Small Wars Journal

11 April SWJ Roundup

Fri, 04/11/2014 - 9:35am

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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

Security Clearance - Stars & Stripes - War on the Rocks - War Council

Warscapes - WhyDev - Wings Over Iraq - VOA

WP National Security - WT National Security - American Forces Press Service

AidSpeak - Air Force Times - Armed Forces Journal

AOL Defense - Army Times - At War - CSM Backchannels

DEFCON Hill - Best Defense - Danger Room - Defense News

Defense One - Defense Tech - DoD Buzz - The Diplomat - Clausewitz Homepage

Early Warning - Eurasia Review - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Fortuna’s Corner

Ground Force Dialogue - David Ignatius - Defense in Depth -Defense Tech

Early Warning Blog - Feral JundiInfinity 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 - Next Navy - Parameters - RUSI

ZenPundit - CNA - CNAS - CSIS - ILW - ISW - Rand - TJF - USIP

 

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Afghanistan

Afghan Presidential Hopeful Urges Transparent Vote Count - VOA

82nd Airborne Division Soldiers Fight Traffic, Avoid Ambushes in Kabul - FO

Fort Bragg Troops Work to Change Thinking of Afghan Military - FO

 

Ukraine / NATO

Satellites Show Russian Forces Poised Near Ukraine - NYT

US Warns Russia of 'Additional Significant Sanctions' Over Ukraine - AP

NATO to Focus on Reassuring Allies Worried About Ukraine - S&S

Pro-Russian Separatists Face Friday Deadline in Eastern Ukraine - VOA

Ukraine in Offer to Troubled East - BBC

Pro-Russia Separatists Reject Amnesty Offer in Ukraine Standoff - VOA

2022 Lviv Olympics Officials to Meet IOC on Ukraine Bid's Future - Reuters

450 US, Romanian Troops in Joint Military Games  - AP

Putin Warns Europe of Gas Shortages - BBC

 

Terrorism / Counterterrorism

Al-Qaida Runs Photo of SFO Tram: 'Assemble Your Bomb' - SFC

NYT: Russia Declined to Share Boston Bomber Details - VOA

Russia 'Withheld Boston Bombing Tip' - BBC

Former 'American Jihadist' Dies of Overdose - DS

UK’s Omagh Bombing: Daly Charged With 29 Murders - BBC

Declassify the CIA Report - WP Opinion

End of the Beginning in the War on Terror - FPI Opinion

 

US Department of Defense

Air Force Plan to Get Rid of A-10s Runs Into Opposition - WP

Inside FBI’s Secret Relationship with the Military’s Special Operations - WP

Chairman Satisfied With Military on Benghazi - AP

Army: Funds Fall Short to Restore Lost Readiness - AFPS

Air Force Secretary, Chief of Staff, Testify on Air Force Posture - AFPS

Call of Cyberduty: Military Academies Take on NSA - S&S

Dempsey Compares Sexual Assault to Insider Attacks - AFPS

Fired Nuke Commander Will Retire at Lower Rank - AP

Don't Chop the Air Force, Use the Reserves - TH Opinion

 

United States

Benghazi: ‘The Administration Has Won’ - NYT Opinion

 

Africa

UN Approves New CAR Peacekeeping Force - VOA

UN Approves Peacekeepers for CAR - BBC

UN Approves Force for Central African Republic - AP

Could CAR Violence Lead It to Partition?- VOA

Uganda: US Airlift Gets Pulled Out of Effort to Counter Lord’s Army - S&S

DRC Military Offensives Reduces Number of Armed Groups - VOA

Kenyan Police Accused of Seeking Bribes During Immigration Crackdown - VOA

Kenyan Aid Workers 'Free' in Somalia - BBC

Somalia's Internet 'Culture Shock' - BBC

ECOWAS Hopeful of Successful Guinea Bissau Election Sunday - VOA

Healing in Rwanda - WP Editorial

 

Americas / Caribbean

Hoping for Asylum, Migrants Strain US Border - NYT

Mexico: US Attorneys Flip Sinaloa Cartel Boss’s Son - WP

Venezuelan Leader and Opposition Meet in Bid to Ease Tensions - NYT

Venezuela’s Opposition Leaders Meet with Maduro - WP

Venezuela in Landmark Crisis Talks - BBC

Shining Path Arrests Across Peru - BBC

General Strike Grips Argentina - BBC

 

Asia / Pacific

China's US Ambassador Plays Down Tensions After Hagel Trip - VOA

During Hagel Visit, China Showed Its Military Might, and Its Frustrations - NYT

China Court Upholds Jail Term for Activist - VOA

China Upholds Xu Zhiyong Sentence - BBC

Japan's Dispatches of Fighter Jets Against China Sets Record - Bloomberg

Suspected Uighurs From China Remain in Limbo in Thailand - VOA

Taiwan Students End Parliament Sit-in - VOA

US, Mongolia Bolster Military Ties During Hagel Visit - VOA

South Korea: Evidence of Drones Points to North Korea - VOA

3 Dead, 20 Wounded in Southern Philippine Clash - AP

After Indonesia's Surprise Election, Top Party Hunts for Friends - VOA

Signals From North Korea - NYT Editorial

China’s Warning Signs - WP Opinion

China Waits for an Apology - NYT Opinion

 

Europe

EU Data Retention Ruling May Roil US-European Relations - VOA

Russian Lawmakers Seek to Prosecute Mikhail Gorbachev - WP

Some Russian Deputies Request Gorbachev Investigation Over Soviet Break-up - VOA

Russia Ends Voice of America Broadcasts in Moscow - WP

 

Middle East / North Africa

Report: Iran Proposes Arak Reactor Change to Cut Plutonium Output - Reuters

House Votes to Oppose Iran’s Choice as UN Ambassador - WP

US Congress Passes Ban on Iran UN Envoy - BBC

Israeli Minister Urges Netanyahu to Annex Settlements - Reuters

Israel Sets Palestinian Tax Sanction - BBC

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Clash with Israeli Police Over Military Draft - AP

Cash-Strapped Hamas Turns to E-Bullets - AP

Warily, Jordan Assists Rebels in Syrian War - NYT

Seizure of Syrian Town Recalls Century-Old Turkish-Armenian Dispute - VOA

Race to Destroy Syria Chemical Arms - BBC

Egyptian Female Professor Targets Young in Bid to Save Brotherhood - VOA

Egypt: Al-Jazeera Trial Dismissed as 'Joke' - BBC

Evidence Comes Up Short as Egypt Tries 3 Journalists - NYT

Libya Reaches Agreement to Reopen Two Ports - VOA

Egypt Should be Held to the Rules of Democracy - WP Editorial

Mideast Diplomacy Looks Bleak but Alternatives are Worse - VOA Opinion

Telling a UN Envoy to Stay Home - NYT Debate / Opinions

 

South Asia

Indians Vote in Key Election - VOA

Indians Vote on Key Election Day - BBC

Pakistan: Iranian Guards Never Brought to Pakistan - VOA

Banned Group’s Leader Given Pakistani Parliament Seat After Vote Dispute - NYT

 

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