Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
Karzai Arranged Secret Contacts With the Taliban - NYT
Afghanistan's Karzai in Secret Talks With Taliban - Reuters
Report: Troop Morale Up in Afghanistan - AP
Afghan Polls Should be Free From Violence, UN Says - UPI
Election Coverage Shows Growth of New Afghan Media - AP
Azerbaijan Firm to Discuss TAPI Pipeline Study with Afghan Officials - UPI
Karzai's America Bashing Is Bad for Afghanistan - Economist Editorial
The Dangers in Pakistan, Afghanistan - CT Editorial
Syria
Kerry Tells Senators That Obama Syria Policy Is Collapsing - Bloomberg
Al-Qaida Disavows Syria Militant Group - VOA
Al Qaeda Cuts Ties With Jihadist Group Involved in Rebel Infighting - NYT
Al-Qaeda Disavows Connection With ISIS Group in Syria, Iraq - WP
Al Qaeda Severs Ties With Militants in Syria and Iraq - LAT
Al-Qaeda Disavows ISIS in Syria - BBC
Al-Qaida Breaks With Syria Group in Mounting Feud - AP
Al Qaeda's Boss Fed Up With Al Qaeda's Syrian 'Affiliate' ISIS - CSM
Kurds From Iraq Wage Holy War in Syria With One Eye on Home - Reuters
Russia Says Syria Gov’t Will Be at Next Round of Peace Talks - Reuters
Russia Says Syria to Ship More Chemical Arms, Attend Talks - Reuters
A Syria Reset - WP Editorial
Senators Say Kerry Admitted US Failure in Syria - WP Opinion
Responsibility to Protect Can't Save Syria - TD Opinion
Iran
Iran Says Kerry, Obama Rhetoric Threatens to Derail Diplomacy - CSM
Iran Gets First Tranche of Assets Under Sanctions Relief - VOA
Iran Giving Food Away to Millions for Relief - NYT
Ukraine
US and Europe Work on Aid Package for Ukraine - NYT
Ukraine's Opposition Pushes for Limits on Presidential Powers - VOA
Ukraine Leader Said to Rule Out Force, Eye Early Elections - Reuters
News Analysis: Attention Focuses On Ukraine's 'Thin Blue Line' - VOA
Russia Warns Ukraine Opposition - BBC
US in Early Talks With EU on Ukraine Financial Support - Reuters
German Foreign Minister Threatens Sanctions Against Ukraine - Reuters
How Russia Is Fighting to Regain Control of Ukraine - Time
Ukraine's Grim Vacuum - UPI Opinion
Don’t Let Putin Grab Ukraine - NYT Opinion
Sochi, Russia / Winter Olympics
Experts Say Security Threats in Sochi May Already Be Inside - VOA
Money Spent on Sochi Games Raises Questions - VOA
Russia Scrambles to Ready Hotels for Sochi Winter Games - VOA
US Department of Defense
Army Probes Allegations of Fraud in Recruitment Program - WP
Platform, Personnel Cuts Likely in FY '15 Air Force Budget - AFT
Air Combat Command's Challenge: Buy or Modernize - AFT
F-16 Combat Value in Doubt with No Upgrades - DN
Recruiting Fraud, Kickback Scandal Rocks Army - USAT
USMC Intelligence Analyst Charged With Extortion Held on Bail - Reuters
Gates Wanted McChrystal to Fight for His Job - Military.com
Bring on the Countermeasure Drones - USNI Opinion
Medal Fatigue - WOTR Opinion
US Intelligence Community
NSA Nominee Made Fans During Steady Rise to the Top - AP
United States
Fake Zombie Attack Shows Major Flaws in US Cybersecurity - WP
Obama Squeezed in Debate About Border Control - WP
Potent Pro-Israel Group Finds Its Momentum Blunted - NYT
5 Key Regions that Require More US Attention - CSM Opinion
Isolationism’s High Price - WP Opinion
Military Force vs. Diplomacy: One Without the Other? - DO Opinion
The End of American Exceptionalism - NJ Opinion
Judges Poised to Hand US Spies the Keys to the Internet - DR Opinion
Hillary the Hawk? - TNI Opinion
Africa
75 Killed in CAR Village, According to Priest - VOA
'At Least 75 Dead' in CAR Violence - VOA
US Urges South Sudan to Honor Ceasefire, Free Political Prisoners - Reuters
South Sudan's Machar Unveils 'Resistance' Group - VOA
ICRC Expects Quick Return to Work in Sudan - UPI
Clashes Rock Kenya Port for Second Day - VOA
Mass Terror Charges After Kenya Riot - BBC
Former Nigerian VP Joins Opposition - BBC
Nigeria Ruling Party Urges Defected Ex-VP to Return to Group - VOA
Murdered Nigerian Cleric Preached 'Peace' - VOA
UN Delegation Meets With Armed Groups in Mali - AP
Conclude Talks or See Rebels Radicalize, UN Tells Mali - Reuters
