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In Big Shift, Trump Assesses Kim Jong Un as ‘Very Honorable’ | by : Jonathan Lemire and Matthew Pennington - ap | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:04pm
Senate Postpones Ronny Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing, Asks Trump For More Information | by : Nikki Wentling - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:45pm
Trump Hints That Ronny Jackson Might Withdraw VA Nomination Amid Criticism | by : Nicholas Fandos and Micheal D. Shear - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:34pm
Trump Says Veterans-Post Nominee Will Decide If He Still Wants Job | by : Louise Radnofsky and Peter Nicholas - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:29pm
Trump Threatens 'Big Problems' For Iran | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:13pm
Trump Blasts Iran Deal as 'Insane' and 'Ridiculous' as Macron Looks On | by : Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond - CNN | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:07pm
Toronto Van Attack: Suspect Quizzed After 10 Pedestrians Killed | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:51am
Toronto Van Driver Accused of Killing 10 to Appear in Court | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:43am
Ronny Jackson, Trump’s VA Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment | by : Nicholas Fandos - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:30am
After Trump Intervenes, Senate Panel Narrowly Endorses Pompeo | by : Karoun Demirjian - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:07am
US Senate Panel Narrowly Backs Pompeo | by : Michael Bowman - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:44am
Suspect Named After Van Ploughs Into Pedestrians in Toronto Leaving Ten Dead and 15 Injured | by : Rozina Sabur, Ben Riley-Smith, Christopher Guly and Rob Crilly - The Telegraph | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:18pm
US Won’t Ease Sanctions Without Action by North Korea on Nukes | by : Matthew Pennington - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:54pm
Toronto Van: Ten Dead and 15 Injured as Pedestrians Hit | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:38pm
Toronto Police Say 9 Dead, 16 Injured After Van Struck Pedestrians in Toronto; Driver in Custody | by : Alan Freeman - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:28pm
Toronto Van Plows Along Sidewalk, Killing 9 in ‘Pure Carnage’ | by : Ian Austin and Liam Stack - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:12pm
ISIS, al-Qaida ‘Regrouping’ in Libya, What’s US Strategy? Congress Asks | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:59pm
Deported to Libya, Ex-Gitmo Detainees Vanish. Will Others Meet a Similar Fate? | by : Charlie Savage, Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:57pm
Salah Abdeslam, Lone Survivor Accused of Paris and Brussels Attacks, Convicted on Related Shootout Charges | by : Michael Birnbaum and Quentin Ariès - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:39pm
G-7: Russia, Iran at Forefront of Concerns as Diplomats From Leading Democracies Meet | by : Carol Morello - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 1:36am

World Flash Points / Contentious Issues / National Elections

RAND Report: Low-Cost Options for Airborne Delivery of Contraband into North Korea | by : Richard Mason - RAND Corporation | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:07pm
In Big Shift, Trump Assesses Kim Jong Un as ‘Very Honorable’ | by : Jonathan Lemire and Matthew Pennington - ap | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:04pm
ISIS Attack on Afghan Voting Center Aims to Sow Ethnic Division | by : Scott Worden - USIP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:48pm
Israel Scraps Plan to Forcibly Deport African Migrants | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:31pm
Trump Threatens 'Big Problems' For Iran | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:13pm
Trump Blasts Iran Deal as 'Insane' and 'Ridiculous' as Macron Looks On | by : Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond - CNN | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:07pm
Israel Warns of Attack if Russia Air Defences Used in Syria | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:38pm
Spain Eyes HQ of EU Piracy Mission Amid Brexit Planning | by : Lorne Cook - AP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:35pm
Bosnian Serbs Roll Out Red Carpet for Russian Delegation | by : Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:33pm
Israel Abandons Plan to Forcibly Deport African Migrants | by : Ari Rabinovitch - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:29pm
Armenia's Political Transition Unclear After PM's Ouster | by : Yuras Karmanau - AP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:06pm
Trump: North Korea's Kim "Very Open" and "Very Honorable" | by : Steve Herman - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:59pm
Trump Warns Iran Against Restarting Nuclear Program | by : Jeff Mason and Marine Pennetier - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:46pm
Iran Warns Trump it Might Withdraw From Non-Proliferation Treaty | by : Bozorgmehr Sharafedin - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:43pm
Fear and Hope in South Korea on Eve of Summit With Kim Jong-un | by : Choe Sang-Hun - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:40pm
China’s First Domestically Built Carrier Set to Begin Sea Trials | by : Bonnie S. Glaser and Matthew P. Funaiole - CSIS | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:16pm
Trump Vows 'Bigger Problems' For Iran If It Restarts Nuclear Program | by : RFE/RL | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:58am
The Shadow War Between Israel and Iran Takes Center Stage | by : Ishaan Tharoor - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:29am
Fortified Border Village of Panmunjom Prepares for Korean Summit | by : Jennie Oh - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:18am
Trump and France’s Macron Disagree on the Iran Deal. Here’s Why Europe Wants to Keep It. | by : Rick Noack and Erin Cunningham - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:05am

Analysis / Assessments / Forecasts / Reports

RAND Report: Low-Cost Options for Airborne Delivery of Contraband into North Korea | by : Richard Mason - RAND Corporation | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:07pm
Why Are Militants Using Drones? UAV Weapons Have Spread Far Beyond Nation States | by : David Brennan - Newsweek | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:31pm
ISIS Attack on Afghan Voting Center Aims to Sow Ethnic Division | by : Scott Worden - USIP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:48pm
The Shadow War Between Israel and Iran Takes Center Stage | by : Ishaan Tharoor - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:29am
Trump and France’s Macron Disagree on the Iran Deal. Here’s Why Europe Wants to Keep It. | by : Rick Noack and Erin Cunningham - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:05am
Disrupting Psychological Processes That Support Terrorist Acts | by : Noel Palmer - USAWC War Room | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:22am
Four Takeaways From Mexico’s Presidential Debate | by : Deborah Bonello - InSight Crime | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:13pm
North Korea and China: The Endgame Behind the Headlines | by : Fred Strasser - USIP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:42pm
Deported to Libya, Ex-Gitmo Detainees Vanish. Will Others Meet a Similar Fate? | by : Charlie Savage, Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:57pm
G-7: The Personal is Political for Canada’s Foreign Minister | by : Carol Morello - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:30pm
Pompeo’s Senate Confirmation Will Be Historic | by : Amber Phillips - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:11pm
The Agonizing Question at the Heart of North Korean Diplomacy | by : Gerald F. Seib - WSJ | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:02pm
DPRK Cyber Capabilities | by : Annie Kowalewski - Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:50pm
Countering China’s Militarization of the Indo-Pacific | by : Michael J. Green and Andrew Shearer - War on the Rocks | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:24am
Women, Peace, and Security Conference - Navigating Human Terrain with GPS (Gender, Peace, and Security) in Western Africa | by : Arnel P. David and Hilary Matfess - Real Clear Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:04am
The Cipher Brief Threat Conference Report: How to Run a Cyber War…Game | by : Michael Sulmeyer and Dmitri Alperovitch - The Cipher Brief | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:34am
Who Learned More From the Strikes in Syria ― America or Russia? | by : Aaron Mehta - Defense News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:18am
Chemical Weapons: A Deadly History | by : Wojtek Grojec and Carlos Coelho - RFE/RL | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:16am
Why French Globalist Macron is Befriending Nationalist Trump | by : Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:39am
Is Trump and Macron’s Meeting a Showdown Over the West? | by : Ishaan Tharoor - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:22am

Editorials / Opinions / Polls / Interviews

Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson | by : Richard Fontaine and Jamie Fly - Foreign Policy | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 5:53pm
Trump Should Follow His Instincts, De-Escalate in the Middle East and Pivot to Great Powers | by : Danny Sjursen - The Hill | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:28pm
Gallup: Americans Split On US Striking Syria | by : Sara Shayanian - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:17pm
The Empire Haunts Britain | by : Alex Von Tunzelmann - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:05pm
Pompeo and Rand Paul Circumstance | by : WSJ Editorial | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:50pm
Why a Wave of Asian Summitry | by : Christian Science Monitor Editorial | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:47pm
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s Low-Stakes Summit | by : Walter Russell Mead - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:11pm
John Bolton’s New Deputy is a Hawk With Sharp Elbows, Just Like Him | by : Josh Rogin - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:59am
Congress Must Act to Rein in DoD Waste, Red Tape | by : Mac Thornberry - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:46am
Kim Jong Un Is “All-In.” What’s Next for Korea? | by : Gordon Chang - The Cipher Brief | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:35am
Kremlin: US, Russia Aiming 'Cyber' Pistols at Each Other | by : Joel Gehrke - Washington Examiner | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:25am
Rise in Aviation Mishaps Signals Serious Readiness, Manning Challenges | by : Military Times Editorial | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:40am
The US Human Rights Report and Israel | by : Micah Halpern - Jerusalem Post | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:01pm
The Promise and Peril of Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence | by : Michael C. Horowitz - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:31pm
The Iran Deal Is Dead. Now What? | by : Ilan Berman - The National Interest | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:21pm
What Is Kim Jong Un Thinking? | by : Bruce Klingner - The National Interest | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:09pm
The World Pays for Trump’s Indifference to Human Rights | by : Richard North Patterson - Boston Globe | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:57pm
Trump Will Exit the North Korea Summit a Failure | by : Richard Cohen - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:55pm
Listen to Emmanuel Macron: Keep Iran Nuclear Deal | by : USA Today Editorial | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:53pm
Iran Can’t be Trusted on Nuclear Agreement | by : Clare M. Lopez - USA Today | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:52pm

Human Rights / War Crimes / International Criminal Court

Amnesty International: Iraqi Women and Children With Perceived Link to ISIS are Sexually Abused, Denied Aid, Report Finds | by : Layla Quran - PBS | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:25pm
UN Appeal Judges Urged To Hand Life Sentence To Former Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Karadzic | by : RFE/RL | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:07pm
How the Human Rights Movement Failed | by : Samuel Moyn- NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:20pm
Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report | by : Robbie Gramer - Foreign Policy | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:01pm
In Pakistan, a Young Pashtun Man Was Killed by Police. Another Has Risen to Lead a Movement. | by : Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan - WaPo | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 2:31pm
Dozens of Bodies Reported Found in Raqqa Mass Grave | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:11am
Dozens of Bodies Found in Raqa Mass Grave | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 10:26pm
Myanmar: Time For a Legal Reckoning | by : Laetitia van den Assum - Nikkei Asian Review | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:58pm
US Rights Report Lashes Russia But Neglects Women's Issues | by : Nicole Gaouette and Laura Koran - CNN | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:15am
US Slams Russia, Iran As 'Morally Reprehensible' For Rights Violations | by : RFE/RL | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:22pm
Sanctions Risk Casts Shadow Over Myanmar’s Opening to the West | by : Niharika Mandhana - NYT | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:59pm
State Department Strikes Reproductive Rights, ‘Occupied Territories’ From Human Rights Report | by : Carol Morello - WaPo | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:24pm
Amnesty International: Iraqi Women Accused of ISIS Ties Subjected to Sexual Abuse and Isolation at Camps | by : Tamer El-Ghobashy - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 5:34pm
Flawed Return Deal Offers No Way Back For Rohingya Refugees | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 12:58am
Rohingya Lawyer Urges UN to Refer Myanmar to ICC for Crimes | by : Edith M. Lederer - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:04pm
Why West, Amid Horrors of Modern War, is Struggling to Set Red Lines | by : Ned Temko - Christian Science Monitor | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:21pm
Pakistan’s Leading Watchdog Slams Country Over Poor Rights Record | by : RFE/RL | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:35pm
‘Jungle Jabbah’ Was Accused of Cannibalism and Other Horrors in Liberia. How a US Court Brought Him to Justice. | by : Prue Clarke - WaPo | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 6:55am
Chibok Girls: Many Abductees Dead, Says Journalist | by : BBC News | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 3:00pm
UNICEF: Boko Haram Has Kidnapped More Than 1000 Children In Nigeria | by : Stephanie Busari - CNN | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 2:29pm

