Small Wars Journal

22 July SWJ Roundup

Tue, 07/22/2014 - 12:22pm

Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup

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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

War is Boring - 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 - Barefoot Strategist - 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 Jundi - Infinity Journal

Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners

Information Dissemination - The Interpreter - Kings of War - Londonstani

Long War Journal - Marine Corps Gazette - Marine Corps Times

Maritime Executive - The Military Leader - Military Review

MountainRunner - National Defense - Navy Times - Next Navy - Parameters - RUSI

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

 

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Ukraine / Russia

EU Moves Toward New Sanctions Against Russia - WP

Canada Plans New Round of Sanctions Against Russia - WSJ

EU's Russia Sanctions Seen as Limited for Now, Despite Tough Talk - Reuters

Obama Urges Full, Unimpeded Ukraine Probe - VOA

Obama Calls for Cooperation to Investigate Airliner Downing - AFPS

UN Resolution Calls for Unrestricted Access to Ukraine Crash Site - VOA

Ukraine Rebels Turn Over Bodies, Data Recorders - WP

Bodies of Plane Crash Victims Moved Out of Combat Area - NYT

Malaysian Plane Victims to Be Moved to Netherlands - VOA

MH17 Bodies Leave Ukraine Rebel Area - BBC

Train With Bodies From Malaysia Airlines Flight Leaves Rebel Town - AP

Russians Feed Conspiracy Theories on Ukraine Crash - AP

The West Needs a Strategy to Contain World’s Newest Rogue State - WP Editorial

An Outrage Compounded by Mystery - NYT Editorial

Malaysia Flight 17 and the Decline of the West - UPI Opinion

Putin’s Fingerprints - Slate Opinion

Putin’s Deadly Doctrine - NYT Opinion

Time for Calm Voices - WP Opinion

 

Israel / Palestinians

Fresh Push to Broker Gaza Truce - BBC

Casualties Mount as Gaza Conflict Wears On - VOA

Israel Says Seven More Officers, Troops Killed in Gaza Ground Operation - WSJ

Death of Two Americans in Israel Brings Conflict Home - WP

American Jews, Other 'Lone Soldiers' Serve Israel - AP

Gaza Conflict Offers Little Hope of Truce - WP

Israel Facing Difficult Choice in Gaza Conflict - NYT

How to Break Hamas’s Stranglehold on Gaza - WP Opinion

Israel’s Fight Continues - WP Opinion

 

Iraq

Iraq Situation Report - ISW Update

Control of the Terrain - ISW Update

Defeating ISIS in Baghdad Is a Long Shot - HP Opinion

 

Afghanistan

As US Draws Curtain on Combat Role, Taliban Plans Patient Comeback - S&S

Four Foreigners Killed in Afghan Suicide Attack - WP

Suicide Bomber Kills 4 Foreign Guards in Kabul - AP

Foreigners' Killed in Kabul Attack - BBC

US Awards Medal of Honor for Heroics in Bloodiest of Afghan Battles - VOA

Pitts Awarded Medal of Honor for a Day When ‘Valor Was Everywhere’ - S&S

 

US Department of Defense

Army Intelligence System Pulled From Key Test - AP

DoD Identifies Missing World War II Marine - AFPS

 

United States

9/11 Commission Report Authors Warn of C0yberattack Trend - WP

McDonald Must Clean House at VA, Experts Say - S&S

 

United Kingdom

The Economics of Scotland’s Independence - Economist

Britain Announces Inquiry Into Killing of Ex-KGB Officer - NYT

 

Australia

Australia Wants Security Job for Wronged Countries - AP

 

Africa

CAR Leader Appeals for Cease-fire as Talks Open in Congo - VOA

Nigeria President to Assure Chibok Parents, Says Aide - VOA

Nigerian Leader Meets Kidnapped Girls' Parents - BBC

Sierra Leone Religious Leaders Criticize Government Handling of Ebola - VOA

 

Americas / Caribbean

Texas Governor to Deploy National Guard to Border - VOA

Texas Governor Sending National Guard Troops to Border - AP

Texas Deploys Troops to US Border - BBC

China Provides $4B to Venezuela in Exchange for Oil - VOA

 

Asia / Pacific

South Korea, China Military Hotline to Move Forward - VOA

Cambodian Political Leaders to Hold Talks Following Rise in Tensions - VOA

Philippine Army Says 18 Killed in Rebel Clashes - AP

Indonesian President Calls for Election Loser to Admit Defeat - VOA

Indonesia: Defense and Foreign Policy Implications of Jokowi Presidency - TI Opinion

 

Europe

Spanish Police Arrest Suspected Colombian Crime Lord - Reuters

 

Middle East / North Africa

Militant Gains Highlight 'Aggressive' Use of Water as Weapon of War - DS

Seven Killed in Clashes Between Army, Militants in Libya's Benghazi - VOA

Defeating the Islamic State: Crafting a Regional Approach - WOTR Opinion

 

South Asia

In NW Pakistan, Army Offensive Causes Massive Number of Displaced - VOA

Pakistan: Did the Right Enemy Know Where Bin Laden Was? - WOTR Opinion

 

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