Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Ground Force Dialogue - David Ignatius - Defense Tech
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Faces Crucial Year of Elections, Security Transition - VOA
Impasse Over Security Deal Adds to Afghan Economy’s Troubles - NYT
Official: US Hasn’t Given Up on Afghanistan Security Deal - WP
Afghan President Lashes Out at US 'Threats' - AP
US Medevac Crews Still Play Major Role in Afghan Conflict - S&S
Planes Parked in Weeds in Kabul After $486 Million Spent - Bloomberg
Green Berets Honor Last 4 Members to Die in Afghanistan - NT
Relax, Afghanistan Isn’t Going to Collapse - TD Opinion
Syria
Woman Who Inspired Syria’s Peaceful Revolt Goes Missing - WP
Prominent Rights Lawyer Among 4 Abducted in Syria - NYT
UNHCR Plans Syria Aid Airlift - Syria
Spanish Journalists Seized in Syria - BBC
Syrian Opposition Head Urges Gulf States to Launch Aid Fund - Reuters
Iran
Iran Sees Progress in Talks With Powers on Nuclear Deal Implementation - Reuters
Republican Says Iran Deal Should Halt Uranium Enrichment - NYT
US State Department Says More Iranian Sanctions Bad Idea - UPI
Terror Infrastructure in Central, S. America, Says Israeli Defense Minister - WT
Guards Chief Criticizes Foreign Minister - AP
Obama's 'Fluffy Bun' Iranian Nuke Deal - UPI Opinion
US Department of Defense
NSA Uses Google Cookies to Pinpoint Targets for Hacking - WP
Navy to Review Port Contracts in Light of Bribery Scandal - S&S
Remains of Missing US Serviceman Found in Laos - AFPS
Suit: Marine's Body Sent Home to Pa. Without Heart - AP
A Doable Defense Deal - WP Editorial
A-10 the Victim of Difficult Choices - AW Opinion
United States
Lawmakers Agree on $85 Billion Budget Package - WP
Congressional Negotiators Agree on a Budget Deal - NYT
House and Senate Negotiators Reach Two-Year Budget Deal - WT
Extradited Briton Babar Ahmad Admits Terrorism Offenses - BBC
Two Britons Plead Guilty to US Terrorism-Related Charges - Reuters
What Counts as National Security? - WOTR Opinion
Drone Strikes Proof US Is a Paper Tiger? - LWJ Opinion
Africa
Stopping Bloodshed in the CAR Amid Ghosts of Genocide - NYT
2 French Soldiers Killed, Mosque Burned in CAR - VOA
Two French Soldiers Killed in CAR - BBC
2 French Troops Die Disarming C. African Rebels - AP
Violence Persists in CAR as Hollande Visits - Reuters
Only 4 Shooters at Kenya Mall and They May Have Escaped Alive - NBC
Gunmen Kill Kenyan Police in Ambush - BBC
Mali: French Say They Killed 19 Extremists Near Timbuktu - AP
UN: Major Offensives Planned vs. Somali Militants - AP
World Leaders Pay Tribute to Mandela at Memorial - VOA
The Great and the Humble Pay Tribute to Mandela - NYT
South Africa, World Leaders Gather to Honor Mandela - WP
Mandela’s Foreign Policy Often Irritated US - WP
Americas / Caribbean
Nicaragua's Assembly Approves Plan to End Presidential Term Limits - Reuters
Nicaragua Leader Moves Closer to Indefinite Power - AP
Deadly Argentina Looting Spreads - BBC
Brazilian Ex-President Was 'Killed by Military Conspiracy' - BBC
Will Handshake With Castro Lead to Headache for Obama? - NYT
US-Cuba: Obama-Castro Handshake 'Unplanned' - BBC
Cuban Dissidents Detained on Human Rights Day - AP
Cuba: Scattered Protests, Detentions Mark Human Rights Day - Reuters
Asia / Pacific
Researcher: Chinese Hackers Spied on Europeans Before G20 Meeting - Reuters
China’s Rise Fuels Resentment, Jealousy in Hong Kong - WP
Chinese Professor Who Advocated Free Speech Is Fired - NYT
US Skeptical North Korea Moves Will Ease Nuke Tensions - AP
South Korea: North Korea Engaged in 'Reign of Terror' - VOA
South Korea Says North in 'Terror Reign' - BBC
Thailand’s Embattled Prime Minister Insists She Will Stay - VOA
Thai Leader Rejects Demands That She Quit - NYT
Thai Democracy Enters Dangerous New Crossroads - AP
Philippines Judge Acquits 3 Indonesia Terror Suspects - AP
Rare Singapore Riot Forces Soul Searching over Foreign Workers - Reuters
Singapore Charges 24 Over Riot - BBC
ICRC Advising Police in Burma - UPI
Getting the Asia Pivot Right - WOTR Opinion
Trade Can Break Down China’s Great Firewall - WP Opinion
Europe
Russian Military to Recruit 500,000 Professional Soldiers by 2022 - RIA
Putin Vows to Beef Up Arctic Military Presence - AP
Russia's Putin Orders Military Complete Arctic Plan by Year End - Reuters
Russian Airfield: Cold War Heats Up Again in the Arctic - WT
Ukrainian President Tries to Defuse EU Crisis - VOA
Ukraine’s President Convenes ‘Round Table’ - NYT
Police Swarm Protest Camp in Ukraine - WP
Police Move Against Protests in Ukraine - NYT
Ukraine Crisis: Yanukovych Ready to Resume EU Talks - BBC
Ukraine’s President Budges, But Not Much - WP
Ukraine's Leader Makes Offer; Critics Say No Deal - AP
Middle East / North Africa
At End of 5-Nation Trip, Hagel Restates Immutable US Presence in ME - S&S
Hagel Renews Qatar Defense Pact - WT
Suicide Bomber Kills 11 at Northern Iraq Funeral - Reuters
Abu Qatada Challenges Jordanian Authority in Terrorism Trial - Reuters
Cleric Denies Jordan Terror Charges - BBC
Egypt's Moussa Defends Draft Charter - AP
Egypt's Urban Inflation Soars, Adds to Risk of Social Unrest - Reuters
Most Syrian, Palestinian Refugees Held in Egypt Released - Reuters
South Asia
Disarray in India's Ruling Party After Poll Defeat - Reuters
Sri Lanka Rally Against Disappearances - BBC
Bangladesh Court Stays Execution of Abdul Kader Mullah - BBC