Natural & Manmade Disasters / Refugees / Humanitarian Operations

Israel Scraps Plan to Forcibly Deport African Migrants | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:31pm
UN Warns Syria's Raqa Still 'Too Dangerous' For Returnees | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:41pm
Aid Groups Seek Billions to Help Syrian Civilians | by : Sune Engel Rasmussen - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:54am
Campaign Against Islamic State in Egypt is Creating a Humanitarian Crisis, Says Rights Group | by : Sudarsan Raghavan - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:08pm
By Stifling Migration, Sudan’s Feared Secret Police Aid Europe | by : Patrick Kingsley - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:22am
11 Migrants Die, 263 Rescued off Libya Coast | by : VOA News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 1:56am
In Libya, Migrants Fight for Survival | by : Salem Solomon - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 3:59pm
After the Gas and Bombs: The Health Crisis That’s Killing Syria | by : Raja Abdulrahim, Photographs by Ahmed Deeb - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 1:32pm
Flawed Return Deal Offers No Way Back For Rohingya Refugees | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 12:58am
Destruction, Traumatized Residents in Syrian Town of Douma | by : Bassem Mroue - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:00pm
Pence's Tone Toward Refugees, Oppressed Contrasts with Trump's Harsher Rhetoric | by : Jenna Johnson - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:28am
Bangladesh, UNHCR Dispute Myanmar's Rohingya Repatriation Claim | by : Serajul Quadir and Shoon LeiWinNaing - Reuters | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 9:09pm
Rohingya Crisis: Myanmar Says First Refugee Family Returns | by : BBC News | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 6:32am
DRC Humanitarian Crisis Back on International Agenda | by : Lisa Schlein - VOA News | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 4:26pm
Pence Says US to Provide $16 Million in Aid to Venezuelan Refugees | by : Louise Radnofsky - WSJ | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 1:13am
DR Congo Boycotts Its Own Aid Conference | by : BBC News | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 9:54am
Finding Homes Unlivable, Some Iraqis Return to Camps | by : Rikar Hussein - VOA News | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 1:24am
A Libyan Strongman Looks to Washington, But a Health Crisis Looms | by : Declan Walsh - NYT | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 9:53pm
Displaced Iraqis Return to Kurdish Refugee Camps | by : Rikar Hussein - VOA News | Posted Wed, 04/11/2018 - 7:46pm
Turkey to Syrian Refugees: You Don’t Have to Go Home, But Don’t Stay Here | by : Erin Cunningham and Zakaria Zakaria - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/10/2018 - 1:56pm

Russia

US-Led Coalition: ISIS May Be Resurgent On Russia’s Turf, But Not Ours | by : Kyle Rempfer - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:23pm
Israel Warns of Attack if Russia Air Defences Used in Syria | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:38pm
Bosnian Serbs Roll Out Red Carpet for Russian Delegation | by : Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:33pm
Kremlin: US, Russia Aiming 'Cyber' Pistols at Each Other | by : Joel Gehrke - Washington Examiner | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:25am
G7 to Study Russia's 'Malign Behavior' | by : Deutsche Welle | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:15pm
No Alternative To Iran Nuclear Deal, Kremlin Says | by : RFE/RL | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:52pm
US Seeks Long Jail Term For Yahoo Hacker, Sending ‘Message Of Deterrence' To FSB | by : RFE/RL | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:37pm
Armenia’s Pro-Russian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Large-Scale Protests | by : Amie Ferris-Rotman - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:13pm
Pakistan, Russia Hold High-Level Security Talks | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:57pm
Who Learned More From the Strikes in Syria ― America or Russia? | by : Aaron Mehta - Defense News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:18am
US Weighs Keeping Carrier Strike Group in Europe as a Check on Russia | by : David B. Larter - Defense News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 12:58am
Russia Says Nine Terror Suspects Killed In Daghestan | by : RFE/RL | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 3:01pm
Chemical Monitor Gathers Samples in Douma, Site of Suspected Gas Attack | by : VOA News | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:52pm
Inspectors Examine Site of Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria | by : Megan Specia - NYT | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:39pm
Russia’s Evolving Electronic Warfare Capability: Unlocking Asymmetric Potential | by : Roger N. McDermott - RKK / ICDS | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:28pm
The Implications of Turkey’s Anti-American Messaging | by : Kevin Truitte - Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:01pm
US Rights Report Lashes Russia But Neglects Women's Issues | by : Nicole Gaouette and Laura Koran - CNN | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:15am
Russia: US Did Not Violate Red Lines During Syria Strikes | by : Vladimir Isachenkov - AP | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:43am
US Slams Russia, Iran As 'Morally Reprehensible' For Rights Violations | by : RFE/RL | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:22pm
Inside the Competitive, Corrupt World of Russian Intelligence | by : Levi Maxey - The Cipher Brief | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:00pm

China

Air Force Officials: China’s Gains in Space Among Biggest Concerns | by : Claudia Grisales - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:00pm
China’s First Domestically Built Carrier Set to Begin Sea Trials | by : Bonnie S. Glaser and Matthew P. Funaiole - CSIS | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:16pm
North Korea and China: The Endgame Behind the Headlines | by : Fred Strasser - USIP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:42pm
How China Is Buying Its Way Into Europe | by : Andre Tartar, Mira Rojanasakul and Jeremy Scott Diamond - Bloomberg View | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:34pm
How to Win a Tech War With China | by : James Pethokoukis - The Week | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:19pm
Chinese Smartphones Cited by Intelligence as Security Risk Sold on US Bases | by : Will Morris - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:10pm
Countering China’s Militarization of the Indo-Pacific | by : Michael J. Green and Andrew Shearer - War on the Rocks | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:24am
India's Modi to Visit China this Week as Rapprochement Gathers Pace | by : Ben Blanchard - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:03am
China, Feeling Left Out, Has Plenty to Worry About in North Korea-US Talks | by : Jane Perlez - NYT | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:53pm
US Hints at a China Truce as World Warns of Trade-War Threat | by : Andrew Mayeda - Bloomberg News | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 11:39pm
China: No Military Aim of Corridor Project With Pakistan | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:58pm
Japan: Chinese Aircraft Carrier Performs Drills In Pacific For 1st Time | by : Jesse Johnson - Japan Times | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:32pm
Australian Warships Challenged in South China Sea | by : Euan Graham | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:55am
Only 'War' Could Stop China From Controlling South China Sea, US Military Commander Says | by : Tom O'Connor - Newsweek | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:20am
Pacom Nominee Adm. Davidson: China Military Islands Now Control South China Sea | by : Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:28pm
China's PLA Drill in Taiwan Strait Turns Into a Tempest in a Teapot | by : Asia Times | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 5:50am
China Holds Live-Fire drills Off Coast in Warning to Taiwan | by : Associated Press | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 5:29am
The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America | by : Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian - Foreign Policy | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 6:11pm
China Conducts War Games, and Taiwan Is the Target | by : Austin Ramzy - NYT | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 3:41pm
Taiwan Downplays Chinese Military Exercises | by : Te-Ping Chen - WSJ | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 3:37pm

US Department of Veterans Affairs / Veteran Issues

Senate Postpones Ronny Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing, Asks Trump For More Information | by : Nikki Wentling - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:45pm
Trump Hints That Ronny Jackson Might Withdraw VA Nomination Amid Criticism | by : Nicholas Fandos and Micheal D. Shear - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:34pm
Trump Says Veterans-Post Nominee Will Decide If He Still Wants Job | by : Louise Radnofsky and Peter Nicholas - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:29pm
Ronny Jackson, Trump’s VA Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment | by : Nicholas Fandos - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:30am
Former VA Secretaries Throw Their Support Behind Trump’s Latest Pick For The Job | by : Leo Shane III - Federal Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:03pm
Senate Postpones Confirmation Hearing for VA Secretary Nominee, Casting Doubt Over His Future | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:57pm
World War II Marine Corps Navajo Code Talker Dies at 92 | by : Associated Press | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:26pm
Five Key Questions in the Upcoming VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:13am
How White House Physician and Navy Veteran Ronny Jackson Became Trump's VA Nominee | by : Amy Gardner and Alice Crites - WaPo | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 1:20pm
Army Unit Retracts Memo Touting VA Benefits For Soldiers Due to Bad Anthrax Vaccines | by : Meghann Myers - Army Times | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:42am
Ambitious VA Medical Records Overhaul in Jeopardy After Department Shakeup | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 6:04pm
New Bill Would Push VA to Conduct More Research Into Medical Marijuana | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 6:19pm
VA Secretary Nominee Jackson Tells Senator He Won’t Privatize the Agency | by : Nikki Wentling - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 6:03pm
‘Full Metal Jacket’ Actor, Marine Icon R. Lee Ermey Dies at 74 | by : Michelle Tan - Marine Corps Times | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 3:05am
Pair Helps Deceased WWII Veteran Get The Honor He Deserved | by : Erin McIntyre - Daily Sentinel | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 9:52am
Supply Issues Delay Procedures at DC VA Hospital After Officials Claimed They Stopped | by : Nikki Wentling - Stars & Stripes | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 9:48pm
Veterans Advocates Honor Fired VA Secretary at Private DC Event | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 7:58pm
The Fake Facebook Pages Targeting Vietnam Veterans | by : Natasha Bertrand - The Atlantic | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 1:13pm
Vets Groups and Lawmakers Say They’re Against It - But What Does ‘Privatization’ of Veterans Affairs Really Mean? | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Wed, 04/11/2018 - 1:27pm
VA Isn’t Broken. But It’s in Desperate Need of Change. | by : Anthony J. Principi - WaPo | Posted Wed, 04/11/2018 - 7:53am

Book, Movie, TV & Documentary Reviews / Excerpts / Lists / Call for Papers / Resources

