20 John Spencer's Counterargument 15:53 Pape Responds 29:53 Assessing Hamas's Strategic Goals 34:00 Critique on Planning for the Future 37:13 Rebuilding Democracy in the Middle East 41:01 Pape's Preferred Israeli Strategies for October 8th 42:46 Creating a Wedge Strategy 47:09 Insights from General McChrystal 49:42 Differing Military Strategies 50:23 Debating Military Approaches 51:38 Winning Battles vs. Winning Wars 55:58 Political Power Dynamics 59:00 Importance of Words in Strategy 1:01:27 Acknowledging Past Mistakes 1:04:53 Counterinsurgency Strategies 1:08:36 Role of Threat in Strategy 1:10:20 Separating Militant Groups 1:12:05 Achieving Strategic Objectives 1:12:09 Counterinsurgency Tactics 1:14:20 Importance of Meaningful Conversations 1:14:38 Sharp Arguments and Surviving Contact with the Enemy

This weekend will mark three months since Hamas attacked Israel. A painful ordeal continues for the families of more than 130 people still thought to be held hostage in Gaza. Prospects of another deal between Israel and Hamas to pause fighting are uncertain, despite a temporary truce in November which saw the release of 105 hostages. Among those released was 34-year-old Doron Katz Asher and her young daughters. Bianna spoke with Doron in Tel Aviv recently.  Also on today's show: The Atlantic contributing writer Kim Ghattas and Soufan Group Director of Research Colin Clarke; Bulwark Publisher Sarah Longwell; Robert Pape, Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott is joined by Robert A. Pape to discuss the dangerously flawed assumptions behind Israel's strategy in Gaza and with the Palestinians more broadly. Scott and Pape talk about how these same mistakes have been made numerous times in recent decades by the United States and Russia, always with the same bad results. They also touch on the difficulties the Israeli government would encounter if it attempted to take full control of the West Bank. Discussed on the show: “Israel's Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza” (Foreign Affairs) “It's All About Provoking Your Reaction” (Antiwar.com) The Perils of Dominance by Gareth Porter “I didn't suggest we kill Palestinians” (Jerusalem Post) Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats and the author of Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War. Follow him on Twitter @ProfessorPape This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Download Episode. Scott is joined by Robert A. Pape to discuss the dangerously flawed assumptions behind Israel's strategy in Gaza and with the Palestinians more broadly. Scott and Pape talk about how these same mistakes have been made numerous times in recent decades by the United States and Russia, always with the same bad results. They also touch on the difficulties the Israeli government would encounter if it attempted to take full control of the West Bank. Discussed on the show: “Israel's Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza” (Foreign Affairs) “It's All About Provoking Your Reaction” (Antiwar.com) The Perils of Dominance by Gareth Porter “I didn't suggest we kill Palestinians” (Jerusalem Post) Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats and the author of Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War. Follow him on Twitter @ProfessorPape This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY

As Israeli Defense Forces explore and document what was found in and under Al-Shifa hospital, verification is hard, and doubt is free and easy to sew. Plus, Robert Pape wonders, "What makes a terrorist ... international vs. domestic?" Pape is a professor and the Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Also on the show, American decadence versus Israeli seriousness. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anti-hate group the Anti-Defamation League and the University of Chicago's Chicago Project on Security and Threats surveyed 8,000 American adults to learn about the connections between antisemitic views, political violence and antidemocratic conspiracy theories. We talked through the results of the survey, how they connect to antisemitism we've seen since the start of the Israel-Hamas war and what the poll might tell us about the 2024 presidential election cycle in the U.S. Check out more conversations like this at wbez.org/reset.

