Prof. James Giordano, PhD, is Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. In a recent interview with Science News, he comments on a paper on neuroweapons that he recently published with Rachel Wurzman in the Potomac Institute's peer-reviewed journal, Synesis. Neuroweapons are considered by many to be the next frontier in national security, intelligence and defense, and could run the gamut from pharmaceuticals, to brain-machine interfaces, to implantable chips and more. "A number of these different approaches are heating up in the crucible of possibility, so that’s really increased some of the momentum and the potential of what this stuff can do,” Prof. Giordano tells Science News.  Click here to read the article in full.

Senior Research Fellow Jamie Barnett is currently serving under an IPA agreement as Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, for the Federal Communications Commission.  On December 13, he testified before the House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Response on the subject of emergency alerts to the public.  A video of the hearing is archived on the committee's website: click here to access the site.

Col. Gary Anderson, USMC (Ret.) is a Fellow of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Writing for The Washington Times, he reviews a new novel that provides a fictionalized account of the raid that killed Usama bin Laden. Anderson writes, "The book is a good and informative read; however, in some ways, I wish it hadn’t been written." Click here to read the review in full.

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith, (Ret.), is a former US arms negotiator and a defense, foreign affairs, and international security expert who currently serves as Director of the Georgian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi, Georgia.  He writes and lectures frequently on cybersecurity and the role of electronic media in international security and foreign relations.  In comments to Reuters, he reacted to the Pentagon's evolving strategy for deterrence in cyberspace. "You deter by keeping a level of uncertainty," he says. Click here to read the article in full.