Sales Figures for Comey’s ‘A Higher Loyalty’ Dwarf Recent Political Best Sellers | by : Alexandra Alter - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:35pm
James Comey's Book is Outselling Hillary Clinton's and Michael Wolff's - Combined | by : The Week | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:55pm
Book Tour: Mr. Comey’s Bad Week | by : WSJ Editorial | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:45pm
Book Review - "Ways of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century" by Matthew S. Muehlbauer and David J. Ulbrich | by : Mark Bernhardt - The Strategy Bridge | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:29am
War Books: AI for the Military Generalist - A Reading List | by : Mick Ryan - Modern War Institute | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:52am
Book Review Essay – "British Generals in Blair’s War" and "High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars" | by : Chris Field - The Cove | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:12am
Book Review - “The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made” by Patricia O’Toole | by : Richard Norton Smith - WSJ | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 12:07am
15 May Book Forum - "The Debasement of Human Rights: How Politics Sabotage the Ideal of Freedom" by Aaron Rhodes | by : Cato Institute | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 3:58pm
Book List: The Great American Read | by : Public Broadcasting Service | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:14pm
24 April - Book Launch Event: "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War" by Paul Scharre | by : Center for a New American Security | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:27pm
Book Review - "On Grand Strategy" by John Lewis Gaddis | by : Frank Hoffman - War on the Rocks | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 10:21pm
Book Excerpt - "Inside Rex Tillerson’s Ouster" by Ronan Farrow | by : Ronan Farrow - The New Yorker | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:22pm
Book Review - "What Is Russia Up To In The Middle East?" by Dmitri Trenin | by : Aaron Zack - Claremont Review of Books | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:54am
Book Excerpt - "Blindsided by the Taliban" by Carmen Gentile | by : Carmen Gentile - Task & Pupose | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 1:41pm
SWJ Book Review of “The Village” – Lessons for Afghanistan | by : John Friberg - Small Wars Journal | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 12:56am
Book Excerpts - "War and Moral Injury: A Reader" | by : Douglas Pryer - Modern War Institute | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:20pm
Book Review - "The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective" by Hew Strachan | by : Chris Field - The Strategy Bridge | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:09pm
Book Review / Commentary - “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership” by James Comey | by : Max Boot - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:58pm
Book Review - "Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century" by Alistair Horne | by : Walker D. Mills - The Strategy Bridge | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:50am
War Books: Matt Larsen, “Father of the US Army’s Modern Combatives Program” | by : Matt Larsen - Modern War Institute | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:26am

Event Announcements & Reports

27 April - A Conversation With Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson | by : Council on Foreign Relations | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:46pm
24-27 April - NYTOA Tactical Training Conference | by : New York Tactical Officers Association | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:37pm
25 April - Afghanistan in 2020: Is Peace Possible? | by : US Institute of Peace | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:59pm
10 May - C4ISRNET Annual Conference: Convergence in a Connected Landscape | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:32pm
4 May - Time for Action in the Western Balkans | by : US Institute of Peace | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:45pm
7 May - Youth, Civic Engagement, and Civil Service in Central Asia and Azerbaijan | by : CAP Fellows Seminar | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:55pm
27 April - Australia’s Strategic Policy in the Era of Trump and Xi Jinping | by : Hudson Institute | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:03pm
26 April - Iran: As Anti-Government Protests Continue, Can the US Help Maintain Momentum? | by : Hudson Institute | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:01pm
26 April - Iran’s Entrenched Footprint in Iraq and Syria | by : Hudson Institute | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 2:59pm
24 April - NATO’s Cyber Defense Strategy Ahead of the 2018 Brussels Summit | by : Hudson Institute | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 2:57pm
Women, Peace, and Security Conference - Navigating Human Terrain with GPS (Gender, Peace, and Security) in Western Africa | by : Arnel P. David and Hilary Matfess - Real Clear Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:04am
The Cipher Brief Threat Conference Report: How to Run a Cyber War…Game | by : Michael Sulmeyer and Dmitri Alperovitch - The Cipher Brief | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:34am
15 May Book Forum - "The Debasement of Human Rights: How Politics Sabotage the Ideal of Freedom" by Aaron Rhodes | by : Cato Institute | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 3:58pm
SOFIC Industry Conference Will Pair SOCOM With Innovation | by : David Thornton - Federal News Radio | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:10am
26 April - Muzzled Media: Global Threats To Freedom Of The Press | by : The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and The Embassy of the Czech Republic | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 1:02pm
24 April - Book Launch Event: "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War" by Paul Scharre | by : Center for a New American Security | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:27pm
3 May - Japan's Security Strategy: A Political Update from Nagatacho | by : Center for Strategic and International Studies | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:35pm
USIP Panel Discussion: A 'Geneva Conventions' for Online Terror Funding | by : Rikar Hussein - VOA News | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 2:00am
3 May - Turkey: Between Competition and Cooperation | by : Marine Corps Univeristy Middle East Studies | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 7:48am
25 April - Afghanistan in 2020: Is Peace Possible? | by : US Institute of Peace | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:05pm

Irregular / Small Wars / Related Issues

Coalition Official Briefs Pentagon Reporters on Progress Against ISIS | by : DoD News Video | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:27pm
US-Led Coalition: ISIS May Be Resurgent On Russia’s Turf, But Not Ours | by : Kyle Rempfer - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:23pm
Why Are Militants Using Drones? UAV Weapons Have Spread Far Beyond Nation States | by : David Brennan - Newsweek | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:31pm
Amnesty International: Iraqi Women and Children With Perceived Link to ISIS are Sexually Abused, Denied Aid, Report Finds | by : Layla Quran - PBS | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:25pm
2 Indian Troops, Rebel Killed in Kashmir Fighting | by : Associated Press | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:22pm
ISIS Attack on Afghan Voting Center Aims to Sow Ethnic Division | by : Scott Worden - USIP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:48pm
Airstrike Kills More Than 20 At Yemen Wedding | by : Danielle Haynes - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:22pm
Gallup: Americans Split On US Striking Syria | by : Sara Shayanian - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:17pm
UN Warns Syria's Raqa Still 'Too Dangerous' For Returnees | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:41pm
Israel Warns of Attack if Russia Air Defences Used in Syria | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:38pm
American Warplanes Shift Tactics to Target Last ISIS Pockets in Eastern Syria | by : Eric Schmitt - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:02pm
Suicide Bombers Hit Security Forces in SW Pakistan | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:01pm
UN Appeal Judges Urged To Hand Life Sentence To Former Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Karadzic | by : RFE/RL | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:07pm
Special Operators Say African Terror Groups a Future Threat to US, if Not Right Now | by : John Vandiver - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:56am
‘Building a Base From Nothing’: $110 Million US Project in Niger Will House Drones | by : John Vandiver - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:53am
Aid Groups Seek Billions to Help Syrian Civilians | by : Sune Engel Rasmussen - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:54am
US Builds Drone Base in Niger | by : Carley Petesch - AP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:14am
Syrian Democratic Forces Continue Defeat-ISIS Fight, Official Says | by : Jim Garamone - DoD News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:26pm
Campaign Against Islamic State in Egypt is Creating a Humanitarian Crisis, Says Rights Group | by : Sudarsan Raghavan - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:08pm
Syrian Opposition Says U.S. Cannot Afford to Leave Syria Yet | by : Sarah Dadouch - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:42pm

Coalition Official Briefs Pentagon Reporters on Progress Against ISIS | by : DoD News Video | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:27pm
Why Are Militants Using Drones? UAV Weapons Have Spread Far Beyond Nation States | by : David Brennan - Newsweek | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:31pm
Suicide Bombers Hit Security Forces in SW Pakistan | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:01pm
Toronto Van Rampage Suspect Is Charged with Murder | by : Ian Austin and Dan Bilefsky - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:53pm
‘Building a Base From Nothing’: $110 Million US Project in Niger Will House Drones | by : John Vandiver - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:53am
'Bin Laden Bodyguard' on German Welfare | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:04am
Toronto Van Attack: Suspect Quizzed After 10 Pedestrians Killed | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:51am
Toronto Van Driver Accused of Killing 10 to Appear in Court | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:43am
Muslims, Immigrants on US Militias' New Enemies List | by : Masood Farivar - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:39am
Disrupting Psychological Processes That Support Terrorist Acts | by : Noel Palmer - USAWC War Room | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:22am
US Builds Drone Base in Niger | by : Carley Petesch - AP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:14am
Suspect Named After Van Ploughs Into Pedestrians in Toronto Leaving Ten Dead and 15 Injured | by : Rozina Sabur, Ben Riley-Smith, Christopher Guly and Rob Crilly - The Telegraph | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:18pm
Toronto Van: Ten Dead and 15 Injured as Pedestrians Hit | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:38pm
Toronto Police Say 9 Dead, 16 Injured After Van Struck Pedestrians in Toronto; Driver in Custody | by : Alan Freeman - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:28pm
Campaign Against Islamic State in Egypt is Creating a Humanitarian Crisis, Says Rights Group | by : Sudarsan Raghavan - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:08pm
Paris Attack Suspect Is Convicted for Shooting at Police | by : Alissa J. Rubin and Milan Schreuer - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:04pm
US Builds Drone Base in Niger, Crossroads of Extremism Fight | by : Associated Press | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:27pm
Toronto Van Plows Along Sidewalk, Killing 9 in ‘Pure Carnage’ | by : Ian Austin and Liam Stack - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:12pm
ISIS, al-Qaida ‘Regrouping’ in Libya, What’s US Strategy? Congress Asks | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:59pm
Deported to Libya, Ex-Gitmo Detainees Vanish. Will Others Meet a Similar Fate? | by : Charlie Savage, Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:57pm

Terrorism / Counterterrorism

Coalition Official Briefs Pentagon Reporters on Progress Against ISIS | by : DoD News Video | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:27pm
Why Are Militants Using Drones? UAV Weapons Have Spread Far Beyond Nation States | by : David Brennan - Newsweek | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:31pm
Suicide Bombers Hit Security Forces in SW Pakistan | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:01pm
Toronto Van Rampage Suspect Is Charged with Murder | by : Ian Austin and Dan Bilefsky - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:53pm
‘Building a Base From Nothing’: $110 Million US Project in Niger Will House Drones | by : John Vandiver - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:53am
'Bin Laden Bodyguard' on German Welfare | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:04am
Toronto Van Attack: Suspect Quizzed After 10 Pedestrians Killed | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:51am
Toronto Van Driver Accused of Killing 10 to Appear in Court | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:43am
Muslims, Immigrants on US Militias' New Enemies List | by : Masood Farivar - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:39am
Disrupting Psychological Processes That Support Terrorist Acts | by : Noel Palmer - USAWC War Room | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:22am
US Builds Drone Base in Niger | by : Carley Petesch - AP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:14am
Suspect Named After Van Ploughs Into Pedestrians in Toronto Leaving Ten Dead and 15 Injured | by : Rozina Sabur, Ben Riley-Smith, Christopher Guly and Rob Crilly - The Telegraph | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:18pm
Toronto Van: Ten Dead and 15 Injured as Pedestrians Hit | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:38pm
Toronto Police Say 9 Dead, 16 Injured After Van Struck Pedestrians in Toronto; Driver in Custody | by : Alan Freeman - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:28pm
Campaign Against Islamic State in Egypt is Creating a Humanitarian Crisis, Says Rights Group | by : Sudarsan Raghavan - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:08pm
Paris Attack Suspect Is Convicted for Shooting at Police | by : Alissa J. Rubin and Milan Schreuer - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 8:04pm
US Builds Drone Base in Niger, Crossroads of Extremism Fight | by : Associated Press | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:27pm
Toronto Van Plows Along Sidewalk, Killing 9 in ‘Pure Carnage’ | by : Ian Austin and Liam Stack - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:12pm
ISIS, al-Qaida ‘Regrouping’ in Libya, What’s US Strategy? Congress Asks | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:59pm
Deported to Libya, Ex-Gitmo Detainees Vanish. Will Others Meet a Similar Fate? | by : Charlie Savage, Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:57pm

