As part of the Cognitive Raider Initiative, The Cognitive Warrior Project has put together a daily list of diverse articles that can easily be chosen from to play a part in developing a more mentally agile warfighter that embraces the adaptation required for tomorrow’s battlefield. Our intent is to create a space where you can choose one or two articles a day (about 10 minutes) instead of mindlessly scrolling social media.
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July 15, 2021
What America Didn’t Understand About Its Longest War – Politico
Podcast: Global China’s growing role in the world – Brookings
Putting the Sting in the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy: A Vision for the Future of the MAGTF – Modern War Institute
Growth of Space and Lunar Stations: Promise Amidst Geopolitical Risk – Georgetown Security Studies Review
Speaker Series: Russian Influence Operations (IPb) In 2021: Status and Expectations Through Geopolitical Assessment – NSI
Cryptocurrency intended for Hamas seized by Israel – Long War Journal
Secrets Alone Won’t Save Us: Providing ‘Decision Advantage’ on Climate Security – War on the Rocks
How Biden Can Help Yemen – War on the Rocks
LECTURE 10 – The Forge
The State of Special Operations Forces: A Conversation with Rep. Stephanie Murphy – Small Wars Journal
Joint Special Operations University: JSOU Research Topics 2022 – Small Wars Journal
Progress Report on China’s Type 003 Carrier – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Podcast: Hypersonic Renaissance – Smart Women, Smart Power
The Hearts-and-Minds Myth: How America Gets Counterinsurgency Wrong – Foreign Affairs
Japan Is Indispensable Again – Foreign Affairs
Afghan neighbours wary of new refugee crisis as violence surges – Reuters
Two soldiers killed, three wounded in blast in southwest Pakistan – Reuters
Afghanistan’s neighbors wary as US seeks nearby staging area – AP
China says US measures on Xinjiang threaten global trade – AP
9 killed in renewed strikes on Syria’s last rebel enclave – AP
Cuba: Government tries to placate protesters with concessions – DW
The Takeaway: Erdogan weighs risks of Afghan mission against benefits for US ties – Al Monitor
Who is Masih Alinejad, target of an alleged Iranian kidnapping plot? – Al Monitor
The myth of ethical AI in war – Asia Times
China: the forgotten nuclear power no more – Asia Times
Suspects in Haitian President’s Killing Met to Plan a Future Without Him – The New York Times
Selling Fruit Where the Taliban Stalk the Streets – The New York Times
South Africa to increase troop deployment to 25,000 as unrest grows – Africa News
Will the United States and Europe Break Up Over China? – Foreign Policy
The United States Can’t Afford the Brutal Price of Chinese Solar Panels – Foreign Policy
Is Western Finance Underestimating Chinese Political Risk? – Foreign Policy
The Army is training the first batch of Space Marines – Task and Purpose
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