15 September 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 – 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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IS / ISIS / ISIL
Envoy Named to Help Build Coalition Against Militants – USAT
White House Still Seeking Coalition in Mideast War – AP
Diplomatic Push Grows Against Islamic State Group – AP
Kerry: Some Nations Offer Ground Troops in Fight Against IS – Reuters
Arab Nations Offer to Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS, US Official Says – NYT
US Officials: Arab States Willing to Join Air Fight – WP
Arab States Offer to Launch Airstrikes on Islamic State – LAT
Arab States 'Offer Anti-IS Strikes' – BBC
Airstrikes Alone Not Enough, Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Says – TH
British PM Vows Response to IS Militants after Beheading of Briton – VOA
UK Will 'Hunt Down' Hostage's Killers – BBC
Cameron Condemns Islamic State’s Killing of Briton – WP
Cameron Announces Response Plan to Beheading of British Aid Worker – NYT
Islamic State Group's War Chest is Growing Daily – AP
Islamic State Attracts Female Jihadis From US Heartland – Reuters
13 Years After 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ Has a New Focus – NYT
Obama's Hawkish Plan For Islamic State Puts Doves In A Quandary – NPR Opinion
How to Debate a War – WP Opinion
Is this How to Win the “War on Terrorism”? – Lawfare Opinion
Here’s What Arab Militaries Bring to the Fight Against the IS – DO Opinion
The Plunder Funding the Islamic State – WP Opinion
Iraq
Australia Sending Troops, Aircraft to Halt IS Militants' Advance – VOA
Australia to Join Anti-IS Force – BBC
HRW Urges Investigation of Civilian Deaths in Iraqi Airstrike – VOA
Rights Group Calls for Probe Into Iraqi Airstrike – AP
Kerry Welcomes Iraq Order to Stop Shelling in Populated Areas – VOA
Iraq's Falluja Hospital 'Shelled' – BBC
Islamic State Executes Eight Sunnis in Northern Iraq – Reuters
Iraq's Allawi Endorses PM, Says Will Help Win Over Sunnis – Reuters
Iraq Situation Report – ISW Update
Syria
Syria Sees Risk and Opportunity in U.S. Strikes Against ISIS – NYT
Potential US Allies? Syrian Rebel Groups at a Glance – LAT
Washington Risks Falling for Syria's ISIS Strategy, Again – NBC Analysis
The Administration Should Explain Its Legal Basis to Attack ISIL in Syria – Lawfare Opinion
To Stop ISIS in Syria, Support Aleppo – NYT Opinion
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Denies Decline, Acknowledges 'Mistakes' by Its Branches – Reuters
Ukraine / Russia
Defense Minister: Western Weapons on Way to Ukraine – VOA
NATO Countries Have Begun Arms Deliveries to Ukraine – Reuters
Ukraine to Feature in Paris Talks – VOA
Russia-Annexed Crimea Votes for Legislature – AP
Crimean Critics Call Foul as Region Votes in First Russian Election – Reuters
United States
Federal Push to Hire Veterans is Fueling Resentment – WP
Police Armored Vehicle Is Unwelcome in California College Town – NYT
Drones and the Democracy Disconnect – NYT Opinion
United Kingdom
Cameron Under Pressure as Scotland Vote Approaches – NYT
Scotland Bets on Oil, Even as Wells Start to Run Dry – WP
Fate of UK Hangs in Balance After Latest Scotland Polls – Reuters
Leaders Stress Scots Vote Will Stand – BBC
EU Legal Fog Lets Scots Bank on Politics to Keep Them In – Reuters
Britain Mourns Slain Hostage; Another Under Threat – AP
Scots Must Vote Nae – NYT Opinion
Africa
Health Care Specialists Consider Different Treatments for Ebola – VOA
Liberia's 'Ebola Absentees' Sacked – BBC
UN Peacekeepers to Deploy in CAR – VOA
DRC Rebel Group Wants Assurances to Hand Over Weapons – VOA
Mali Landmine Kills UN Peacekeeper, Wounds Four Others – Reuters
Uganda Seizes 'al-Shabab Explosives' – BBC
Asia / Pacific
North Korea Sentences American to 6 Years Hard Labor – VOA
California Man Sentenced to 6 Years’ labor in North Korea – WP
North Korea Jails US Man for Six Years – BBC
North Korea Says Reports of Abuse Are Produced by Political ‘Racket’ – NYT
Pro-Democracy Protesters Stage 'Black Cloth' March in Hong Kong – Reuters
China’s ‘Creeping Invasion’ – WP Opinion
Europe
US and UK Spy Agencies 'Have Access to German Telecoms' – BBC
Sweden Victor Says No Far-Right Pact – BBC
NATO’s Hopes for Russia Have Turned to Dismay – NYT Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Israeli Military Threatens to Discipline Veterans Involved in Protest – NYT
Rights Group Urges Yemen to Probe Use of Force – AP
Egypt: Qatar Ordered Islamists Out Within 2 Months – AP
South Asia
Pakistan Rejects Afghan Criticism of 480-kilometer Border Trench – VOA