Islamism / Islamists / Violent Extremism / Radicalization

Could Pakistan’s Protests Undercut Taliban and Extremism? | by : James Rupert - USIP | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 11:16am
Struggling to Prevent Terrorist Attacks, France Wants to ‘Reform’ Islam | by : James McAuley - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 4:49pm
Pakistani Christians Fearful After IS Attack on Community | by : Muhammad Ishtiaq - VOA News | Posted Sun, 04/08/2018 - 8:42pm
Malala to VOA: Pakistanis 'Have Stood Against Extremists' | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Sun, 04/08/2018 - 11:10am
Lebanon Protesters Demand Islamist Detainees Be Freed | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 4:37pm
Pakistani Gunmen Kill Four Christians in Quetta | by : Ayaz Gul - VOA News | Posted Mon, 04/02/2018 - 8:57pm
Pakistani Court Questions Governments’ Ban on JuD’s Charitable Activities | by : Madeeha Anwar - VOA News | Posted Sun, 04/01/2018 - 5:07pm
International Criminal Court: Mali War Crimes Suspect in Custody | by : Reuters | Posted Sat, 03/31/2018 - 7:28pm
Mali Jihadist Faces War Crimes Charges at International Criminal Court | by : BBC News | Posted Sat, 03/31/2018 - 6:45pm
Nigeria Holds Peace Talks With Jihadist Group | by : Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson and Gbenga Akingbule - WSJ | Posted Sun, 03/25/2018 - 6:42pm
Assessment of the Role of Authoritarianism in Fomenting Extremism in the Arab World | by : Hari Prasad - Divergent Options | Posted Sat, 03/24/2018 - 12:37am
From Al-Qaeda to ISIL: Continuity and Change in the Jihadist Movement | by : Stephen Tankel - War on the Rocks | Posted Fri, 03/23/2018 - 4:50pm
Pakistani Court Orders Arrest of Cleric Linked to Islamabad Protests | by : Madeeha Anwar - VOA News | Posted Thu, 03/22/2018 - 1:11pm
Belgium Ends Saudi Mosque Lease, Citing ‘Foreign Interference’ and Extremism | by : Michael Birnbaum and Quentin Ariès - WaPo | Posted Mon, 03/19/2018 - 9:46pm
Pakistan Aims to Fight Hate Speech Through a Smartphone App | by : Madeeha Anwar - VOA News | Posted Sun, 03/18/2018 - 7:09pm
'University Of Jihad' Gets Public Funds Even As Pakistan Fights Extremism | by : RFE/RL | Posted Sun, 03/11/2018 - 9:31pm
The New Political Islam: Human Rights, Democracy and Justice | by : Emmanuel Karagiannis - Defence-in-Depth | Posted Sat, 03/10/2018 - 10:09pm
Chinese Official Warns Against Creeping Islamisation | by : Reuters | Posted Sat, 03/10/2018 - 6:49pm
Islamist Militancy in Trinidad & Tobago: The Incubation of Terror | by : Xander Causwell - Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Fri, 03/09/2018 - 12:56pm
Experts to US Lawmakers: Women Are Untapped Resource in Countering Extremism | by : Nisan Ahmado - VOA News | Posted Sat, 03/03/2018 - 7:32pm

Urban Conflict / Operations

The Worst of Both Worlds: An Analysis of Urban Littoral Combat | by : Dayton McCarthy - Australian Army Occasional Paper | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 2:48am
Instead of Peace, Indigenous Filipinos Get the Duterte Treatment | by : Vincent Bevins - WaPo | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 2:06pm
Syrian Military Pummels IS-Held Districts in Damascus | by : Associated Press | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 12:44pm
Dozens of Bodies Reported Found in Raqqa Mass Grave | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:11am
Insurgents South of Syrian Capital Surrender, Says State TV | by : Angus McDowall - Reuters | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 12:31am
Chemical Weapons Inspectors Enter Douma Two Weeks After Attack | by : The Telegraph Foreign Staff | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 11:48pm
Syrian Rebels Withdraw From Enclave Northeast of Damascus | by : Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi - Reuters | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 11:43pm
Syria: OPCW Takes Samples From Alleged Attack Site in Douma | by : Deutsche Welle | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 11:09pm
Dozens of Bodies Found in Raqa Mass Grave | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 10:26pm
Chemical Weapons Inspectors Collect Samples in Syria in Wake of Gas Attack | by : Philip Issa - AP | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 10:17pm
Inspectors Enter Syrian Town of Douma to Investigate Suspected Chemical Attack | by : Julian E. Barnes - WSJ | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 8:43pm
What Clues Might Chemical Experts In Syria Be Looking For? | by : Simon Valmary - AFP | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 3:45pm
Chemical Weapons Inspectors Collect Samples From Syria Site | by : Philip Issa - AP | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 3:38pm
Turkey, Rebel Allies Lost Hundreds in Afrin Fighting, Erdogan Says | by : Reuters | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 3:30pm
Chemical Weapons Watchdog: Inspectors Have Samples From Douma | by : Reuters | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 3:11pm
Chemical Monitor Gathers Samples in Douma, Site of Suspected Gas Attack | by : VOA News | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:52pm
Inspectors Examine Site of Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria | by : Megan Specia - NYT | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:39pm
Syria 'Chemical' Attack: Experts Finally Visit Douma Site | by : BBC News | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:10pm
Battle of Mosul: Precision Fires Hindered by Urban Jungle | by : Amos Fox - AUSA | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:19pm
Islamic State Group to Give Up Last Pocket in Syrian Capital | by : Associated Press | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:59am

Information Operations / Propaganda / Security / Cyber War / Crime

RAND Report: Low-Cost Options for Airborne Delivery of Contraband into North Korea | by : Richard Mason - RAND Corporation | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:07pm
Kremlin: US, Russia Aiming 'Cyber' Pistols at Each Other | by : Joel Gehrke - Washington Examiner | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:25am
Naval Academy Sees Big Boost in Cybersecurity Majors | by : Brian Witte - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:59pm
US Seeks Long Jail Term For Yahoo Hacker, Sending ‘Message Of Deterrence' To FSB | by : RFE/RL | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:37pm
The Promise and Peril of Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence | by : Michael C. Horowitz - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:31pm
War Correspondent Ernie Pyle’s Legacy More Important Than Ever, Officers Say At Memorial | by : Matthew M. Burke - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:06pm
DARPA Wants to Merge Human and Computer Cyber Defenders | by : Joseph Marks - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:20pm
War Cloud: JEDI To Deploy Backpack Servers To Front Line | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:18pm
Defense Department is Pursuing Another Multibillion-Dollar Cloud | by : Frank Konkel - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:10pm
Israel, Palestinians Return to Conflicting Narratives | by : Uri Savir - Al-Monitor | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:41pm
Chinese Smartphones Cited by Intelligence as Security Risk Sold on US Bases | by : Will Morris - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:10pm
DPRK Cyber Capabilities | by : Annie Kowalewski - Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:50pm
Women, Peace, and Security Conference - Navigating Human Terrain with GPS (Gender, Peace, and Security) in Western Africa | by : Arnel P. David and Hilary Matfess - Real Clear Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:04am
South Korea Halts Propaganda Broadcasts Across Border With North | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:58am
The Cipher Brief Threat Conference Report: How to Run a Cyber War…Game | by : Michael Sulmeyer and Dmitri Alperovitch - The Cipher Brief | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:34am
Why DoD is Starting a New Cyber Cell on the Korean Peninsula | by : Mark Pomerleau - Fifth Domain | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:31am
South Korea Halts Border Propaganda Broadcasts, Trump Cautious on North Korea Crisis | by : Christine Kim - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:59am
ISIS Spokesman Calls for Attacks on Arab Nations | by : Rukmini Callimachi - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:00am
South Korea Switches Off Propaganda Broadcasts Into the North | by : Andrew Jeong - WSJ | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 2:18am
South Korea Turns Off Loudspeaker Broadcasts Into North | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 2:10am

Crime / Law Enforcement / Corruption / Piracy / Cartels

Jalisco New Generation Cartel: Kidnapped Mexico Students Dissolved in Acid | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:20pm
Spain Eyes HQ of EU Piracy Mission Amid Brexit Planning | by : Lorne Cook - AP | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:35pm
Mexico Says Journalist Valdez Murdered for Stories on Cartels | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:49pm
Man Gets Life in Prison for 2004 Slaying of Army Officer | by : Associated Press | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:02am
Four Takeaways From Mexico’s Presidential Debate | by : Deborah Bonello - InSight Crime | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:13pm
MS-13 Threatens Hit Against Long Island Police | by : Charlotte Cuthbertson - Epoch Times | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 5:57pm
Imprisonment of ex-President Lula Seen as Potential Turning Point for Brazil | by : Marina Lopes - WaPo | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:56pm
Former Mexico Governor Extradited to US to Face Drug Charges | by : Associated Press | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:05am
Suspects in Mexico Police Killings Found Drinking at Resort | by : Associated Press | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:59am
How Chinese Gangs are Laundering Drug Money Through Vancouver Real Estate | by : Sam Cooper - Global News | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:47pm
Inside the Competitive, Corrupt World of Russian Intelligence | by : Levi Maxey - The Cipher Brief | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:00pm
20 Million Reasons for a Cartel Leader in Hiding to Worry | by : Scott Stewart - Stratfo | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 9:02pm
Philippines Sees Red at EU Trade Threat Over Drug-War Deaths | by : Jake Maxwell Watts - WSJ | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 9:30am
Amid Concerns Over FARC Peace Deal, Ecuador Stops Hosting ELN Talks | by : Parker Asmann - InSight Crime | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 10:38pm
Nephew of Colombia ex-Rebel to Collaborate With US in Drug Case | by : Luis Jaime Acosta - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:34pm
Philippines: Revealing Duterte's War With Data, Cameras and Shoe Leather | by : Andrew R.C. Marshall - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 8:54pm
In Libya, Migrants Fight for Survival | by : Salem Solomon - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 3:59pm
Dozens Arrested in Takedown of Multistate Opioid Distribution Network | by : Sari Horwitz - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 2:06pm
Corruption Plagues Implementation of Colombia-FARC Peace Deal | by : Felipe Puerta - InSight Crime | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:28pm
$21 Million in Assets Seized in South African Corruption Inquiry | by : Norimitsu Onishi - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:35pm

