11 April SWJ Roundup
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
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 Jundi – Infinity 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