Inspired by 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.
*Note: Posting over the next week will be sporadic at best. Going on Vacation!
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July 29, 2021
Americans and the Dragon: Coalition Warfare from the Boxer Rebellion to the Future Battlefield – Modern War Institute
Lessons from History: How Not to Start another War? – Wavell Room
Podcast: Drone Strike in Kunar – The Spear
THE ERA OF CONSTANT COMPETITION – PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES – WAR ROOM
U.S. designates al Qaeda financial facilitator based in Turkey – Long War Journal
What If We Are Wrong? – Texas National Security Review
Time for a New Approach to Defense Strategy – War on the Rocks
Fully Fund the Guam Defense System – War on the Rocks
7/29/2021 Korea and National Security News and Commentary – Small Wars Journal
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late July – Small Wars Journal
Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems Is Only a First Step – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Facing the Risk: Mapping the Human Rights Risks in the Development and Deployment of Facial Recognition Technology – Center for Strategic and International Studies
China’s Sputnik Moment?: How Washington Boosted Beijing’s Quest for Tech Dominance – Foreign Affairs
A Grand Bargain with North Korea: Pyongyang’s Economic Distress Offers a Chance for Peace – Foreign Affairs
From Mardi Gras to the Philippines: A Review of DHS Homeland Security Investigations – Center for a New American Security
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian capital protest insecurity at Tigray camps – Reuters
Armenia wants Russian army outposts on Azerbaijan border amid tensions – Reuters
Afghan villagers search for survivors as flash flood kills at least 40 – Reuters
China flooding brought fear, then washed away livelihoods – AP
Top US diplomat talks relocation of Afghan allies in Kuwait – AP
Tunisia’s leader wants corrupt tycoons to fund poor regions – AP
Patrolling Lithuania’s border with Belarus – DW
Taliban attacks pose ‘existential crisis’ to Afghanistan: US watchdog – DW
Helium drones scaling the heights – DW
The Takeaway: The roots of Tunisia’s political crisis are economic – Al Monitor
Syrian jihadi group in Idlib boasts about new, advanced weapons – Al Monitor
Iraqi Kurdistan water crisis blamed on climate and Iran – Al Monitor
America’s ‘Great Retreat’ is well underway – Asia Times
The Taliban go to Tianjin – Asia Times
When cyber wars become shooting wars – Asia Times
An Ethiopian Road Is a Lifeline for Millions. Now It’s Blocked. – The New York Times
‘Terror’: Crackdown After Protests in Cuba Sends a Chilling Message – The New York Times
China Offers the Taliban a Warm Welcome While Urging Peace Talks – The New York Times
China Used Vaccines, Trade To Get Ukraine To Drop Support For Xinjiang Scrutiny – Radio Free Europe
Russia Wants Britain, France To Join Wider Nuclear Talks With U.S. – Radio Free Europe
South Africa sends 1,500 troops to Mozambique to fight jihadists – Africa News
China Is Using Tibetans as Agents of Empire in the Himalayas – Foreign Policy
Iraqi Kurds Keep Faith in U.S. Despite Drawdown – Foreign Policy
Air Force special operations’ next big battlefield: Facebook – Task and Purpose
Under Xi Jinping, the number of Chinese asylum-seekers has shot up – The Economist
COVID-19 and Geopolitics- Has Anything Really Changed for the Character of Global Security? – Grounded Curiosity
Tackling Gender Bias – Grounded Curiosity
Why Russia Can’t Compete in the Tokyo Olympics, But Its Athletes Can – The Moscow Times
Deceptive Report Escalates Srebrenica Genocide Denial Campaign – Just Security
Don’t Let the Autocrats Win – How Biden Can Use the Democracy Summit to Build Back Media Freedoms – Just Security
“Jetpack Man” Spotted Again By Pilots On Approach To LAX Nearly A Year After First Sighting – The Drive
What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon” – The Drive
The Bizarre History of Underwater USOs – Popular Mechanics
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones – Wired
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