US & Non-US Defense Technologies / Research / Development / Acquisition

New Pentagon Research Chief is Working on Lasers, AI, Hypersonic Munitions and More | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:02pm
Marines 3D-print Replacement Part for F-35 Landing Gear Door | by : James LaPorta - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:02pm
Congress Must Act to Rein in DoD Waste, Red Tape | by : Mac Thornberry - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:46am
Marines Zero In On Requirements for Future MUX Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | by : Megan Eckstein - USNI News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:33am
The Promise and Peril of Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence | by : Michael C. Horowitz - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:31pm
DARPA Wants to Merge Human and Computer Cyber Defenders | by : Joseph Marks - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:20pm
War Cloud: JEDI To Deploy Backpack Servers To Front Line | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:18pm
Defense Department is Pursuing Another Multibillion-Dollar Cloud | by : Frank Konkel - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:10pm
Where US Special Forces Buy Their Weapons | by : Jacqueline Detwiler - Popular Mechanics | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:58pm
US Lawmakers Call on Army to Study Buying Israel's Iron Dome | by : Ran Dagoni - Tel Aviv Globes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:27am
How a Wright-Patterson Office is Working to Arm Fighter Jets With Lasers | by : Barrie Barber - Dayton Daily News | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:03pm
Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Centrality of Missile Defense to a 21st Century Combat Force | by : Richard Weitz - Defense.info | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:51pm
War Games: Army Deletes Bureaucracy To Get Sims Fast | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:49pm
The Army Sensors That Could Lead to Maintenance-Free Aircraft | by : Adam Stone - C4ISRNET | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:37pm
SOFIC Industry Conference Will Pair SOCOM With Innovation | by : David Thornton - Federal News Radio | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:10am
Defense Spending Gets a Reprieve from Austerity Politics…For Now | by : Matt Vallone - War on the Rocks | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:05am
The US Navy Wants a Better Way to Keep China’s Nose Out of Its Contracts | by : Caroline Houck - Defense One | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:03am
Lawmaker: Is The Army Paying Too Much For Its New Ultra-Light Vehicle? | by : Matthew Cox - Kit Up! | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:27pm
USMC: Unmanned Huey and Self-Driving Armored Trucks Coming to 29 Palms | by : Shawn Snow - Marine Corps Times | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 7:59pm
Airborne Units Getting New Vehicle this Year; Legs Will Have to Wait | by : Todd South - Army Times | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 7:55pm

NATO

German Military Draws Up 450-Million-Euro Wish List | by : Deutsche Welle | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:51am
Erdogan Tries to Fix His Election | by : Akram Belkaid - Le Monde Diplomatique | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:04pm
Turkey Doesn't Belong in the NATO Club | by : David Welch - Globe and Mail | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:21pm
US Weighs Keeping Carrier Strike Group in Europe as a Check on Russia | by : David B. Larter - Defense News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 12:58am
Tiny Islands Make for Big Tensions Between Greece and Turkey | by : Patrick Kingsley - NYT | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:38pm
The Implications of Turkey’s Anti-American Messaging | by : Kevin Truitte - Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:01pm
New Home, But Same Worries, as NATO Moves Into Glass and Steel HQ | by : Robin Emmott - Reuters | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:40am
Top Russian, U.S. Generals Meet In Baku, Discuss NATO, Syria | by : RFE/RL | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 8:08pm
CSIS Q&A: Turkey Heads to the Polls on June 24 | by : Bulent Aliriza - CSIS Critical Questions | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 6:28pm
Russian, NATO Generals Hold Rare Face-to-Face Meeting | by : Reuters | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 4:27pm
America's Fling With the Kurds Could Split Turkey and NATO | by : Mark Perry - The American Conservative | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:55pm
Greece and Turkey Are Inching Toward War | by : Yiannis Baboulias - Foreign Policy | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 1:36am
Breaking the Turkey-US Deadlock in Syria | by : Galip Dalay - German Marshall Fund | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 11:08am
Turkey Rebuffs US Appeals Over Detained American Pastor | by : Carlotta Gall - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 9:47pm
Trial of American Pastor Highlights Strained US-Turkish Alliance | by : Kareem Fahim - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:56am
NATO Allies Go Head to Head in Syria | by : NATO Allies Go Head to Head in Syria Oytun Orhan - German Marshall Fund of the United States | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 10:27am
NATO Needs to Step Up its Maritime Defenses | by : Kathleen Hicks, Michael Matlaga and Andrew Linder – Defense One | Posted Wed, 04/11/2018 - 10:04pm
European Navies Are Grappling with Aggressive Russian, Chinese Operations in Baltic, Mediterranean | by : John Grady - USNI News | Posted Wed, 04/11/2018 - 5:48am
In a New Cold War With Russia, Balkans Become a Testing Ground | by : Steven Erlanger - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/10/2018 - 1:11pm
The Cipher Brief’s Annual Threat Conference - ThreatCon Day 2: Striking Back Against “Reckless” Russia | by : The Cipher Brief Staff | Posted Tue, 04/10/2018 - 12:32pm

United Nations

UN Warns Syria's Raqa Still 'Too Dangerous' For Returnees | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:41pm
UN Appeal Judges Urged To Hand Life Sentence To Former Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Karadzic | by : RFE/RL | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:07pm
UN Peacekeepers Shouldn’t Always Be Peaceful | by : Jean-Marie Guéhenno - Foreign Policy | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 5:56pm
UN in Security Talks With Syria After Chemical Probe Put on Hold | by : Maya Gebeily - AFP | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 5:27am
UN Says Negotiating With Syria, Russia On Visit To Syria Chemical Attack Site | by : RFE/RL | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:26am
Haley: Relationship with Trump is ‘Perfect’ | by : Reuters | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 1:53am
Gunmen Shot at UN Team Near Site of Reported Chemical Attack, Official Says | by : Ben Hubbard - NYT | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 1:17am
UN Team Attacked by Gunfire at Syria Chemical Site | by : Susan MacFarland - UPI | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 3:03pm
Seoul Sees Path for Peace Deal to Formally End Korean War | by : Andrew Jeong - WSJ | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 2:53pm
Delays Keep Inspectors From Syria Attack Site | by : Associated Press | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 7:35am
Syria Envoy Says UN Security Team Visits Alleged Chemical Attack Site | by : Bassem Mroue and Philip Issa - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:36pm
Rohingya Lawyer Urges UN to Refer Myanmar to ICC for Crimes | by : Edith M. Lederer - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:04pm
Inspectors Blocked From Site of Syria Attack, Officials Say | by : Richard Pérez-Peña - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:52pm
Chemical Weapons Team Kept From Alleged Attack Site In Syria | by : Sarah El Deeb and Nataliya Vasilyeva - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:15pm
Guatemala Votes to Ask UN Court to Resolve Belize Border Spat | by : Sofia Menchu - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:12am
Bangladesh, UNHCR Dispute Myanmar's Rohingya Repatriation Claim | by : Serajul Quadir and Shoon LeiWinNaing - Reuters | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 9:09pm
US, Allies Tell UN: Syria Strikes Legal, Justified | by : Margaret Besheer - VOA News | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 6:30am
UN Security Council Rejects Resolution Condemning US-Led Airstrikes in Syria | by : Farnaz Fassihi - WSJ | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 6:25am
Mali Militants Attack Bases Disguised as UN Peacekeepers | by : BBC News | Posted Sun, 04/15/2018 - 6:22am
UN: Timbuktu Attack Kills One Peacekeeper, Wounds a Dozen | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 5:26pm

History

The Forgotten Texas Navy: Heroes from the Gulf of Mexico | by : Jason Lancaster - CIMSEC | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:08am
Military Strikes on Syria: Historical Lessons and Implications | by : Michael Eisenstadt - Washington Institute | Posted Mon, 04/09/2018 - 6:18pm
Improving the Understanding of Special Operations: A Case History Analysis | by : Linda Robinson, Austin Long, Kimberly Jackson and Rebeca Orrie - RAND Corporation | Posted Mon, 04/09/2018 - 7:03am
Military Identities, Conventional Capability and the Politics of NATO Standardisation, 1970-1980 | by : Alex Gould and Matthew Ford - Defence-in-Depth | Posted Sun, 04/08/2018 - 10:39pm
Naval Academy Holds Viewing of Flag Captured in War of 1812 | by : Associated Press | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 8:01pm
Everything Old is New Again. Stabiliation Lessons From Reconstruction | by : Diane Chido - USAWC War Room | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 12:12am
Military Deployment Explained: Why US Militarization Of Border Isn't New | by : Russell Contreras - AP | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 1:46am
Why the Marshall Plan Worked - and Why It Won’t in Today’s Warzones | by : Benn Steil - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/02/2018 - 3:02pm
A Pale Smoke | by : David Gerstel - NYT Vietnam '67 Series | Posted Sat, 03/31/2018 - 2:22pm
Medal of Honor Recipient Michael Novosel Saved More Than 5,000 in Vietnam - Including His Son | by : Doug Sterner - Vietnam Magazine | Posted Fri, 03/30/2018 - 5:59pm
Was the Vietnam War Necessary? | by : Mark Atwood Lawrence - NYT Vietnam '67 Series | Posted Fri, 03/30/2018 - 10:47am
How Vietnam Changed Journalism | by : Andrew Pearson - NYT Vietnam '67 Series | Posted Thu, 03/29/2018 - 4:07pm
My Vietnam War (Anti-War Protests) | by : Nancy Biberman - NYT Vietnam '67 Series | Posted Tue, 03/27/2018 - 9:23pm
The US University That Launched a CIA Front Operation in Vietnam | by : Eric Scigliano - Politico | Posted Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:45am
Why Lyndon Johnson Dropped Out | by : Fredrik Logevale - NYT Vietnam '67 Series | Posted Sat, 03/24/2018 - 10:50pm
A Brief History of Surveillance in America | by : April White - Smithsonian Magazine | Posted Thu, 03/22/2018 - 4:43pm
The Chopper Pilots | by : Bill Lord - NYT Vietnam '67 Series | Posted Wed, 03/21/2018 - 5:30am
Sifting Through Snapshots from the Early Years of the Iraq War, 15 Years After it Began | by : Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 03/19/2018 - 9:59pm
Erin Go Brussels: Treaty of Brussels at 70 | by : Joel Hillison - USAWC War Room | Posted Sun, 03/18/2018 - 11:08pm
A Forgotten Hero Stopped the My Lai Massacre 50 Years Ago Today | by : Jon Wiener - LA Times | Posted Fri, 03/16/2018 - 6:57pm

Espionage

‘Special Units’ in Russia Were Trained in Ways of Skripal Attack, UK Says | by : Ellen Barry - NYT | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 10:03am
Chinese Spies Engaged in Massive Theft of US Technology | by : Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 8:51am
Syria 'Chemical Attack': France's President Macron 'Has Proof' | by : BBC News | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 12:22pm
Attack on Skripals Shows Russia Is ‘Reckless,’ UK Says | by : Michael Wolgelenter, Ellen Barry, Richard Pérez-Peña and Stephen Castle - NYT | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 12:17pm
Labs Confirm Nerve Agent Used on Russian Ex-Spy | by : VOA News | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 11:34am
Skripal Case Descends Into a Propaganda War | by : Der Spiegel Staff | Posted Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:37am
Russia Ex-Spy Case: Sergei and Yulia Skripal Offered New Identities With CIA Help | by : Tim Shipman and Richard Kerbaj - The Times | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 11:21pm
Sunday Times: Britain Aims to Resettle Poisoned Russian ex-Spy in the US | by : Reuters | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 8:48pm
‘Unsatisfactory’: Britain and Russia Trade Charges in Poisoning Case | by : Associated Press | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 11:14am
Russian Spy: Russian Embassy Requests Meeting With Boris Johnson | by : BBC News | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 9:28am
Poisoned Russian Agent Sergei Skripal Recovering Rapidly, Hospital Says | by : Alistair Smout and Guy Faulconbridge - Reuters | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 4:11pm
Russian Agent Sergei Skripal Recovering Rapidly, Hospital Says | by : Alistair Smout and Guy Faulconbridge - Reuters | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 3:38pm
Russian Spy Poisoning: Sergei Skripal 'Improving Rapidly' | by : BBC News | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 2:43pm
Russia Rails Against Britain at UN, Denies Skripal Role | by : Jennie Mathew - AFP | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 12:51am
Britain, U.S. Assail Russia At UN Over Nerve-Agent Attack | by : RFE/RL | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:42pm
'You'll Be Sorry,' Russia Tells Britain at UN Nerve Agent Attack Meeting | by : Michelle Nichols - Reuters | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 7:14pm
Spy Poisoning: Russia Says UK is 'Playing With Fire' | by : BBC News | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 7:01pm
British Left to Defend Poison Allegations After Missteps | by : Jamie Dettmer - VOA News | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 6:59pm
Russian Spy Poisoning: Yulia Skripal 'Getting Stronger Daily' | by : BBC News | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 5:28pm
Russia Calls UN Security Council Meeting Over Nerve Agent Attack | by : Richard Roth, Ben Westcott and Samantha Beech - CNN | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 1:35am

