12 June 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
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 – 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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Iraq
Militants Take Tikrit, Aim at Baghdad – WP
Militants Sweeping Toward Baghdad – NYT
Iraqi Security Officials: Militants Seize Tikrit – VOA
Iraqi Insurgents 'Seize New City' – BBC
Iraqi Officials: Militants Take City of Tikrit – AP
Militant Group Seizes Cities in Iraq – CNN
Iraq Government Loss of Mosul Poses Wider Implications – VOA
Jihadi Group Behind Offensive Has Big Ambitions – NYT
Al-Qaida Breakaway Pursuing an Islamic State – AP
Iraq Foreign Minister: Iraq Faces 'Mortal Threat' – AP
Turkey Calls for Emergency NATO Meeting on Iraq – Reuters
Exhausted and Bereft, Iraqi Soldiers Quit Fight – NYT
Iraq Asked US for Airstrikes on Militants, Officials Say – NYT
US Can Only Encourage Iraq’s Leader as ISIS Seizes Mosul – McClatchy
Turkey Warns of Retaliation if Militants Harm 80 Hostages in Iraq – Reuters
Attacks Show Emboldened Militants – AP Analysis
Iraq's Terrorists Are Becoming a Full-Blown Army – DB Opinion
Five Reasons Why Iraq May Get Worse – WP Opinion
This is Not What My Friends Fought and Died For – WP Opinion
Afghanistan
Onetime US Academic Now in Afghan Presidential Runoff – WP
Trainers Scramble to Ready Fledgling Afghan Air Force – S&S
The President's Untimely Timeline for Afghanistan – FP Opinion
On Afghanistan, All of America Is AWOL – DB Opinion
Bergdahl Release
Hagel Provides Details on Controversial Taliban Prisoner Swap – VOA
Hagel Defends Bergdahl Trade as Part of ‘Dirty Business’ of War – NYT
Hagel Defends Prisoner Exchange as Lawful – WP
Hagel: Bergdahl Swap Was Imperfect But Legal – S&S
Hagel: Bergdahl Recovery Consistent With US Laws, Values – AFPS
Hagel Defends Bergdahl Prisoner Swap – BBC
‘Black Hawk Down” Prisoner Release Different than Bergdahl’s – WP
Bergdahl’s Writings Reveal a Fragile Young Man – WP
Bergdahl Discharged From Coast Guard Before Joining Army – NYT
Bergdahl Previously Washed Out of Coast Guard – WP
Americans Divided Over Bergdahl-Taliban Release – VOA
Ukraine / Russia / Related Issues
Russia Acknowledges Sending Aid to Eastern Ukraine – WP
East Ukraine Death Toll 'at Least 270' – BBC
Putin: Ukraine Gas Price Demands a ‘Dead End’ – VOA
Ukraine and Russia Still Far Apart on Gas Deal – NYT
Ukraine Rejects Russian Gas 'Trap' – BBC
Reassuring Eastern Europe – NYT Opinion
US Department of Defense
3rd Cowpens Commander Fired Since 2010; CMC Relieved – S&S
White Supremacist Fliers Found on Fort Carson – S&S
United States
FBI Investigating Whether VA Officials Lied to Get bonuses – WP
FBI Begins Criminal Inquiry in VA Scandal – NYT
FBI Asked to Investigate VA Health Care – AP
We Are Losing the War on Terror – FP Opinion
United Kingdom
War Rape Testimony at London Summit – BBC
J.K. Rowling Donates £1 Million to Oppose Scottish Breakaway – NYT
United Nations
Controversial Ugandan to Be Next UN Assembly Head – AP
US Protests Over Ugandan UN Pick – BBC
Africa
Report: Decriminalize Drugs in W. Africa to Avoid Failures of Past – Reuters
Call to Decriminalize West Africa Drugs – BBC
US Lawmakers Discuss Boko Haram Insurgency – VOA
Nigerian Officials Challenge Latest Kidnapping Reports – VOA
DRC, Rwanda Forces Exchange Gunfire – VOA
Congo and Rwanda 'in Border Clashes' – BBC
Rwanda, Congo Trade Accusations Over Border Fighting – Reuters
UN: Car Bomb in N. Mali Kills Peacekeepers – AP
Car Bomb Kills Up to Four UN Soldiers in Northern Mali – Reuters
Central African Republic President Seeks ICC Probe – Reuters
Drivers in Cameroon Halt Supply Runs to Central African Republic – VOA
Sierra Leone Shuts Borders, Closes Schools to Fight Ebola – Reuters
All Justice Is Local – NYT Opinion
Americas / Caribbean
Aid, Recovery Workers Targeted in Southern Mexico – AP
Mexico Protesters Attack Journalists, Smash Glass – AP
Venezuela Seeks Arrests After Charges of Assassination Plot – Reuters
Venezuela Orders 3 Arrested for Alleged Plot – AP
Colombian President: ELN Rebel Talks Underway – VOA
Brazilian President Defends Country's World Cup Readiness – VOA
UN Reports Big Drop in Peru Coca Crop – AP
Four Cubans Found Slain in Apparent Bid to Flee Country – Reuters
Haiti Polls Announced Amid Protests – BBC
Asia / Pacific
Japan Protests Chinese Flybys Over East China Sea – NYT
Japan Slams China Over Close Encounter of Jets – AP
Vietnam Faces Limited Options in China Sea Dispute – VOA
Hong Kong Democracy Activists Rebuke China's White Paper – VOA
Alarm in Hong Kong at White Paper Affirming Beijing Control – CNN
Crackdown on Fringe Sects in China Has Mainstream Churches Worried – NYT
China Announces Round Up of Alleged Cult Members – AP
Top Filipino Terror Suspect Captured Near Airport – AP
Thai Junta Asks Diplomats to Soften Coup’s Image Abroad – VOA
US Agency Urges Burma to Scrap Proposed Religion Laws – Reuters
Cambodia's Strongman Affirms Pre-eminence as Opposition Falters – Reuters
South Korea’s Voters Speak – NYT Editorial
Europe
European Cities Hit by Strikes – BBC
Reassuring Eastern Europe – NYT Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Jihadi Group Behind Offensive Has Big Ambitions – NYT
Al-Qaida Breakaway Pursuing an Islamic State – AP
Attacks Show Emboldened Militants – AP Analysis
Iranian, US Negotiators Digging in Heels on Nuclear Limits – WP
Israeli Airstrike Kills 1 in Northern Gaza – AP
Egypt Wants Greater Monitoring of Bloggers, Social Media – VOA
Egyptian Activist, Barred from Court, Gets 15-Year Sentence – VOA
Egypt Activist Jailed for 15 Years – BBC
Egyptian Leader Apologizes to Victim of Sex Assault in Tahrir Square – NYT
Morocco’s King Slow to Deliver on Pro-Democracy Vows – NYT
The Middle East’s Mounting Danger – WP Editorial
South Asia
Pakistani Officials Report First US Drone Strike in 6 Months – WP
Uzbek Gunmen 'Hit Karachi Airport' – BBC
Indian PM: Rape Should Not be Politicized – VOA
Hanged Indian Woman 'Was Raped' – BBC
