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Daily Dump: European Resistance to the Nuclear Deal, The View from Jakarta, Funding the Jihad in Afghanistan, Endangered Penguins in Africa and More – September 21, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 21, 2021

The European fallout from the nuclear sub deal spreads to Germany. According to DW: German minister: Submarine dispute is ‘a wake-up call’ stating that Europe “cannot exclusively rely on others” sparking rumors of an independent European Military. In addition,

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Daily Dump: The AUKUS, Strategic Reverberations, Saving The Environment, Globalism and More – September 20, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 20, 2021

As the US – UK – Australia submarine agreement continues to roil allies, it is important to take a closer look at what the AUKUS really is. For that we will begin with The Economist’s: The strategic reverberations of the AUKUS deal will be big and lasting. The newly

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Weekend Catch-Up: The New Epicenter of Global Jihad, The Real Story of China in Africa, Submarine Contracts, Resistance in Afghanistan and More – September 18, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 18, 2021

I started this post on Thursday but as sometimes happens, these take longer than expected, and given time, trends can shift and what appeared a clear narrative got muddled over the last couple days. Today’s Daily Dump contains a variety of stories that probably

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Daily Dump: Events and Podcasts, The Terror Threat in Afghanistan, War on the Rocks, Security Force Assistance, Dew on Mars and More – September 15, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 15, 2021

Lots of Events and Podcasts today, so many that I don’t know where to begin other than recommend The John Batchelor Show’s interviews with Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn at the end of this post regarding Afghanistan. For a really deep dive on the terror threat in Afghanistan,

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Daily Dump: Lessons from the Hardest Place, Losing Small Wars, A Closer Look at the Coup in Guinea, Resisting Taliban Rule, Land-Roaming Whales and More – September 14, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 14, 2021

The Irregular Warfare Initiative has a new podcast out, Lessons from the Hardest Place: Twenty Years of War in Afghanistan, that discusses the counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, how the integration of special operations and conventional forces didn’t always go well and other

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Daily Dump: Reflecting on 9/11, The End of Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Regret, Climate Change, Inspiration4 and More – September 13, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 13, 2021

Last night we watched 60 Minutes’, Scott Pelley on the courage of the FDNY, 20 years after 9/11, it was powerful. The determination, bravery and legacy of those incredible firefighters. They are some of the heroes we should never forget. I reflected on these stories and many

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Daily Dump: Lessons Not Learned, Brother of Opposition Executed, Latin America, Podcasts, Rocket Report and More – September 10, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 10, 2021

Yesterday’s Daily Dump focused on a region that in some ways has been neglected during the war on terror and today’s will be no different as The Center for Strategic and International Studies asks the question, Is Latin America Important to China’s Foreign Policy? If you

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Daily Dump: Jihadism on the Gulf of Guinea, A New Source for Information, America’s Pakistan Problem, Kim Parades at Midnight, 3D Printed Barracks and More – September 9, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 9, 2021

Generally, I like to live in something close to a routine, I have had trouble finding anything close to that in the last few days… For your must read article of the day, I suggest the Modern War Institute’s: Jihadism is Spreading to the Gulf of Guinea Littoral States,

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Daily Dump – A Two Day Push: Reflecting on 9/11, The Taliban or Pakistan’s Victory in Afghanistan, The James Webb Telescope and More

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 8, 2021

Like most of my generation, I was born in 1976, much of my adult life has, at least partially, been defined by the events of 9/11. As the Taliban completes conquest of Afghanistan after seizing Panjshir – Long War Journal, soul searching on the war on terror has begun in

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Daily Dump: Breaking the Resistance, Governing in Afghanistan, Unrest in Guinea, Beavers in Scotland and More – September 6, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 6, 2021

It’s not looking good for the resistance in Afghanistan as Reuters reports: Taliban claim control of Panjshir, promise formation of government ‘soon’. It is being reported that Massoud and the former Vice President may have fled to Tajikistan. We will see

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