Joan's guests today are: - Heartland Signal's Tim Hogan - Amanda Marcotte, Senior writer at Salon.com - Joe Brancatelli of travel newsletter JoeSentMe - Robert Pape, professor of Political Science and director of Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) at University of Chicago

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we get ready for the midterm elections by checking in on a few of the most important races that the KCBS news team will be tracking come election night. And then in the second half of the program, we take a step back from the horse race to discuss why it is that the threat of political violence seems to be growing this election cycle. Guests:  Doug Sovern, political reporter, KCBS Radio Robert Pape, professor of political science, University of Chicago | director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats Host: Keith Menconi

A new bulletin warns of a heightened "domestic violent extremist threat" in the final days of this midterm election cycle and following the outcome. Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats, has been tracking the potential for domestic political violence since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Then, Chelsea Manning tells her story in a new memoir, "README.txt." The book goes from her struggles with gender as a child to being charged with 22 counts related to the unauthorized possession and distribution of classified material. And, happy Halloween! In the last two years, witches spelled over into romance novels — making contemporary romance just a little bit more magical. Here & Now's Kalyani Saxena reports.

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with University of Chicago political science professor and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats Robert "Bob" Pape about his ongoing research on political violence in America and its implications as the midterms approach. His new research finds that 5% of American adults, or around 13 million people, agree that the use of force is justified to restore Donald Trump to the presidency. Pape discusses the ways in which political violence has turned mainstream and is being exasperated by political leaders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosts: Fr. Greg Sakwociz and Mark Teresi. For the next several Saturdays at St. Philip Neri School, schools kids from 7th to 12th grade can attend Project Peace: Youth Leadership for Non-Violence. Participants will: -Learn to change the culture of violence in our schools, homes, and neighborhoods -Form resilient youth against violence skills while practicing in a peaceful learning environment. -Learn techniques to handle difficult confrontations and -Develop and learn leadership skills Guests: Elfriede Wedam, Andre Rawls

What does it mean for White men to define their unfiltered experience, living in the US in the '20s? Loran and Jenny host a focus group with four White men who share their experiences of race and racism in the US today. When was the last time you heard a White man talk about what it means to be a White man without supremacy or shame? Are any stereotypes or tropes outdated? What are we getting right? What are we getting wrong? In this first episode, we meet each man as he shares with us a bit of who he is and how his ability to be in good relationship with himself and others is/n't impacted by race and racism. This conversation is part of a larger approach this season to talk about race at the intersection of gender. Please also make sure to check out https://www.thespillway.org/podcast-s1e2 (Episode Two) with Breakthrough for Men founder, Fred Jealous and https://www.thespillway.org/podcast-s1e8 (Episode 8) "Beyond White Supremacy: Healing White Men as form of Violence Prevention and Harm Reduction." ========== In the episode, Loran gives a rather long and detailed list of empirical data which speak to the irrefutable data points of White manhood as it exists in 2022: White men make up https://wholeads.us/research/system-failure-2020-primary-elections/ (58% of the US House of Representatives, 60% of State Wide officials, 63% of county officials, 67% of US senators, 72% of elected prosecutors, 76% of governors, and 91% of sheriffs. ) https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp (61.8% of the US prison population) https://www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter-database/ (51.7% of all mass shootings since 1966) White men are https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/men.htm#:~:text=About%201%20in%2013%20(7.7,men%20have%20coronary%20heart%20disease.&text=Half%20of%20the%20men%20who,disease%20had%20no%20previous%20symptoms.&text=Even%20if%20you%20have%20no,at%20risk%20for%20heart%20disease (more likely to have heart disease) than anyone else by race or gender (nearly 8 percent of all White men) Middle aged White men have the https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/ (highest suicide rates of any race or gender). Suicidality increases eye further if I White man is unmarried and even more so if the White man has a high school diploma or less. The https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/VSRR10-508.pdf (life expectancy of White men is 75.5) which is lower Asian and Hispanic men and women's life expectancies as well as Black and White women life expectancies; all of which are in the upper 70s/lower eighties. Of business owners in the US, more than any other by race and gender are https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethmacbride/2021/05/23/white-men-are-now-the-minority-of-business-owners-in-the-united-states/?sh=609b1ab21582 (White men at 41%), according to Forbes. The https://www.umass.edu/employmentequity/race-states-and-mixed-fate-white-men (Center for Employment Equity out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst ) finds that: White men's advantages are weaker, and sometimes absent, in occupations that require educational certification. Educational requirements favor women's employment. For working class jobs, White men face considerable employment competition from minority men in these same states with large minority workforces. White men have advantaged access to high paying white and blue collar jobs in most states. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/studies-show-capitol-rioters-were-majority-white-men/ (319 of the nearly 400 people arrested )at the or in connection to the insurrection at the US capitol are White men, 79.9%. The https://cpost.uchicago.edu/ (Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST)) out of the University of Chicago finds that The odds of sending an insurrectionist was six times higher in counties where % non Hispanic whites declined. Among Americans, believing that blacks and Hispanics are overtaking Whites increases odds of being in the...

