Small Wars Journal

7 March SWJ Roundup

Fri, 03/07/2014 - 4:06am

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Ground Force Dialogue - David Ignatius - Defense Tech

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Information Dissemination - The Interpreter - Kings of War - Long War Journal

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Ukraine

Crimea Plans a Vote to Secede From Ukraine as Discord Rises - NYT

Crimea to Vote to Split From Ukraine, Join Russia - AP

Obama: Crimea Secession Vote is Unconstitutional - WP

US Slaps Putin With Sanctions, Restrictions on Visas - WT

Obama Opposes Crimea Referendum, Orders Sanctions - VOA

Obama Pushes Putin on Crimea Talks - BBC

DOD Supports US, Allied Response to Russia-Ukraine Crisis - AFPS

Obama Phones Putin About Ukraine; Putin Says Differences Remain - VOA

Obama's Talk With Russia's Putin on Ukraine - LAT

Ukraine Crisis Upends West's View of Russian President Putin - LAT

10 Lies? Russians Fire Back - NYT

Putin: Ukraine Move in Line With International Law - AP

Russia, US Still Far Apart on Ukraine, Says Putin - Reuters

EU React: Visa Talks Suspension Over Crimea Referendum Plans - VOA

EU Slaps Initial Sanctions on Russia - AP

NATO Cancels Russia Activities, Steps Up Ukraine Military Cooperation - S&S

Steeped in Its Bloody History, Crimea Again Embracing Resistance - NYT

Opinions on Ukraine From American and Western Media - VOA Roundup

New Pentagon Strategy A Good Fit For Ukraine Crisis - Forbes Opinion

The West Must Stand Up to Russia - WP Opinion

The US Retreats - WP Opinion

Course Change? - WP Opinion

Making Putin Pay - WP Opinion

Natural Gas as a Diplomatic Tool - NYT Opinion

Russia’s Penalty - WP Opinion

Ukraine's Crisis of Legitimacy - FA Opinion

A Bailout for Ukrainians, by Ukrainians? - LAT Opinion

The Wages of Weakness - WP Opinion

What Russians Think of the Intervention in Ukraine - FA Opinion

Ukraine Fights for Its Truth - NYT Opinion

 

Afghanistan

Despite Massive Taliban Death Toll No Drop in Insurgency - VOA

Afghan Forces Struggle to Combat Explosives Threat - WP

Austin: Afghan Government ‘At Risk’ Without International Forces - AFPS

Transition, Progress Mark Commander’s Year in Afghanistan - AFPS

NATO Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers - WP

NATO Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers - BBC

US Military Offers Condolences After 5 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Airstrike - LAT

Former German Army Translators Fear Retribution - AP

Karzai's Brother Drops Out of Afghan Presidential Race - VOA

 

Terrorism / Counterterrorism

Abu Ghaith Urged Qaeda Recruits to 'Pledge' to Bin Laden - Reuters

Declassify the Torture Report - WP Editorial

Is This How the War on Terror Ends? - Atlantic Opinion

 

US Department of Defense

DOD Budget Request Adapts to Fiscal Realities, Hagel Says - AFPS

Hagel Outlines Compensation Reform Proposals in Budget Request - AFPS

Program Executive Officer Describes F-35 Progress - AFPS

DOD’s Top Doc Outlines Medical Advances - AFPS

Botched Recovery Mission Didn't Follow JPAC's Own Protocol - S&S

Bill to Remove Commanders From Sex Assault Prosecutions Fails - S&S

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair Admits Guilt on 3 Counts; Denies Sex Assault - LAT

Facing Sexual Assault Trial, General Pleads Guilty to Misconduct - NYT

Army’s Top Sex-Crimes Prosecutor Faces Groping Allegation - WP

US Army Sex Assault Prosecutor Suspended for 'Groping' - BBC

West Point Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Videotaping Female Cadets - NYT