US Department of Defense / Defense Industry

DoD Seeks to Make Civilian Agencies More Productive, Efficient | by : Jim Garamone - DoD News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:28pm
New Pentagon Research Chief is Working on Lasers, AI, Hypersonic Munitions and More | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:02pm
Air Force Officials: China’s Gains in Space Among Biggest Concerns | by : Claudia Grisales - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:00pm
Air Force F-16 Crashes in Western Arizona | by : Corey Dickstein - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 3:18pm
Marines 3D-print Replacement Part for F-35 Landing Gear Door | by : James LaPorta - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:02pm
Army Leaders Cut Mandatory Training and Other 'Burdensome' Requirements | by : Chad Garland - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:45am
Congress Must Act to Rein in DoD Waste, Red Tape | by : Mac Thornberry - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:46am
Marines Zero In On Requirements for Future MUX Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | by : Megan Eckstein - USNI News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:33am
Macron Bringing Tribute to Belleau Wood Marines to White House | by : Richard Sisk - Military.com | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:05am
No Panacea For Aviation Mishaps, Military Brass Tells Congress | by : Valerie Insinna - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:42am
Man Gets Life in Prison for 2004 Slaying of Army Officer | by : Associated Press | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:02am
Naval Academy Sees Big Boost in Cybersecurity Majors | by : Brian Witte - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:59pm
The Marine Corps is on Track to Turn the MV-22 Into a Refueling Tanker | by : Shawn Snow - Marine Corps Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:56pm
Naval Academy Head Says Court-Martial Possible in Drug Case | by : Brian Witte - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:24pm
War Correspondent Ernie Pyle’s Legacy More Important Than Ever, Officers Say At Memorial | by : Matthew M. Burke - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:06pm
Mattis Sees 'Reasons for Optimism' After North Korea Pledges Weapons Testing Halt | by : Corey Dickstein - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:23pm
DARPA Wants to Merge Human and Computer Cyber Defenders | by : Joseph Marks - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:20pm
War Cloud: JEDI To Deploy Backpack Servers To Front Line | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:18pm
Defense Department is Pursuing Another Multibillion-Dollar Cloud | by : Frank Konkel - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:10pm
TNYR Profile: McMaster and Commander | by : Patrick Radden Keefe - The New Yorker | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:37pm

US & Non-US Defense Technologies / Research / Development / Acquisition

New Pentagon Research Chief is Working on Lasers, AI, Hypersonic Munitions and More | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:02pm
Marines 3D-print Replacement Part for F-35 Landing Gear Door | by : James LaPorta - UPI | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:02pm
Congress Must Act to Rein in DoD Waste, Red Tape | by : Mac Thornberry - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:46am
Marines Zero In On Requirements for Future MUX Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | by : Megan Eckstein - USNI News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:33am
The Promise and Peril of Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence | by : Michael C. Horowitz - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:31pm
DARPA Wants to Merge Human and Computer Cyber Defenders | by : Joseph Marks - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:20pm
War Cloud: JEDI To Deploy Backpack Servers To Front Line | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:18pm
Defense Department is Pursuing Another Multibillion-Dollar Cloud | by : Frank Konkel - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:10pm
Where US Special Forces Buy Their Weapons | by : Jacqueline Detwiler - Popular Mechanics | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:58pm
US Lawmakers Call on Army to Study Buying Israel's Iron Dome | by : Ran Dagoni - Tel Aviv Globes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:27am
How a Wright-Patterson Office is Working to Arm Fighter Jets With Lasers | by : Barrie Barber - Dayton Daily News | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:03pm
Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Centrality of Missile Defense to a 21st Century Combat Force | by : Richard Weitz - Defense.info | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:51pm
War Games: Army Deletes Bureaucracy To Get Sims Fast | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:49pm
The Army Sensors That Could Lead to Maintenance-Free Aircraft | by : Adam Stone - C4ISRNET | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:37pm
SOFIC Industry Conference Will Pair SOCOM With Innovation | by : David Thornton - Federal News Radio | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:10am
Defense Spending Gets a Reprieve from Austerity Politics…For Now | by : Matt Vallone - War on the Rocks | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:05am
The US Navy Wants a Better Way to Keep China’s Nose Out of Its Contracts | by : Caroline Houck - Defense One | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:03am
Lawmaker: Is The Army Paying Too Much For Its New Ultra-Light Vehicle? | by : Matthew Cox - Kit Up! | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:27pm
USMC: Unmanned Huey and Self-Driving Armored Trucks Coming to 29 Palms | by : Shawn Snow - Marine Corps Times | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 7:59pm
Airborne Units Getting New Vehicle this Year; Legs Will Have to Wait | by : Todd South - Army Times | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 7:55pm

US Foreign Policy / Affairs

In Big Shift, Trump Assesses Kim Jong Un as ‘Very Honorable’ | by : Jonathan Lemire and Matthew Pennington - ap | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 4:04pm
Trump Threatens 'Big Problems' For Iran | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:13pm
Trump Blasts Iran Deal as 'Insane' and 'Ridiculous' as Macron Looks On | by : Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond - CNN | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:07pm
Trump: North Korea's Kim "Very Open" and "Very Honorable" | by : Steve Herman - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:59pm
Trump Vows 'Bigger Problems' For Iran If It Restarts Nuclear Program | by : RFE/RL | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:58am
Trump and France’s Macron Disagree on the Iran Deal. Here’s Why Europe Wants to Keep It. | by : Rick Noack and Erin Cunningham - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:05am
US Won’t Ease Sanctions Without Action by North Korea on Nukes | by : Matthew Pennington - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:54pm
France's Macron Visits Trump as Iran Nuclear Deal Hangs in Balance | by : Steve Holland and Marine Pennetier - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:12pm
Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report | by : Robbie Gramer - Foreign Policy | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:01pm
Syrian Opposition Says U.S. Cannot Afford to Leave Syria Yet | by : Sarah Dadouch - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:42pm
White House Sees Denuclearization as Ultimate Goal of N. Korea Talks | by : Steve Herman - VOA News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:23pm
The Agonizing Question at the Heart of North Korean Diplomacy | by : Gerald F. Seib - WSJ | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:02pm
An Unpredictable Trump and a Risk-Prone Kim Mean High Stakes and Mismatched Expectations | by : Max Fisher - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:51pm
GOP Foreign Policy Opinion in the Trump Era | by : Colin Dueck - Foreign Policy Research Institute | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:09am
Trump Says 'Long Way' From Conclusion On N. Korea | by : Yonhap News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:50am
Why French Globalist Macron is Befriending Nationalist Trump | by : Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet - AP | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:39am
South Korea Halts Border Propaganda Broadcasts, Trump Cautious on North Korea Crisis | by : Christine Kim - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:59am
Is Trump and Macron’s Meeting a Showdown Over the West? | by : Ishaan Tharoor - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:22am
Iran Deal, Transatlantic Trade Loom Over Macron Visit | by : Peggy Chang - VOA News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 1:47am
French, German Leaders Will Bring Trump the Same Message: Save the Iran Nuclear Deal | by : Tracy Wilkinson and Laura King - LA Times | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 6:52pm

US Department of State / USAID

After Trump Intervenes, Senate Panel Narrowly Endorses Pompeo | by : Karoun Demirjian - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:07am
US Senate Panel Narrowly Backs Pompeo | by : Michael Bowman - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:44am
Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report | by : Robbie Gramer - Foreign Policy | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:01pm
Pompeo’s Senate Confirmation Will Be Historic | by : Amber Phillips - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:11pm
Pompeo Faces Uncertain Vote in Senate for State Dept. Post | by : Ed Adamczyk - UPI | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:57pm
Senate Panel Poised to Vote Against Backing Pompeo Nomination | by : Rebecca Ballhaus - WSJ | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 4:46pm
US Rights Report Lashes Russia But Neglects Women's Issues | by : Nicole Gaouette and Laura Koran - CNN | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:15am
US Slams Russia, Iran As 'Morally Reprehensible' For Rights Violations | by : RFE/RL | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:22pm
State Department Strikes Reproductive Rights, ‘Occupied Territories’ From Human Rights Report | by : Carol Morello - WaPo | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:24pm
Pakistan Confirms New Restrictions on Its Diplomats in US | by : Ayesha Tanzeem - VOA News | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 4:07pm
California Sends Troops to Border to Fight Crime, Not Immigration | by : Sommer Brokaw - UPI | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 4:03pm
White House: Pompeo-Kim Jong Un Meeting Raises Stakes Over Confirmation | by : Alexander Mallin, Devin Dwyer and Ali Rogin – ABC News | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:43am
Pompeo Pursues Senate Democrats in Confirmation Battle | by : Michael C. Bender, Nancy A. Youssef and Byron Tau - WSJ | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:44am
Scientists Can’t Explain Why US and Canadian Diplomats in Cuba are Suffering From ‘Traumatic Brain Injury’ | by : Amanda Erickson - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:15pm
Lawmakers Grill State Department and Pentagon on US Role in Yemen’s Civil War | by : Missy Ryan - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 7:44pm
Nikki Haley Finds Herself Under the Bus as Trump Shifts Course on Russia | by : Aaron Blake - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:19pm
Keeping Trump's Trust Is the Key to Reviving Diplomacy | by : Bloomberg View Editorial | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 3:53pm
Only Three of the Top 10 Jobs at State are Filled | by : Lauren Meier - Axios | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:15pm
Pompeo Gets a Grilling on the Hill | by : Robbie Gramer - Foreign Policy | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 9:11am
Mike Pompeo: Secretary of State Nominee Denies He is a War Hawk | by : BBC News | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 1:49am