0:00 - Dan & Amy react to yesterday's Lightfoot/CPS press conference  11:43 - Dan & Amy take callers reaction to the CPS/CTU fight 28:44 - Dan & Amy want Aaron Rogers on their team  48:14 - CPS teacher, Joseph Ocol, shares why he believes teachers need to be in the classroom. Watch Joseph on Tucker Carlson last night  01:07:08 - Senior Contributor for American Greatness, Julie Kelly, looks at the Lingering Questions About January 6. Check out Julie's book  Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right Tried―And Failed―To Take Down the President  01:26:29 - Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H., professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, warns of  The Dangerous Push to Give Boosters to Teens. Check out Dr. Makary's award winning book The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care and How To Fix It  01:42:42 - Guy Sheperd, publisher of Planned Man, makes a call to  Stand up in defense of dissent! Check out Guy's work - plannedman.com 01:56:06 - Robert A. Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs and Director of Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST), explains The New Political Reality, as he sees it    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social media giants, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and others have been at the center of many controversies lately. These include the recent social media outages which shocked the world on October 5th, 2021, raising many questions about how and why they happened, and their broad implications, as well as the recent congressional hearings around the dangers posed by many of these social media platforms, especially for children and teens. Dr. Sahar Khamis discussed this important topic with her guests Mr. Mike Sexton and Ms. Eliza Campbell Mr. Mike Sexton is a DC-based cyber policy and Middle East expert. Mike previously served as Fellow and Cyber Program Director at the Middle East Institute (MEI); Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Qatar-America Institute; Senior Analyst at the Chertoff Group; and Data Manager at the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Mike has published articles and reports on cyber attacks, cryptography, and their implications for national security, human security, and international norms. He also serves as Managing Editor for Charged Affairs, the official journal of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. Ms. Eliza Campbell is the Director of the Middle East Institute (MEI) Cyber Program. She was previously a researcher in technology and human rights at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, and she was a 2017-2018 Fulbright researcher in Bulgaria. She has worked in the humanitarian field in Jordan. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science and Arabic and a Masters degree in Arab Studies from Georgetown University. She co-edited with Mike Sexton the MEI-published book, Cyber War & Cyber Peace in the Middle East (October 2020). The episode was broadcast: 29/10/2021 US Arab Radio can be heard on wnzk 690 AM, WDMV 700 AM, and WPAT 930 AM. Please visit: www.facebook.com/USArabRadio/ Web site : arabradio.us/ Online Radio: www.radio.net/s/usarabradio Twitter : twitter.com/USArabRadio Instagram : www.instagram.com/usarabradio/ Youtube : US Arab Radio Show less

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Robert Pape, professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, about the insurrectionist movement in the United States. Pape reviews the results of recent studies and polls carried out in the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol and reveals troubling findings about the breadth and depth of anti-government sentiment in the United States. He also describes why more studies are needed to prevent additional violence from targeting the 2022 midterm elections.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Chicago Project on Security & Threats, an international security affairs research institute based at the University of Chicago has found that 47 million Americans believe Joe Biden to be an illegitimate president. Professor Robert Pape, head of the project, details an even more startling statistic; 21 million of those people believe that violence is the answer to reinstalling Donald Trump as President.