Civilian Charged With Stealing From Navy Denies Guilt - S&S

Two Marines Relieved Over Pendleton Explosion That Killed 4 - S&S

The Wrong Way to Measure Strength - USN&WR Opinion

Bring on the Frigate: LCS Is Outgunned, Outclassed - RCD Opinion

 

United States

US Unlikely to Accept That Rights Treaty Applies to Its Actions Abroad - NYT

Russia Experts See Thinning Ranks’ Effect on US Policy - NYT

Senate Turf Fight Hurts Obama’s Diplomatic Picks - WP

CIA Launches Probe of Possible Spying on US Senate Staffers - VOA

 

United Kingdom

British Defense Strategy Missing in Action - Economist Editorial

 

Africa

Africom Commander: Terror Threat Remains Across Africa - AFPS

CAR Urges UN to Dispatch Peacekeeping Force - VOA

CAR: UN Force Needed for Survival - AP

Repairs Begin in CAR After Year of Massive Looting - VOA

DR Congo Warlord Faces ICC Verdict - BBC

Congo Warlord Verdict a Test for Flagging International Court - Reuters

Islamists 'Lose' Key Somalia Town - BBC

Nigeria's New Opposition Party Launches Platform - VOA

Observers Worry About Ghana's ‘Dangerous’ Political Rivalry - VOA

Pressure Mounts to Release Names of Malawi ‘Cashgate’ Suspects - VOA

 

Americas / Caribbean

UN Voices Concern Over Reports of Excessive Force in Venezuela - NYT

2 Dead as Venezuelans Clash at Protest Barricades - AP

Two Dead in Venezuela Violence as Protests Drag On - Reuters

Venezuela Says 2 Mayors Face Charges of Failing to Maintain Order - LAT

Venezuela Expels Panama Diplomats - BBC

Colombian Paramilitaries Set for Release - AP

Violence Against Women 'Pandemic' in Mexico - Reuters

Cuba Agrees to Open Talks with EU - BBC

 

Asia / Pacific

Chinese Governor Signals Crackdown on Separatists - NYT

China Warns Prominent Internet Users Over Kunming Attack - Reuters

Japan: No North Korea Aid Until Abduction Issue Resolved - VOA

North Korea Rejects Plans for More Family Reunions - NYT

Senior North Korean Official Reappears, Belies Reports of Another Purge - Reuters

Human Rights Group Accuses Vietnam of Leading SE Asia in Political Prisoners - VOA

2 People Shot, Wounded Near Thai Protest Site - AP

Thailand Told to Probe Navy Over Trafficking Claim - AP

Asia's Trilateral Trade Talks - NYT Editorial

Five Ways China Spies - NI Opinion

 

Europe

Turkey Ergenekon: Coup Plot General Wins Court Appeal - BBC

Russian Revisionism - FA Opinion

 

Middle East / North Africa

Official: DOD Strives for Middle East Stability, Security - AFPS

Security Experts: Iraq Needs US Help in Combating Increasing Violence - VOA

Bombings, Clashes in Iraq Kill at Least 42 - AP

Battle for Syrian Rebel Town Erases Lebanon Border - AP

Car Bombs in Central Syria Kill 17 - AP

US Faces Israeli, Saudi Concerns Over Iran Nuclear Talks - VOA

Israel: With Netanyahu, Obama Plays Bad Cop to Kerry’s Good Cop - NYT

Abbas Aide: Extension of Mideast Talks Unlikely - AP

Tunisia Lifts 3-Year State of Emergency - NYT

Tunisia Ends State of Emergency After 3 Years - AP

Egypt Pulls Ambassador From Qatar - NYT

Entrepreneurship Grows in Egypt's Flailing Economy - AP

Western Countries Alarmed as Libya Slides Towards Chaos - VOA

World Diplomats Seek to Stabilize Libya - AP

Niger Extradites Gaddafi's Son to Libya - VOA

Niger Extradites Gaddafi's Son to Libya - BBC

Defining the Jewish State - NYT Opinion

 

South Asia

India Kashmir: 66 Muslim Students Expelled for Cheering Pakistan Cricket - AP

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