US Department of Homeland Security / Borders / Immigration

Mexico: Caravan Arrives at US Border; Not Welcome, Tweets Trump | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:47am
Trump's Travel Ban Faces US Supreme Court Showdown | by : Lawrence Hurley - Reuters | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 4:18pm
California Officials Say Pentagon Has Confirmed National Guard Funding Despite Trump Threat | by : John Meyers - LA Times | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:19am
Trump Escalates Feud With California Governor, Refuses to Pay for National Guard Deployment | by : Nick Miroff - WaPo | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 6:30pm
Brown Says Agreement Reached on California Guard Deployment | by : Associated Press | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:57am
Trump Bashes California on Border Mission, Brown Sees a Deal | by : Elliot Spagat - AP | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 7:34am
California Ready to Deploy Troops to Border, Governor Says, Despite Trump’s Tweet | by : Nick Miroff - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 7:50pm
National Guard Bureau Chief: Price Tag for New National Guard Border Operations Still Unknown | by : Kyle Rempfer - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 5:11pm
Guard Bureau Chief: 965 Guard Troops Deployed To US-Mexico Border | by : Terri Moon Cronk - DoD News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 5:07pm
California Limits National Guard’s Border Mission, Risking Clash With Trump | by : Nick Miroff - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 1:59pm
900 Soldiers Head to US-Mexico Border to Aid Patrol | by : Victoria Macchi - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 1:15pm
As California Rejects Some Proposed Border Duties for Troops, Other States Prep for Deployment | by : Dianna Cahn - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:56pm
DoD, DHS Outline National Guard Role in Securing Border | by : Lisa Ferdinando - DoD News | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:50pm
US Says California Rejects Proposed Border Duties for Troops | by : Elliot Spagat and Luis Alonso Lugo - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:03pm
What Does the Law Say About Putting Troops on the Border? | by : Charlie Dunlap - Lawfire | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:51pm
National Guard Faces Tricky Dance in California Border Mission | by : Elliot Spagat - AP | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 4:31pm
States Turn to National Guard to Help Protect Future Elections From Hackers | by : Dave Mistich - NPR | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 3:03am
Mattis: Military Cost to Build Trump’s Border Wall Could be Limited to Bombing-Range Fences | by : Claudia Grisales - Stars & Stripes | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 9:58pm
Mattis Pledges ‘No Contact With the Migrants’ for Troops on Mexico Border | by : Nick Miroff and Paul Sonne - WaPo | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 9:31pm
How Homeland Security Plans to Counter "Foreign Adversaries" | by : Axios - Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 10:04am

US National Security Council

TNYR Profile: McMaster and Commander | by : Patrick Radden Keefe - The New Yorker | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 7:37pm
White House Announces New Deputy National Security Advisor | by : Aaron Mehta - Defense News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:22am
Bolton, New U.S. National Security Adviser, Tells Russia Conditions For Better Ties | by : RFE/RL | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:59am
Is Bolton Ready to Take on Pakistan? | by : Jeff M. Smith and Nathaniel DeBevoise - The National Interest | Posted Sun, 04/08/2018 - 9:53pm
New National Security Adviser John Bolton Faces ‘Baptism by Fire’ | by : Dion Nissenbaum and Farnaz Fassihi - WSJ | Posted Sun, 04/08/2018 - 7:14pm
White House Praises McMaster on His Last Day | by : Associated Press | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 9:54pm
Outgoing U.S. Security Adviser: West Has 'Failed To Impose Sufficient Costs' On Russia | by : RFE/RL | Posted Wed, 04/04/2018 - 11:05pm
Outgoing National Security Advisor HR McMaster Blasts US Inaction On Russia | by : Tracy Wilkinson - LA Times | Posted Wed, 04/04/2018 - 1:47pm
H.R. McMaster Delivers a Parting Shot to Russia | by : Ellen Nakashima and John Hudson - WaPo | Posted Wed, 04/04/2018 - 8:55am
Trump’s New National Security Team | by : Christopher R. Hill - ASPI The Strategist | Posted Tue, 04/03/2018 - 7:33am
Incoming US National Security Adviser 'Fears North Korea Buying Time' | by : Jennie Oh - UPI | Posted Mon, 04/02/2018 - 2:07pm
Trump’s New National Security Adviser Heads to Pentagon for Mattis Meeting | by : Jeff Seldin - VOA News | Posted Thu, 03/29/2018 - 2:18pm
Trump's Pick for National Security Adviser Advocates Tough Response to Russia | by : Cindy Saine - VOA News | Posted Wed, 03/28/2018 - 7:13pm
Mattis Predicts Partnership With Bolton Despite Differences | by : Robert Burns - AP | Posted Wed, 03/28/2018 - 11:32am
John Bolton is a Realist on Iran | by : Struan Stevenson - UPI | Posted Tue, 03/27/2018 - 11:34am
Dancing with the Devil? Why John Bolton Could be the Man Who Keeps America out of War | by : Ryan Leach, Isaac Hedtke and David Danford - Modern War Institute | Posted Tue, 03/27/2018 - 11:33am
John Bolton Is Misunderstood | by : Reihan Salam - Defense One | Posted Tue, 03/27/2018 - 12:17am
John Bolton Is No Bugaboo | by : Walter Russell Mead - WSJ | Posted Mon, 03/26/2018 - 11:46pm
Some Good Advice for Mr. Pompeo | by : Gary Anderson - Washington Times | Posted Mon, 03/26/2018 - 1:34pm
The John Bolton I Knew | by : Matthew Waxman - Lawfare | Posted Mon, 03/26/2018 - 11:23am

US Intelligence Community

Chinese Smartphones Cited by Intelligence as Security Risk Sold on US Bases | by : Will Morris - Stars & Stripes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:10pm
Horns of a Dilemma: Staying Ahead of the Curve in the Intelligence World | by : Michele L. Malvesti, John McLaughlin, Nicholas Rasmussen and Norman Roule - War on the Rocks | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:52am
CIA Releases Declassified Memo on Haspel Involvement in Destruction of Tapes | by : Matthew Kahn - Lawfare | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:47am
Internal Review Cleared Trump's CIA Pick in Videotape Destruction | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 9:57pm
How the CIA Is Waging an Influence Campaign to Get Its Next Director Confirmed | by : Adam Goldman and Matthew Rosenberg - NYT | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:22pm
White House: Pompeo-Kim Jong Un Meeting Raises Stakes Over Confirmation | by : Alexander Mallin, Devin Dwyer and Ali Rogin – ABC News | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:43am
Army Research Lab: Is That The rRght Terrorist? This New Tech IDs Faces in The Dark | by : Todd South - Army Times | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 11:36pm
Secret Pompeo Mission to North Korea Shows Trump’s Trust in Spies Over Diplomats | by : Mark Landler - NYT | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 2:39pm
Pompeo’s Critics Offer Grudging Praise For North Korea Meeting | by : Karoun Demirjian - WaPo | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 2:06pm
Trump Says 'Good Relationship Formed' at Pompeo's Secret Meeting With Kim Jong Un | by : Matthew Lee and Zeke Miller - AP | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 1:12pm
US Officials Say Pompeo Has Met With North Korea’s Kim | by : Matthew Lee and Zeke Miller - AP | Posted Wed, 04/18/2018 - 7:11am
CIA Chief Pompeo Met With Kim Jong-Un, Media Reports Say | by : Steve Herman - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 11:14pm
CIA Director Pompeo Met With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Over Easter Weekend | by : Shane Harris, Carol D. Leonnig, Greg Jaffe and David Nakamura - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:10pm
US Official: Trump's Intelligence Chief Had Secret Meeting With North Korean Leader | by : John Walcott and Steve Holland - Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:06pm
Washington Post: US Secretary of State Nominee Pompeo Met With North Korea's Kim | by : Reuters | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:04pm
The Haspel Nomination and the Torture Question | by : Daniel Baer - Foreign Affairs | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 1:43am
Gina Haspel's Nomination to Head CIA Faces Some Opposition in Senate | by : Shane Harris and Karoun Demirjian - WaPo | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 2:35pm
Gina Haspel’s Nomination to Head CIA Faces Some Opposition in Senate | by : Shane Harris and Karoun Demirjian - WaPo | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 1:19am
CIA Director: 'Couple Hundred Russians' Killed In February US Assault In Syria | by : Mike Eckel - RFE/RL | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 1:51am
Trump Administration Considering Major Changes to Security Clearance Program | by : Nicole Ogrysko - Federal News Radio | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 10:06am

US Congress

Senate Postpones Ronny Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing, Asks Trump For More Information | by : Nikki Wentling - Stars & Stripes | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:45pm
Trump Hints That Ronny Jackson Might Withdraw VA Nomination Amid Criticism | by : Nicholas Fandos and Micheal D. Shear - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:34pm
Trump Says Veterans-Post Nominee Will Decide If He Still Wants Job | by : Louise Radnofsky and Peter Nicholas - WSJ | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 2:29pm
Congress Must Act to Rein in DoD Waste, Red Tape | by : Mac Thornberry - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:46am
After Trump Intervenes, Senate Panel Narrowly Endorses Pompeo | by : Karoun Demirjian - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:07am
US Senate Panel Narrowly Backs Pompeo | by : Michael Bowman - VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:44am
No Panacea For Aviation Mishaps, Military Brass Tells Congress | by : Valerie Insinna - Military Times | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:42am
Former VA Secretaries Throw Their Support Behind Trump’s Latest Pick For The Job | by : Leo Shane III - Federal Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:03pm
Senate Postpones Confirmation Hearing for VA Secretary Nominee, Casting Doubt Over His Future | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:57pm
Defense Department is Pursuing Another Multibillion-Dollar Cloud | by : Frank Konkel - Defense One | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 9:10pm
ISIS, al-Qaida ‘Regrouping’ in Libya, What’s US Strategy? Congress Asks | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:59pm
Pompeo’s Senate Confirmation Will Be Historic | by : Amber Phillips - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:11pm
Pompeo Faces Uncertain Vote in Senate for State Dept. Post | by : Ed Adamczyk - UPI | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:57pm
US Lawmakers Call on Army to Study Buying Israel's Iron Dome | by : Ran Dagoni - Tel Aviv Globes | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:27am
Five Key Questions in the Upcoming VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing | by : Leo Shane III - Military Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:13am
Senate Panel Poised to Vote Against Backing Pompeo Nomination | by : Rebecca Ballhaus - WSJ | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 4:46pm
US Lawmakers Call for Greater US Role in Libya | by : Hasib Danish Alikozai and Mehdi Jedinia - VOA News | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:16am
Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Centrality of Missile Defense to a 21st Century Combat Force | by : Richard Weitz - Defense.info | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:51pm
Lawmaker: Is The Army Paying Too Much For Its New Ultra-Light Vehicle? | by : Matthew Cox - Kit Up! | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:27pm
Internal Review Cleared Trump's CIA Pick in Videotape Destruction | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 9:57pm