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. "For most people, January 6th happened for a few hours … But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended." Those are the words of Capitol police officer Aquilino Gonell, as he testified this morning during the first hearing of the January 6th Insurrection Committee. Gonell and three other officers each gave opening statements and answered questions from committee members – recounting the physical and verbal assaults from rioters that day. Today, experts help us unpack today's hearing and our understanding of what happened on January 6th. Guests: Dr. Robert Pape Founding Director of Chicago Project on Security and Threats Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago Analyzed the demographics of the 377 individuals arrested for the attack in a published study called “UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN DOMESTIC TERRORISM” Dr. Jeremi Suri Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs Professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by opening phone lines, talking with listeners about the House’s passage of a bill that would establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Andrea Cabral discusses former Boston Police Commissioner William Gross’ claims that former Mayor Marty Walsh knew about the domestic violence allegations against Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White. Cabral is the former Suffolk County sheriff and Massachusetts secretary of public safety. She’s currently the CEO of the cannabis company Ascend. Gov. Charlie Baker updates us on current vaccination rates and equity in Massachusetts, and weighs in on calls for an independent investigation into the death of Hopkinton teen Mikayla Miller. Corby Kummer shares his thoughts on Swedish oat milk company Oatly’s public market debut, and Costco, Walmart, and Trader Joe’s decision to drop their in-store mask mandates. Kummer is the executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Prof. Robert Pape discusses his research into the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, explaining how the Capitol rioters differed from most extremist groups in the U.S. due to their middle- and upper-middle class status. He also talks about how replacement theory factored into the rioters’ beliefs. Prof. Pape is the director of the University of Chicago’s Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST), and a political science professor at the University of Chicago. Rose Levine and Alma Barak talk about their 2020 Washington Post op-eds on the return to in-person learning, and share whether they still held the same opinions a year later. Levine is a 5th grade teacher for the Cambridge Public School District. Barak is an 8th grade student in the Cambridge Public School District. We wrap up the show by asking listeners whether they want to make pandemic-era cocktails to-go permanent.

