24 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
Kerry Says ISIS Threat Could Hasten Military Action – NYT
Kerry Meets With Embattled Iraqi Leader as Insurgents Press Offensive – WP
Kerry: Militants Pose 'Existential' Threat to Iraq – VOA
Kerry Vows 'Intense' Support for Iraq – BBC
Kerry Hands Dire Warning to Iraqis Over Future – AP
Diplomatic Note: Immunity From Iraqi Law for US Advisory Troops – NYT
Immunity Deal Worked Out for US Troops in Iraq – WP
Pollster Says Obama’s Solution for Iraq Must be All-inclusive – WT
US Faces Opposing Regional Interests in Bid to Blunt Iraq Insurgency – WSJ
Iraq at Risk Again: How Did We Get Here So Fast? – AP
Poll Finds US Dissatisfaction Over Iraq – NYT
No Sign of Surrender as Iraq's Maliki Fights for Political Life – Reuters
Iraqi Military Facing 'Psychological Collapse' After Losses, Desertions – WP
In Iraq’s Sectarian Violence, a Show of Each Side’s Worst – NYT
Key Iraq Oil Refinery 'Seized by Rebels' – BBC
Iraqi Insurgents Secure Control of Border Posts – NYT
ISIS Seizes Iraq’s Main Jordan Border Crossing – WP
Iran Boosts Security Along Iraq Border Over ISIL Advance – Reuters
Shiite Villagers Describe ‘Massacre’ in Northern Iraq – WP
Iraq Situation Report: June 22-23, 2014 – ISW Daily Update
A Guide to Daily Developments in Iraq – AP Update
Washington's Iraq Policy Comes Full Circle – DN Opinion
Congress Must Speak Up On Iraq – WP Opinion
Strategic Failure in Iraq: The Potential Impact – UPI Opinion
The Jihadi Menace Gets Real – TAI Opinion
Time for America to Ally With the Kurds – TNI Opinion
Iraq Needs Our Support – WP Opinion
Bombing Won’t Save Iraq – WT Opinion
Russia's 'We Told You So': Shreds of Truth, Opportunism – VOA Opinion
Afghanistan
Army SSG to Receive Medal of Honor for Valor at Wanat – AT
Suspected Insider Attack Injures 2 ISAF Troops – S&S
Afghan Election Chief Resigns – VOA
Top Afghan Election Official Resigns Under Pressure – WP
Top Afghan Election Official Quits – BBC
Afghan Official Quits in Bid to End Election Fraud Crisis – AP
Ukraine / Russia / Related Issues
Obama, EU Threaten Moscow with Further Sanctions – VOA
Obama Urges Putin to Stop Backing Separatists – AP
Ukraine Volunteer Militia Deploys to East Amid Cease-fire – VOA
Separatists in Ukraine Agree to Four-Day Break in Hostilities – WP
Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine Match Government Cease-Fire – NYT
Ukraine Separatists 'to Join Truce' – BBC
US Department of Defense
CMC Amos Counters Experts' Critique of Marine Corps' Direction – MT
Can General Linder’s Special Operations Forces Stop the Next Terrorist Threat? – NYTM
New Horsepower for War Zones: Special Forces Saddle Up – USAT
US Naval War College Professor Placed on Leave Over Photo – AP
NSA Defender Under Investigation For Alleged X-Rated Picture – HP
Army: Bergdahl Moved to Outpatient Status – S&S
Why Congress Fights the President on Defense – RCD Opinion
United States
Court Discloses Memo Approving Drone Strike on American – NYT
In Secret Memo, US Justified Drone Killings by Citing al-Qaida Law – AP
Report Slams VA's Downplay of Impact of Deficient Care – S&S
US: No Path to Citizenship for Illegal Child Immigrants – VOA
Near Misses Between Drones, Jets On the Rise – WP
A Thin Rationale for Drone Killings – NYT Editorial
Breaking Down Obama's Grand Strategy – TNI Opinion
Obama and a World on Fire – WT Opinion
United Kingdom
Peer Urges Tougher Terror Curbs – BBC
No 10 Says EU to Vote Over Juncker – BBC
Africa
Blast Devastates Northern Nigeria School – VOA
Deadly Blast Hits Nigerian College – BBC
At Least Eight Killed, 20 Wounded in Blast at Nigerian College – Reuters
Somalia: Kenyan Warplanes 'Bomb al-Shabab' – BBC
Sudan Death Sentence Woman 'Freed' – BBC
Americas / Caribbean
A Win for Latin America’s Middle Class – NYT
Peru's President Reshuffles Cabinet as Popularity Sinks – Reuters
Asia / Pacific
US Withholds Judgment on Chinese Oil Rigs in South China Sea – VOA
32 Terrorist Groups Smashed in Xinjiang, China Says – NYT
China: 32 Terror Groups Broken Up in Crackdown – AP
Former Top Official in China to Face Graft Trial – NYT
Atrocities Court Declines to Probe North Korea – AP
South Korean 'Killer Soldier' Captured – BBC
South Korea Captures Soldier Accused of Killing 5 – AP
Thailand Police General Offers Cash for Snapshots of Dissidents – VOA
Europe
Former Gitmo Detainee Arrested in Spain for Recruiting ISIL Militants – WT
Russia Offered Baltics Cheaper Gas for NATO Exit – VOA
Leak Storm Hits Polish Foreign Minister – BBC
Turkey's Best Ally: The Kurds – NYT Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Syria Hands Over Last of Chemical Weapons Stockpile – VOA
Last of Syria’s Known Chemical Arms Shipped Abroad for Destruction – NYT
Last of Syrian Chemical Arms Removed – BBC
Syria Said to Hand Over Last of its Chemical Weapons – WP
Syria: 4 Killed, 9 Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes – AP
Palestinian Freed in 2011 Is Charged by Israel in a Killing – NYT
UN Urges Israeli Restraint in Hunt for Teens, Warns of Violence – Reuters
UN Fails on Statement on Palestinian Deaths – AP
Suicide Bomb Rocks Lebanese Capital – BBC
Bomb Injures at Least Five in Lebanon – AP
Egypt Sentences Al Jazeera Journalists to Harsh Prison Terms – WSJ
Egypt Sentences Al Jazeera Journalists to Prison Terms – WP
Egypt Convicts 3 Journalists; US Is Critical – NYT
Kerry: Egypt's Sentencing of Al Jazeera Journalists 'Chilling, Draconian' – VOA
Shock at al-Jazeera Egypt Sentences – BBC
More Egyptian Injustice – NYT Editorial
The Jihadi Menace Gets Real – TAI Opinion
Beware Libya’s ‘Fair Dictator’ – NYT Opinion
South Asia
Returning Opposition Leader Vows ‘Revolution’ in Pakistan – WP
Preacher Challenges Pakistani Leaders – NYT
Clashes as Pakistan Cleric Returns – BBC
