Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Economics, & More
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Afghanistan
Not Your Average Weather Guys in Special Operations - S&S
Afghan Women Help Drive Resurgent Economy - VOA
Kerry Hits a Header in Kabul, Gets Earful from Afghan Women - WP
Combined Force in Kandahar Province Arrests Taliban Leader - AFPS
UK Soldier Killed in Afghanistan - BBC
Kandahar and Hope - Brookings opinion
Syria
Syrian Opposition Takes Seat at Arab Summit - VOA
Syrian Opposition Takes Syria’s Arab Summit Seat - WP
Syrian Opposition Joins Meeting of Arab League - NYT
Opposition Takes Syria Summit Seat - BBC
Iran Condemns Arab League for Handing Seat to Opposition - Reuters
Syrian Rebels Fighting Among Themselves - Time
Syria’s Shiites Offer Different Picture of War - LAT
Kerry in Paris to Talk Syria with French - AP
Swedish Scientist to Head UN Syria Chemical Weapons Probe - Reuters
Not Heeding the Lessons of War - WP opinion
No Time to Waiver on Syria - WP opinion
The Real Reason Putin Supports Assad - FA opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Obama Trip Renews Debate over Israeli-Palestinian Solution - VOA
Economic Issues Plague the Arab Spring - VOA
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Roadshow: Pitching His Political Heir - AP
Saudi Arabia Says Spy Ring Worked for Iran - AP
Qatar Proposes $1bn Jerusalem Fund - BBC
UAE Trial of 94 Slammed as 'Unfair' - BBC
Rights Groups Fears for Hunger Strikers in Bahrain - AP
Egyptian President Sees Elections in October - Reuters
Accused Egyptian Blogger Questioned - BBC
Egyptian Blogger Accused of Violence Released - AP
Lebanon's Political Merry-Go-Round - DS editorial
Will Arab Spring Ruin Lebanon's Democracy? - NY opinion
Why Did We Invade Iraq? - NR opinion
Nouri Maliki: Iraq's Great Divider - LAT opinion
Sanctions May Be Speeding Iran's Nukes - CSM opinion
US Department of Defense
Budget Cuts Cancel Deployments of 4 More Ships - S&S
Report: Pentagon Must Do More to Prevent Sex Assaults - AP
Military Judge Rejects Two Trials in Sinclair Case - FO
Ex-Defense Worker Held Without Bail Over Leaks - HSA
Defense Leaders Too Steeped in Old Ways - Time opinion
United States
Figure in Seattle Terror Plot Escapes Life Sentence - ST
Obama Names First Woman Head of US Secret Service - BBC
United Kingdom
UK Border Agency to be Scrapped - BBC
United Nations
What's at Stake in UN Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations? - Reuters
Arms Trade Treaty: Down to the Wire - NYT editorial
Africa
US Eyes Anti-Piracy Effort Along West Africa Coast - AP
Bangui Tense, but Calm, as CAR Rebels Establish Control - VOA
Congolese Rebel Leader Ntaganda Faces ICC - VOA
DR Congo's Ntaganda Appears at ICC - BBC
Congo Rebel Commander Tells ICC He Was Just ‘a Soldier’ - NYT
UN Chief Proposes Peacekeepers as Option for Mali - AP
Chinese Pursue Volunteer Opportunities in Africa - VOA
South Africa Signs Deals With Russia, China - AP
BRICS Summit Opens in South Africa - VOA
Kenya to Hear Petition Challenging Kenyatta's Vote Win - Reuters
US Citizens in Kenya Told to Be Cautious During Vote Ruling - VOA
Nigeria Militant Jailed for 24 Years - BBC
Zambia's ex-President Rupiah Banda Pleads Not Guilty - BBC
Americas
Pope Francis’ Argentina ‘Dirty War’ Past Remains Opaque - LAT
Colombian Police Seize Cocaine Stashed in Bricks - BBC
Peru Criticized for 'Avoidable' Military Draft - AP
Asia / Pacific
Fresh North Korean Threat to Attack America, South Korea - VOA
North Korea 'Combat Posture to Hit US' - BBC
North Korea Says Ready for Combat as Sanctions Tighten - Reuters
US-South Korea Alliance Won't be Bullied by North, USFK Says - S&S
Russia Denies Fighter, Sub Sales to China - DN
China Holds Landing Exercises in South China Sea - AP
US Judge Jails Chinese Man Who Exported Military Secrets - VOA
South Korea, Tokyo Seek Thaw, Nudged by US - WSJ
Japanese Courts Press Abe on Electoral Reform - WP
Japanese Troops Moving in with US Soldiers at Camp Zama - S&S
In Burma, Fear Gives Way to Anger - WP
Religious Unrest Threatens Reform, Warns Burma - VOA
Burma Riots Prompt More Curfews - BBC
General: Burma’s Military Staying in Politics - AP
Activists Fear Thai Return of Hmong Rebel to Laos - AP
China's Coming Foreign Policy Test - Economist editorial
Europe
Hagel, Russian Counterpart Discuss Mutual Security Issues - AFPS
Stavridis Presses for More NATO-Russia Dialogue - AFPS
Europeans Planted Seeds of Crisis in Cyprus - NYT
Cyprus Banks Remain Closed Despite Bailout Deal - VOA
Cyprus Straining to Reopen Banks - BBC
EU Backs Croatia to Join in July - BBC
South Asia
Italy's FM Resigns Over Return of Accused Italian Marines to India - VOA
Italy Minister Quits Over India Row - BBC
Bombs Explode During General Strike in Bangladesh - AP
Gen. Musharraf Returns to Pakistan - NYT editorial
Pakistan Needs an Anwar Sadat - NP opinion