U.S. Intelligence officials released their “Global Trends” report and its pretty bleak. As the Washington Post headline reads: “Intelligence forecast sees a post-coronavirus world upended by climate change and splintering societies.” Biden’s infrastructure bill is pretty awesome.  A new study by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, found that most of the January insurrectionists came from counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic White population. That is, most didn’t come from deep read counties; they came from places like Bucks County, PA that is experiencing a significant shift in demographics. The study also found that those involved in the insurrection are older and more professional than right-wing groups studies in the past; they were all, however, 95% white and 85% male. The lead researcher, political scientist Robert Pape, suggests that 90% of the insurrectionists are still in the process of congealing into a mass movement that is willing to put “violence at its core.” The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, helped pave the way for Democrats to use budget reconciliation again this fiscal year to pass Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan. She stated that the Section 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 allows for the Senate to use reconciliation more than once a fiscal year, because it says "the two Houses may adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which revises or reaffirms the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently agreed to."  Just to balance the equation apparently, Joe Manchin flip-flops, saying that there is no way he would vote to get rid of or weaken the filibuster.  Biden’s new Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, calls for a single minimum global corporate tax.  Biden announced on Thursday moves to end gun-maker liability protections as part of a series of executive actions in response to gun violence.  Things just get worse and worse for Trump-loving, and all-around creepy, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.  The New York Times reported that Gaetz went pardon shopping in the final weeks of Trump’s term.  Apparently he asked Trump for an unconditional pardon for any crimes he may or may not have committed. One out of every three UK teachers plans to quit in the next 5 years because of rapidly increasing workload and growing disrespect for teachers. That’s according to the results of a survey that the National Education Union asked of 10,000 members.  Congratulations to Kadida Kenner from the Pennsylvania Budget Policy Center & We The People for accepting her new role as Executive Director at The New Pennsylvania Project.  Kadida will be fighting to protect voting rights right here in Pennsylvania as Republicans continue to push Trump’s Big Lie in 2020 and ramp up their nationwide attacks on voting rights. Speaking of the attacks on voting rights by Pennsylvania Republicans, Republicans Daryl Metcalfe, Seth Grove, Cris Dush and dozens of other conservative republicans were spotted having dinner with Chris Kobach Tuesday evening.  Kobach was the Secretary of State in Kansas and helped weaponize Trump’s unfounded election fraud claims in 2016. If that’s not bad enough, Seth Grove is wrapping up his show hearings on the 2020 elections and has started inviting Koch aligned front groups to push their anti-voter agenda at the latest House State Government Committee hearings.  Grove had members from the Foundation for Government Accountability and the Heritage Foundation’s Honest Elections Project speak at his most recent hearings. In their 2021 Gerrymandering Threat Index, Represent.us has moved Pennsylvania into the moderate risk category as PA Republicans gear up their voting repression machine.  Get ready Pennsylvania, because the push to restrict rights at the ballot box is coming our way. Rep. Scott Perry struggles with using Venn diagrams. Did you know that if you offer people a discount to shop at your store you just might be part of the plan of microchipped lizard-men to eat your liberties? It could happen. Well, and it kind of did happen to Donna Gouldery, a owner of Allora Gifts & Home Decor in Doylestown, PA. The crazy story is highlighted in Cyril Mychalejko’s latest column, “Hysterical social media mob targets Doylestown business woman.” We’ll get into it.  COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in PA and NJ even as vaccines roll out.  The University of Pittsburgh is has ordered students to shelter in place as coronavirus cases spike again.  70% of PASSHE faculty oppose mergers.  NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter survived its first several days detached from the Perseverance rover. Yesterday, the little helicopter unlocked its rotors and will go through a series of tests before attempting the first-ever powered flight on the Red Planet sometime after Sunday, April 11. .  It’s official, I am signed up for the 2021 Mars Society Virtual Convention. Yes, Raging Chicken will be attending this year’s Mars Society Convention from October 14-17. brings together prominent scientists, policymakers, entrepreneurs and space advocates to discuss the significance of the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political-economic-social developments that could affect plans for the human exploration and settlement of Mars. The Mars Society was founded in 1998 by Robert Zubrin, who Motherboard writer Abraham Riesman calls, the “Right-Wing Mars Guru.” Down the rabbit hole I go. 

This week, Bill and Phil are joined by Dr. Brandon Sheridan who is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Elon University to discuss President Biden's ambitious economic agenda and whether it signals a fundamental rethinking of the role of government in the economy. Then we talk about the impact of politics on professional sports. and new data on the Jan. 6 attacks released by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell interviews Robert "Bob" Pape, a political science professor at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. He is also the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats where he leads a team producing fascinating new research on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, amongst other things. Pape puts into context how truly historic the storming of the Capitol was and warns of the movement further congealing.

This episode, we’ll ask how we can better understand those hundreds of Americans who stormed the Capitol. We’ll also look into how now may really be the time to truly expand the way we think about certain key things like what “national security” means when an insurrection can be stoked so openly, as it was in the days leading up to January 6. Our guests are Robert Pape of the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (at the 2:45 mark); Divya Ramjee of the Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology and Elsa Kania of the Center for a New American Security (at 12:20); and Peter W. Singer from the New America think tank (at 22:15). A transcript for this episode will be available soon here.

Reset talks to the head of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats that recently examined the effectiveness of the deployment of federal agents to Portland. We also speak with a national writer who covers the impacts of police militarization.

