Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Economics, & More
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USNI Daily - Real Clear Defense - Real Clear World - The Daily Humanitarian
BBC - CNN World - CSM World - LAT World - NYT World - WP World - VOA
WP National Security - WT National Security - American Forces Press Service
Abu Muqawama - Air Force Times - Armed Forces Journal - AOL Defense - Army Times
At War - CSM Backchannels - Battleland - DEFCON Hill - Best Defense - Danger Room
Defense One - Defense Tech - DoD Buzz - The Diplomat - Clausewitz Homepage
Early Warning - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Fortuna’s Corner
Ground Force Dialogue - David Ignatius - Defense Tech
Early Warning Blog - Feral Jundi - Infinity Journal
Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Information Dissemination - The Interpreter - Kings of War - Long War Journal
Marine Corps Gazette - Marine Corps Times - Maritime Executive - Military Review
MountainRunner - National Defense - Navy Times - Parameters - RUSI
Security Clearance - Stars & Stripes - War on the Rocks - Warscapes - Wings Over Iraq
ZenPundit - CNA - CNAS - CSIS - ILW - ISW - Rand - TJF - USIP
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Afghanistan
Police Can't Deliver Election Materials to Taliban-Controlled Areas - S&S
NATO Allies Leaving Afghanistan End Rebuilding in South - Bloomberg
US Risks Setback to Oversight of Afghan Reconstruction - LAT
Australia to Pull Troops Out of Afghanistan - VOA
Afghans to Hold Talks With Ex-Taliban Chief - Reuters
Afghans Tried to Court Pakistani Militant Seized by US - Reuters
Marine Under Fire: Will the Punishment Fit the Crime? - CNN
Vets Struggle, Adapt a Year After Returning Home From Afghanistan - DDN
Syria
In Syria, Number of Political Parties Skyrocketing - LAT
State Media: Syrian Deputy PM Dismissed - VOA
Syria Fires Official Who Tried to Broker Peace - NYT
Syria Sacks Deputy PM Who Met US Officials - AP
Starved Syrians Flee Damascus Suburb - BBC
Starvation in Syria: a War Tactic - Reuters
UN Confirms Polio in Syria - VOA
U.N. Confirms Outbreak of Polio in Syria - NYT
Iraq
Senators Voice Alarm to Obama About Iraq’s Maliki - WP
Senators Warn Obama Before Iraq Leader’s Visit - NYT
Separate Suicide Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 20 - AP
In Iraq, Sunni Attacks Spark Shiite Calls to Arms - AP
Suicide Bombers Kill 11 Military, Police - Reuters
How We Won in Iraq - FP (GEN Petraeus)
Petraeus Aide, Now Ohio State Professor, Critiques Iraq 'Surge' - CD (COL Mansoor)
Have Patience With Us - NYT Opinion (Maliki)
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
Terrorist Attacks and Deaths Hit Record High, Report Shows - CNN
US Intelligence Community
Officials Say White House Knew of Spying Overseas - NYT
Obama Considers End to Reported Spying on Allied Leaders - VOA
US Weighing Changes After Allies Object to Spying - AP
Obama Orders Curbs on NSA Spying on UN Headquarters - Reuters
NSA Chief: NATO Allies Shared Records - WP
Europeans Handed Over Phone Records, US Says - LAT
NSA Chief Defends Spying Programs - USAT
US Defends Spying on Foreign Leaders - BBC
NSA's Best Friend Just Shivved The Spies - FP
NSA Staffers Angrily Dispute Obama Denial - LAT
US Spying a Symptom of a Paranoid Government, Germans Say - McClatchy
NSA Spying Unbounded - WP Editorial
A Turbulent Spy Agency - WP Opinion
US Department of Defense
ASD Carter Praises US Soldiers’ ‘Ferocious Ingenuity’ - AFPS
USS Gravely Assists in Rescue of 120 in Mediterranean - S&S
DoD Personnel Chief: Job-Specific Physical Standards Being Drafted - AT
National Monument to Military Working Dogs Dedicated at Lackland - VA
Marine Gets 5 Years for Taking Bribes in Iraq - S&S
DIA Director Flynn on Why Special Ops Will Keep Us From War - DO Interview
