With the recent announcement that Greece plans to outlaw all cash transactions over 1,500 euros by 2011 this editorial examines the potential effects of this policy, why a country would do this, and what are the further-reaching implications of such a significant change to a nation's financial system.

By analyzing how the linguistic roots of the term "al-Qaeda" are used in the Quran, Ayman Wasfy, who among his other accomplishments is an expert Arabic linguist, has determined a fundamentally easy way to defeat Al-Qaeda around the globe. And that is, tell people what the term really means.

The U.S. State Department updated its Worldwide Caution information on July 29 to alert American citizens about the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence aimed at them and American interests throughout the world. This replaces the Worldwide Caution dated February 2, 2009 to provide updated information on security threats and terrorist activities worldwide.

In this article, Don L. Rondeau, President, CEO and Board Member of Total Security Services International, Inc. (TSSI) presents a look at how America's shifting foreign policy from a war environment to a post-war/humanitarian effort will require a complementary shift in how the security industry, the government, and non-governmental aid organizations address the safety and security of relief workers and diplomats in the world's conflict zones.

In this piece, Rear Admiral Hamlin Tallent, USN (Ret.), writes about the opportunities and challenges presented by the Department of Defense's new African Command (AFRICOM). Tallent explores how enhancing the capability to gather, analyze and share information and intelligence at the local, nation-state and regional levels can help AFRICOM enable sovereignty and therefore security for the continent and its many nations.

In this article Carl Hospedales writes about the recent disruption of a homegrown terror cell in Germany, and how environments can exist anywhere in the world to breed and nurture the type of lost and disenfranchised outcasts that Islamic terrorists want to enlist and convert to their alternative militant interpretation of the Islamic religion.

Here's an article from Larry Dietz the Managing Director, Information Security & Legal Support Services for TAL Global. The piece provides practical insight and guidance on how to best prepare your company and personnel for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Carl Hospedales writes about the need to reform the current terrorism lexicon, that some media catch-phrases may in fact hurt the War on Terror, and suggests terms the media should be using instead that are more appropriate, not only in communicating with the Islamic community, but with the rest of the world as well.

This address to The Arlington Institute by Dr. David Martin, CEO of M·CAM Inc., is subtitled, "Basel II, the Mortgage House of Cards, and the Coming Economic Crisis."

To download an audio recording of this address please visit The Arlington Institute.

This white paper written by Kevin Gors is a security overview for attending fans and business operations at the 2006 World Cup taking place in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006.