When a global crisis with the magnitude of the Coronavirus Pandemic takes place, it inevitably has both positive and negative consequences on various aspects of life, such as education, journalism, heath, and science. Dr. Sahar Khamis discussed this important topic with her guests Mike Sexton and Mohammed Soliman from the Cyber Program at the Middle East Institute . Mike Sexton is a Fellow and Director of the Cyber Program at the Middle East Institute. His work focuses on the intersection of cyber technology, international security, and governance in the Middle East. Mike previously served as Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Qatar-America Institute, as Senior Analyst at the Chertoff Group, and as Data Manager at the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Mike has published articles and reports on cyber attacks, cryptography, and their implications for national security, human security, and international norms. He also serves as a Managing Editor for Charged Affairs, the official journal of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. He is CompTIA Security+ certified. Mohammed Soliman is a Non-Resident Scholar with the Middle East Institute. His work focuses on the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Mohammed graduated from Georgetown University with a Masters of Science in Foreign Service. He started his career as an engineer in Cairo, a strategist with political parties and presidential campaigns, and a columnist for Arab and English publications. The episode was broadcast: 19/6/2020 US Arab Radio can be heard on wnzk 690 AM, WDMV 700 AM, and WPAT 930 AM. Please visit: www.facebook.com/USArabRadio/ Web site : arabradio.us/ Online Radio: www.radio.net/s/usarabradio Twitter : twitter.com/USArabRadio Instagram : www.instagram.com/usarabradio/ Youtube : US Arab Radio

Foreign policy experts are at odds over whether the pandemic will lead to global peace or to a new Cold War between the US and China. Paul Poast looks at both ends of the continuum and brings Hong Kong into the mix. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. You can follow him o Twitter at @ProfPaulPoast

Why China paying Corona costs raises questions about suing the President, and neither is likely. More important is whether to weaponize or stabilize the economy. And, why talk of winding back the clock on globalization is a fundamental issue in understanding the global economy. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. You can follow him o Twitter at @ProfPaulPoast

Professor Paul Poast discusses the Federal and state disconnect within the US and the surprising connections being made overseas. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. You can follow him o Twitter at @ProfPaulPoast

Professor Paul Poast talks about the ways in which COVID-19 is shaping the narrative around the international distribution of power. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. You can follow him o Twitter at @ProfPaulPoast

Professor Paul Poast Podcast discusses international cooperation in times of war and in times of pandemics, as well as the widening gap between national and local government. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. You can follow him o Twitter at @ProfPaulPoast

Welcome to the Paul Poast Podcast in which he discusses a variety of national security topics. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. In this second episode, Paul discusses with Peter Wolf, a CPOST researcher, the long-term implications of the COVID-19 virus and how it could change global power relations. You can follow him on @ProfPaulPoast.

Welcome to the Paul Poast Podcast in which he discusses a variety of national security topics. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) and the author of three books, The Economics of War, Organizing Democracy, and Arguing About Alliances. In this first brief first episode was recorded as governments around the world began to respond to the COVID-19 virus. You can follow him on @ProfPaulPoast.

In an inspiring and hilarious episode of the Cornerstore, Kevin speaks with Chelsey Carter about building her roots as a designer in Chicago, her participation in the current season of competitive fashion show Project Runway on the Bravo network, and more.   Stay connected with The Cornerstore on Twitter, Instagram,and Soundcloud!

Do economic sanctions work? Are big democracies any good at spreading democracy? What is the root cause of terrorism? It turns out that data analysis can help answer all these questions — and make better foreign-policy decisions. Guests include former Department of Defense officials Chuck Hagel and Michèle Flournoy and Chicago Project on Security and Threats researchers Robert Pape and Paul Poast. Recorded live in Chicago; Steve Levitt is co-host.

Monday, October 7, marks 18 years since the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom. Since 2001, more than 2,400 US military personnel have died in Afghanistan, yet the Taliban and other insurgents continue to launch attacks, hold terrain, and decimate the US-backed Afghan security forces. Robert A. Pape, professor of political science and the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats at the University of Chicago, joins Deep Dish to discuss another way forward for America’s longest war.