Bad Idea for the Pentagon’s Idea Shop - WOTR Opinion
United States
Lawmakers Push for 100% Advance Funding for VA - S&S
Five Officials Left VA in Wake of Conference Fallout - FT
Obama Installs New FBI Chief - VOA
Hagel Praises Former US Representative Ike Skelton - AFPS
Chaos for Obama - WP Opinion
United Kingdom
Top British Official in Ulster Is Target of a Letter Bomb - NYT
Armed Forces Charities to Get £9.2m - BBC
Britain Aims to be First Western Country to Issue Sovereign Islamic Bond - VOA
United Nations / Related
United Nations to Adopt Asteroid Defense Plan - SA
How the UN Plans to Defend Earth From Asteroids - TW
Doomsday Vault in Norway Keeps Seeds for Every Type of Agriculture - DM
Africa
US Intensifying Effort to Help Catch African Warlord Kony - VOA
Congo Army Makes Inroads Against Weakened Rebels - VOA
UN: New Atrocities in Central African Republic - AP
South Africa: Anti-Mandela Plotters Sentenced - BBC
South African Militants Sentenced in Mandela Plot - VOA
French Hostages Freed in Niger - BBC
Two Kenyan Soldiers Jailed for Westgate Looting - BBC
South Sudan Plans Oil License Auction by Year's End - VOA
Britney Spears' Music Used by British Navy to Scare Off Somali Pirates - TG
Americas / Caribbean
Mexico's President to Pardon Teacher Who Killed 7 Police - Reuters
Mexico's Pemex Says 39 Employees Arrested in Oil Theft Ring - Reuters
Argentina Court Approves Media Law - BBC
Uruguay to Withdraw Its UN Peacekeepers From Haiti - AP
Asia / Pacific
Preoccupied Obama Criticized Over North Korea Policy - AP
Japan Warns China on Islands Row - BBC
China to Step Up Own Security After New NSA Allegations - Reuters
China Suspects Tiananmen Vehicle Fire was a Suicide Attack - VOA
Tiananmen Crash: China Police 'Seek Xinjiang Suspects - BBC
China: Police Name Suspects in Tiananmen Crash Probe - WP
China Focuses on an Ethnic Minority in a Car Explosion - NYT
Chinese Police Seek 8 Following Tiananmen Attack - AP
China Pins Hopes on Bigger Spending to Boost Economy - VOA
Vietnam’s Latest Trial Shows New Generation of Activism - VOA
South Korean Rescues Abductees, But Not All Are Grateful - WP
Japan's Illiberal Secrecy Law - NYT Editorial
Is South Korea Stealing US Military Secrets? - FP Opinion
Europe
Groundbreaking Ceremony for US Missile Defense Facility Held in Romania - VOA
As It Denounces US Spying, Europe Delays Privacy Protection at Home - NYT
Russia 'Spied on G20 Leaders with USB Sticks' - TT
New Charges Against Russia's Opposition Leader Navalny - BBC
Greeks Question Media, and New Voices Pipe Up - NYT
The West's Failure to Understand Putin's Russia - NO Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
UN Nuclear Negotiators Plan New Talks in Tehran - VOA
Iran-UN Nuke Talks Advance, New Round Nov. 11 - AP
UN and Iran Cite Progress in Settling Questions on Nuclear Program - NYT
Iran says Seeks ‘Practical Solution’ to Rift with UN Inspectors - VOA
‘Iran Two Weeks Away From Weapons-Grade Uranium’ - TOI
Israel Frees New Batch of 26 Palestinian Inmates - BBC
Israel Releases 26 Palestinian Prisoners - AP
Emotional Return of Palestinian Prisoners - NYT
Israel Announces Settlement Push After Palestinian Prisoner Release - Reuters
Israel Announces East Jerusalem Building Project - AP
Saudi Journalist Detained for Muhammad Tweets Freed - BBC
White House Asks Congress to Help Keep Egypt Aid Flowing - WP
Ousted General in Egypt Is Back, as Islamists’ Foe - NYT
Judge in Egypt Brotherhood Trial Withdraws, Case Indefinitely Adjourned - VOA
Egypt Judges Quit Muslim Brotherhood Trial - BBC
Egypt Arrests Deputy Leader of Brotherhood's Party - AP
Egyptians 'Missing' in Libya Desert - BBC
US Allies in Revolt - NYT Editorial
Turning away from the Mideast - LAT Opinion
South Asia
From Pakistan, Family Comes to Tell of Drone Strike’s Toll - WP