United Kingdom

Theresa May Faces Brexit Showdown | by : Francis Elliott - The Times | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 2:39am
Will Trump Ever Go to London? The Saga of the Special Relationship’s Long-Delayed Visit. | by : Adam Taylor - WaPo | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 2:48pm
UK: Two Years For Teen 'Cyber Terrorist' Who Targeted US Officials | by : BBC News | Posted Sun, 04/22/2018 - 1:12am
UK: Police and MI5 to Get Greater Powers to Fight Terror | by : Tim Shipman - The Times | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 11:18pm
Could the UK Vote Again on Brexit? The Prospects Are Rising | by : Stephen Castle - NYT | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 2:59pm
Suspects in Attack on Ex-Spy Are in Russia, UK Newspaper Reports | by : Ellen Barry - NYT | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 8:30pm
Russia Dismisses Rare US-British Warning on Hackers | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 1:46pm
Theresa May: Russia, Syria Working to ‘Conceal the Facts’ of Gas Attack | by : Joel Gehrke - Washington Examiner | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 12:05pm
US, UK Accuse Russia of Interfering in OPCW Douma Probe | by : Cristina Burack - Deutsche Welle | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 12:01pm
‘A Computer That Happens To Fly’: USAF, RAF Chiefs On Multi-Domain Future | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:52pm
US, Britain Issue Warnings Over Chinese Telecom Equipment Maker ZTE | by : Jason Douglas and Robert Wall - WSJ | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:29pm
UK's May Tells Lawmakers: Syria Strikes Were Legal and Moral | by : Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:06pm
US, Britain Blame Russia For Global Cyber Attack | by : Jim Finkle and Doina Chiacu - Reuters | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:16pm
U.S., British governments warn Businesses Worldwide of Russian Campaign to Hack Routers | by : Ellen Nakashima - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:33pm
Russia Steps Up Hacking, Spurring Rare US-UK Warning on Risk | by : Robert Hutton and Nafeesa Syeed - Bloomberg News | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:28pm
The Art of the Handshake: Behind the Alliance That Hit Syria | by : Michael C. Bender - WSJ | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:14pm
US and UK Warn of Cybersecurity Threat From Russia | by : David D. Kirkpatrick and Ron Nixon - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:11pm
Brexit Redraws EU Alliances | by : Paul Taylor - Politico EU | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 3:44pm
Syria Air Strikes: Theresa May Faces MPs' Questions | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:42am
Brexit: 'People's Vote' Campaign Group Launched | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:22am

Australia

Australian Warships Challenged in South China Sea | by : Euan Graham | Posted Sat, 04/21/2018 - 1:55am
Australia's New Military Leadership: A View From America | by : Nathan Finney - ASPI The Strategist | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:19pm
Building a Brilliant Australian Defence Force | by : Mick Ryan - ASPI The Strategist | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:10pm
Refugee Policy General Named Next Australian Defense Chief | by : Rod McGuirk - AP | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 1:33am
Report: Almost Half of Australian Military Veterans Suffer Mental Health Conditions | by : Phil Mercer - VOA News | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 8:55pm
Watching On: Australia and the Korean Peninsula Talks | by : Bec Strating - The Interpreter | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:26pm
Russia Retaliates With a Tit-For-Tat Move Against Australian Diplomats | by : News.Com.AU | Posted Sat, 03/31/2018 - 9:54am
Spy Poisoning: Australian PM Condemns Russian 'Recklessness' in UK | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 03/26/2018 - 11:01pm
Australia Condemns Syria at UN and Pushes Back Against Russia | by : Ben Doherty - The Guardian | Posted Sat, 03/24/2018 - 7:28pm
Record Number of US Marines to Train in Australia in Symbolic Challenge to China | by : Colin Packham - Reuters | Posted Fri, 03/23/2018 - 10:24am
Australia: The Monstrous Strategic Mistake That Took Us To War In Iraq | by : Kevin Rudd - Sydney Morning Herald | Posted Wed, 03/21/2018 - 1:31pm
ASEAN, Australia Agree to Boost Terrorism Fight, Enhance Maritime Cooperation | by : Radio Free Asia | Posted Tue, 03/20/2018 - 3:41am
Australia Urges Asian Nations to Strengthen Counterterrorism Cooperation | by : Rob Taylor - WSJ | Posted Sat, 03/17/2018 - 6:55am
US-led Task Force Makes $400 Million Drug Bust in Arabian Sea | by : Jason Behnke - Stars & Stripes | Posted Wed, 03/07/2018 - 9:28pm
2 Australian Contractors Among Dozens Wounded in Kabul Blast | by : Phillip Walter Wellman - Stars & Stripes | Posted Sat, 03/03/2018 - 2:25pm
2 Australian Contractors Among Dozens Wounded in Kabul Blast | by : Phillip Walter Wellman - Stars & Stripes | Posted Sat, 03/03/2018 - 2:24pm
Deputy Defense Secretary, Australian Prime Minister Meet at Pentagon | by : DoD News | Posted Sat, 02/24/2018 - 8:08pm
Trump to Nominate Adm. Harry Harris for Australian Ambassadorship | by : Geoff Ziezulewicz - Navy Times | Posted Fri, 02/09/2018 - 9:04pm
The Clash of Values and Practice in Australian Foreign Policy | by : Bec Strating - The Interpreter | Posted Wed, 02/07/2018 - 6:47am
Exposed! Australia’s Secret War Plans to Attack Iran! (Maybe) | by : Rodger Shanahan, The Interpreter | Posted Mon, 02/05/2018 - 8:34am

Canada

Toronto Van Rampage Suspect Is Charged with Murder | by : Ian Austin and Dan Bilefsky - NYT | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 12:53pm
Toronto Van Attack: Suspect Quizzed After 10 Pedestrians Killed | by : BBC News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:51am
Toronto Van Driver Accused of Killing 10 to Appear in Court | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:43am
Suspect Named After Van Ploughs Into Pedestrians in Toronto Leaving Ten Dead and 15 Injured | by : Rozina Sabur, Ben Riley-Smith, Christopher Guly and Rob Crilly - The Telegraph | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:18pm
Toronto Van: Ten Dead and 15 Injured as Pedestrians Hit | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 10:38pm
Toronto Van Plows Along Sidewalk, Killing 9 in ‘Pure Carnage’ | by : Ian Austin and Liam Stack - NYT | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 6:12pm
G-7: The Personal is Political for Canada’s Foreign Minister | by : Carol Morello - WaPo | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 5:30pm
How Chinese Gangs are Laundering Drug Money Through Vancouver Real Estate | by : Sam Cooper - Global News | Posted Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:47pm
On Canada's National Objectives: Make Mali About Peacekeeping, Not Politics | by : Lewis Mackenzie - Globe and Mail | Posted Thu, 04/19/2018 - 1:14pm
Scientists Can’t Explain Why US and Canadian Diplomats in Cuba are Suffering From ‘Traumatic Brain Injury’ | by : Amanda Erickson - WaPo | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 9:15pm
Canada Pulls Diplomats' Families From Cuba Over Mystery Illness | by : Sharon Marris - Sky News | Posted Tue, 04/17/2018 - 1:00pm
Canada Sends Home Families of Diplomats Posted in Cuba | by : BBC News | Posted Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:01pm
Canada Backs Syria Strikes But Others at Americas Summit Concerned | by : Lisandra Paraguassu and Roberta Rampton - Reuters | Posted Sat, 04/14/2018 - 5:28pm
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Rules Out Airstrikes in Syria | by : Ray Downs - UPI | Posted Thu, 04/12/2018 - 2:14pm
UN Wants Canada to Send Helicopters to Mali Sooner | by : Agence France-Presse | Posted Wed, 04/11/2018 - 7:54pm
The Rohingya, Canada and Lessons Learned in Rwanda | by : Globe & Mail Editorial | Posted Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:42am
Canada to Send Helicopters to UN Mali Mission, Allies Relieved | by : David Ljunggren - Reuters | Posted Tue, 03/20/2018 - 2:02am
Canada Struggles as It Opens Its Arms to Victims of ISIS | by : Catherine Porter - NYT | Posted Fri, 03/16/2018 - 6:09pm
FBI: Canadian Company Custom-Made Encrypted Phones for Cartels | by : Scott Squires - InSight Crime | Posted Wed, 03/14/2018 - 11:16pm
Canada Being Invited to Take 'Greater Role' in Iraq Mission, Says NATO General | by : Murray Brewster - CBC News | Posted Sat, 03/10/2018 - 2:10pm

On War

Vulpine Virtues and Strategic Success | by : Frank Hoffman - War on the Rocks | Posted Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:43pm
Human Judgment and Lethal Decision-Making in War | by : Paul Scharre - International Review of the Red Cross | Posted Fri, 04/13/2018 - 5:01pm
Forecasting the Future of Warfare | by : Robert H. Scales - War on the Rocks | Posted Mon, 04/09/2018 - 7:49pm
The Land, Space, and Cyberspace Nexus: Evolution of the Oldest Military Operations in the Newest Military Domains | by : Jeffrey L. Caton - Strategic Studies Institute | Posted Sat, 04/07/2018 - 11:02pm
Is Russia on the Doorstep of the Seventh Military Revolution? | by : Sergey Sukhankin - Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 3:43pm
Modern Political Warfare: Current Practices and Possible Responses | by : Linda Robinson, Todd C. Helmus, Raphael S. Cohen, Alireza Nader, Andrew Radin, Madeline Magnuson and Katya Migacheva - RAND Corporation | Posted Fri, 04/06/2018 - 9:53am
Defence Against the ‘Drone’ Arts: Surviving the Swarm & An Eleventh Principle of War | by : Greg Rowlands - The Cove | Posted Thu, 04/05/2018 - 2:14am
Analyzing the Russian Way of War: Evidence from the 2008 Conflict with Georgia | by : Lionel Beehner, Liam Collins, Steve Ferenzi, Robert Person and Aaron Brantly - Modern War Institute | Posted Sat, 03/24/2018 - 6:49pm
The Game of #Risk The Game of #Risk | by : The Strategy Bridge | Posted Sat, 03/24/2018 - 4:57pm
What is a Warfighting Culture? | by : Mark Tutton - Grounded Curiosity | Posted Thu, 03/22/2018 - 2:24am
The End Of The American Way of War; The Cold War Really Is Over | by : Paul McLeary - Breaking Defense | Posted Wed, 03/21/2018 - 8:18pm
Multi-Domain Battle, 1781: The Lessons of Yorktown | by : Theodore Zagraniski - USAWC War Room | Posted Sun, 03/11/2018 - 1:52am
On Anticipating Surprise | by : Frank Hoffman - War on the Rocks | Posted Mon, 03/05/2018 - 5:32am
What the Gulf War Teaches About the Future of War | by : Franz-Stefan Gady - The Diplomat | Posted Sat, 03/03/2018 - 12:02pm
The Integrated Joint Force: A Lethal Solution for Ensuring Military Preeminence | by : Harry B. Harris, Jr., Robert B. Brown, Scott H. Swift, and Richard D. Berry - The Strategy Bridge | Posted Fri, 03/02/2018 - 10:02am
War by Other Means – Integrating Modern Technology | by : Nick Brunetti-Lihach - Marine Corps Gazette | Posted Wed, 02/28/2018 - 8:25am
Multi-Domain Battle: Fundamentals in an Evolutionary Environment | by : Aundre F. Piggee - US Army | Posted Tue, 02/27/2018 - 8:24am
In Defense of Strategic Thinking | by : Thomas Bodine - Real Clear World | Posted Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:41am
Charting the Course for Technology in War | by : Daniel Morgan - Modern War Institute | Posted Tue, 02/20/2018 - 7:03pm
Drones to Will Surpass IED Threat in Future Conflicts | by : Daniel Gouré Real Clear Defense | Posted Thu, 02/08/2018 - 9:42am

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