America is at war across the world, but it’s also at war at home. For decades, violent crime has been at record lows across the country—but that’s slowly changing as cities such as Baltimore, Chicago, and St. Louis see terrifying amounts of murders and gang violence. To make things worse, the way cops do their job in some of these cities looks more like counterinsurgency than it does community policing.Here to help us unpack what’s going on is Patrick Burke, Burke is a freelance journalist who covered the war at home for War Is Boring, Al Jazeera and the Huffington Post He’s also a former researcher at the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism.You can listen to War College on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. Our website is warcollegepodcast.com. You can reach us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/warcollegepodcast/; and on Twitter: @War_College. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Chicago University professor and Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism Robert Pape, who explains how ISIS and other militant groups adopt Western narratives to effectively recruit in the United States. Pape reviews what inspires people about ISIS propaganda and how the group's recruits differ from those of Al Qaeda. He also tells Morell how he works with the FBI and U.S. prison system to better understand the psychologies of those who have become radicalized.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is denying an allegation of sexual misconduct. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford alleges that Kavanaugh held her down, groped her and covered her mouth when she tried to scream when they were in high school in 1982. She also claims that she was in fear for her life. What does this mean for the nomination going forward? We'll deal with the politics, optics, and process of it all. Opening statements begin today in the case of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke who fatally shot unarmed black teen Laquan MacDonald in 2014. In a city where police officers have been involved in dozens of controversial shootings without facing charges, the case against Van Dyke has taken on added significance. Relations between the police and residents, especially black residents, have long been troubled, and some people see the trial as a rare test of whether an officer can ever be held accountable for taking a life.In an attempt to first punish and then pressure the Palestinians to accept the so-called peace plan, the US delivers $3.3 billion dollars in military aid to Israel while cutting all funding for Palestinian humanitarian relief through UNRWA. Also, the US and India signed a breakthrough security agreement on Sept 6th, cementing relations between the pair and unlocking sales of high-tech American weaponry worth billions of dollars to the world's top arms importer. Back in March, Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman came to the White House and President Trump was all praise for the prince and mentioned that the kingdom purchased planes, missiles, and frigates from U.S. companies worth $12.5 billion. What do all of these arms sales really translate into in the context of foreign policy? GUESTS: Barbara Arnwine — President and founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, internationally renowned for contributions on critical justice issues including the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the 2006 reauthorization of provisions of the Voting Rights Act.Michael Meltsner — Former Dean of Northeastern University School of Law, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, and author of With Passion: An Activist Lawyer's Life.Dr. Ameena Matthews — Senior Violence Interrupter whose job is to mediate conflict on the front end to stop the transmission of violence from one person to another. She has worked for six years with the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention's Ceasefire Program in the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health.

On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Ray Baker, political analyst and host of the podcast Public Agenda, to remember the life, legacy and politics of the late Senator John McCain.Arizona Senator John McCain is dead at the age of 81. The late senator will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix and later in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC. McCain died Saturday at age 81 following a battle with aggressive brain cancer. If you've turned on your TV since his passing, it's on every news channel: John McCain the Maverick, John McCain the War Hero, John McCain international spokesmen for democracy. Well, that's not quite the Senator McCain that I followed. As I have listened to the news since Sunday, this really appears to be what I call the protectors of the narrative (corporate media) going into high gear to manage the image of John McCain, thereby validating the atrocities he backed and championed.At least 28 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, two of them fatally. The most violent period was Friday night, when two were killed and eight others wounded between 5 p.m. and midnight. Shootings on Saturday wounded five people; nine were wounded Sunday; and four were wounded early Monday before 5 a.m. One shooting Friday left a woman dead in the back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. There are those who talk about the poor relationship between the community and the police and place the blame on the community. The Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability has outlined an ordinance that would give a civilian oversight board a lot of power over the police department. A seven-member civilian board would oversee Chicago's police department. They would have the authority to fire the police superintendent and set department policy, which would be a dramatic change for the city. What is going on in our community?Whitney Webb from MintPress News has a very disturbing story on the site - "US Sanctions Against Venezuela Force Abby Martin's 'Empire Files' to Shut Down." The US government is not only seeking to punish the Venezuelan government with its increasingly draconian sanctions but is seeking as well to cripple the TeleSur media network, despite the fact that it is funded by several other countries. What's actually going on here? What does this say about the power of independent journalism, and what does it say about a free press and censorship in America? GUESTS:Ray Baker - Political analyst and host of the podcast Public Agenda.Dr. Ameena Matthews - Senior Violence Interrupter whose job is to mediate conflict on the front end to stop the transmission of violence from one person to another. She has worked for six years with the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention's Ceasefire Program in the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health. Abby Martin - Journalist and host of The Empire Files, a weekly investigative news program on TeleSur.