Mali-Focused Jihadist Media Body Forms - AP
HRW: Mining Industry Could Harm Uganda’s Karamoja - VOA
EU Offers $190 Million in Aid to Africa's Sahel Region - UPI
Sahel Belt Region Faces 'Food Crisis' - BBC
Rwanda Genocide Trial Opens in Paris, French First - AP
France Holds Up Mirror in Rwanda Genocide Trial - AP
New Opposition Merger Founders in South Africa - NYT
Americas / Caribbean
Presidential Elections in El Salvador and Costa Rica Headed for Runoffs - NYT
El Salvador Poll to Go Into Run-off - BBC
Salvadoran Leftist Leads Vote, but Faces Runoff - AP
Costa Rican 'Outsider' Leads in Poll - BBC
US Official Visits Haiti to Help With Adoptions - AP
Mexico’s Vigilantes on the March - NYT Opinion
Asia / Pacific
China to Ramp Up Military Spending - NYT
China's Navy Holds Indian Ocean Drills - AP
China Warns Officials Not to Cover Up Corruption - Reuters
Panel: Japan Should Lift Ban on Collective Defense - AP
Wary North Korea Struggles to Stay Afloat in Information Age - AP
Thailand Plans Second Round of Voting - VOA
Thailand Voting 'To Take Time' - BBC
Thai Opposition Petitions Court to Annul Election - AP
Months After Typhoon, Philippine City Suffers From an Exodus of Jobs - NYT
Smuggling, Fraud Cost Philippines $25.8 Billion in 2011 - Reuters
Watchdog Shows Illicit Money Flows in Philippines - AP
Report Hints of Strength of Anti-Reform Sentiment in Burma - WSJ
Analysts: UN-Cambodia Trial Agreement Positive Step - VOA
China's Moment for Greatness - CSM Editorial
Democracy in Thailand, Interrupted - NYT Editorial
Does America Even Need an Asia Strategy? - TD Opinion
Obama's Letting Japan Re-Militarize - USAT Opinion
Europe
Hacker Group Accuses Merkel Government of Helping to Spy - NYT
Hackers Sue German Government Over NSA Spying - AP
Corruption Costs European Economy 120 Billion Euros a Year - VOA
Study Details Graft in European Union - NYT
EU Corruption Report's Big Offenders: Romania, Bulgaria - CSM
Corruption Across EU 'Breathtaking' - BBC
Trust in Europe 'Failing,' Transparency International Says - UPI
Corruption Scandal Tests Turkey's Cowed Media - VOA
Greece: Low-Grade Street War Brews With Neo-Nazis - WP
US DoD, Italy’s Defense Ministry Sign Training Agreement - AFPS
Middle East / North Africa
Obama to Visit Saudi Arabia in March - VOA
Iraqi Forces Kill 57 Islamist Militants in Sunni Province - Reuters
Iraq: More Car Bombings Hit Baghdad - VOA
Car Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 23 People - AP
Dana Gas Discloses Details of Iraqi Energy Tribunal - UPI
Deadly Blast Strikes Lebanese Capital - BBC
Not Enough Space in Lebanon’s Schools for Refugee Children - VOA
Report: Israel Offers $20 Million to Turkey Flotilla Victims - VOA
US Treasury Labels Prominent Yemeni Politician a Terrorist - CSM
Explosion Hits Military Bus in Yemen; 2 Killed - AP
Egyptian TV Airs Arrest, Interrogation of Foreign Reporters - WP
Video of Journalists’ Arrest in Egypt Seen as Threat to Media - NYT
Egypt Fires a Warning Shot at Foreign Press - CSM
Rights Groups Praise Tunisian Constitution - UPI
Policeman, Two Militants Killed in Clash in Tunisia - Reuters
Libya’s Cache of Toxic Arms All Destroyed - NYT
Libya's Chemical Weapons Destroyed in US-Backed Effort - S&S
Libya PM Threatens Eastern Protesters With Troops - Reuters
Algeria Party Head Slams Powerful Spy Chief - AP
Amid Arab Gloom, Tunisia is a Model for Inevitable Progress - CSM Editorial
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the "Clash Within a Civilization" - CSIS Opinion
The Peace Talks, Round Two - NYT Opinion
South Asia
Olson: US-Pakistan Relations Still Challenging, Improving - VOA
Pakistani Taliban Release Demands for Peace Talks - WP
Khan Declines Pakistan Taliban Talks Role - BBC
Three Killed in Pakistan Blast - VOA
Dispute Over Italian Marines Prompts Bickering in Indian Court - NYT
Sri Lanka Leader Hits Out at Likely UN Resolution - AP
The Dangers in Pakistan, Afghanistan - CT Editorial
Holding Sri Lanka to Account - NYT Editorial
The Pakistani Taliban’s PR Offensive - NYT Opinion