– Elon Musk purchased $25M more of TSLA stock – The Boring Company wins a bid to build an underground transit system in Chicago, Elon Musk speaks at press conference (Link) Links: Email > tesladailypodcast@gmail.com Twitter > @teslapodcast Patreon > patreon.com/tesladailypodcast Executive producer Jerome Jorden Executive producer Rob Gill Music by Evan Schaeffer Disclosure: Rob Maurer is long TSLA stock The post The Boring Company Wins Chicago Project, Elon Musk Buys More TSLA Stock (06.15.18) appeared first on TechCast Daily.

I will be interviewing my cousin/friend's mom/my aunt, Barbra Yaber, about life in the 1980's.

Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Over the last couple of months, we've interviewed three leading foreign policy experts about what has transpired in U.S. foreign policy since that fateful day, what lessons were learned (or not learned), current issues in U.S. foreign policy, and the outlook for contemporary foreign affairs. In this episode, we are joined by: Robert Pape, Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats Lawrence Wilkerson, Professor at William & Mary and former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell Ron Paul, Chairman of the Ron Paul Institute and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives  

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, an expert in international security affairs and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), interviews Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, about the future of American foreign policy. Kagan, a foreign policy advisor to Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, asks the question, “Is the US indispensable?” The full conversation can be viewed here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/id548443210 or http://youtu.be/jxmbQc2yBvo

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, an expert in international security affairs and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), interviews Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, about the future of American foreign policy. Kagan, a foreign policy advisor to Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, asks the question, “Is the US indispensable?” The full conversation can be viewed here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/id548443210 or http://youtu.be/jxmbQc2yBvo

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, an expert in international security affairs and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), interviews Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, about the future of American foreign policy. Kagan, a foreign policy advisor to Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, asks the question, “Is the US indispensable?” The full conversation can be viewed here:

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, an expert in international security affairs and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), interviews Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, about the future of American foreign policy. Kagan, a foreign policy advisor to Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, asks the question, “Is the US indispensable?”

In this talk, Robert Pape presents findings from the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism demonstrating that, contrary to popular belief, religion alone motivates only a tiny minority of suicide attacks. Instead, the root cause is foreign military occupation, which triggers secular and religious people to carry out suicide attacks. From The World Beyond the Headlines series.

A talk by Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. In their book "Cutting the Fuse", Robert A. Pape, James K. Feldman and the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism examine every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009, nearly 2200 attacks in all. In this talk, Robert Pape presents their finding that contrary to popular and dangerously mistaken belief, religion alone motivates only a tiny minority of these attacks. Instead, the root cause is foreign military occupation, which triggers secular and religious people to carry out suicide attacks.

In this talk, Robert Pape presents findings from the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism demonstrating that, contrary to popular belief, religion alone motivates only a tiny minority of suicide attacks. Instead, the root cause is foreign military occupation, which triggers secular and religious people to carry out suicide attacks. From The World Beyond the Headlines series.