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, head on over to the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point for their latest, Twenty Years After 9/11: The Terror Threat from Afghanistan Post the Taliban Takeover. There is so much there and it highlights the many challenges that we will face in combating terror there. To that end, War on the Rocks has a couple articles that you should check out with, Forward to the Past? Weigh Covert Options in Afghanistan Carefully and The Subprime Strategy Crisis: Failed Strategic Assessment in Afghanistan. The first, warns against the lure of covert action and the risks they could pose. The second article tackles “the two key elements to understanding how the military’s continued implementation of a sub-optimal strategy in Afghanistan,” the nature of irregular warfare and the military’s offering of only positive assessments. Very few in the last 20 years had the courage to challenge the status quo. This may be the most important article that you read today. Taking a more positive tone, The Small Wars Journal is back for the second day in a row with, US Security Force Assistance is Much More than Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam. The article highlights the continued importance of security force assistance and even though there have been high profiled failures, there are also many success stories. And for something different today, how about a podcast from The John Batchelor Show, Opportunity finds the Morning Dew of Mars. The complicated history and prospect of liquid water on Mars. Don’t forget about the Inspiration4 launch tonight and so much more in Today’s Daily Dump.
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September 15, 2021
Taliban to cut hands of thieves, reveals punishment for ‘illegal intercourse’ – Hindustan Times
Twenty Years After 9/11: The Terror Threat from Afghanistan Post the Taliban Takeover – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Prioritize long-range nuclear limits – American Enterprise Institute
#Reviewing Blood, Guts, and Grease – The Strategy Bridge
Event: RUSI Whitehall Paper Launch: PRC’s Overseas Political Activities – Royal United Service Institute
Podcast: Episode 9: Russia’s Economic Pivot to Asia? – Global Securities Briefing
Watch: From 9/11 to COVID-19: What Have We Learned About U.S. Preparedness? – RAND
The Subprime Strategy Crisis: Failed Strategic Assessment in Afghanistan – War on the Rocks
A Hawkish Dove? President Moon Jae-in and South Korea’s Military Buildup – War on the Rocks
Forward to the Past? Weigh Covert Options in Afghanistan Carefully – War on the Rocks
US Security Force Assistance is Much More than Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam – Small Wars Journal
Influence Mechanisms: A Framework for Integrated Operations – Small Wars Journal
The Art of Urban Warfare from the Deep Seas – Small Wars Journal
9/14/2021 National Security and Korean news and Commentary – Small Wars Journal
Tracking the Violent Extremism Spillover from the Sahel to Littoral West Africa – Small Wars Journal
Event: U.S. Innovation Competitiveness Summit – Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Biden-Harris Administration Should Engage Ecuador – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Deadly cost of South Sudan’s delayed security reforms – Institute for Security Studies
Event: What has the state of siege in eastern DRC achieved? – Institute for Security Studies
The United States of Sanctions: The Use and Abuse of Economic Coercion – Foreign Affairs
The False Promise of the Abraham Accords: One Year Later, a Stable Peace Still Eludes the Middle East – Foreign Affairs
(3rd LD) N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS – Yonhap News Agency
(2nd LD) S. Korea succeeds in testing ballistic missile launch from submarine: Cheong Wa Dae – Yonhap News Agency
North and South Korea conduct duelling missile tests as arms race heats up – Reuters
SpaceX set to make history with first all-civilian crew launched into orbit – Reuters
China shows off defence diplomacy with multinational peacekeeping drill – Reuters
Australian university says Chinese Uyghur study breached ethics code – Reuters
AP Interview: UN refugee chief says Afghan stability needed – AP
UN urges moratorium on use of AI that imperils human rights – AP
Minister pledges Taliban govt won’t allow militant attacks – AP
Evergrande: Why the Chinese property giant is close to collapse – DW
Faroe Islands: Activists slam killing of hundreds of dolphins – DW
Putin, Assad meet in Moscow to discuss Syrian civil war – Al Monitor
Iran’s intelligence accused of killing Kurdish political activist – Al Monitor
Despite Biden hopes, terrorists swarm in Afghanistan – Asia Times
US-Philippines thaw lets militaries draw closer – Asia Times
In Rural Afghanistan, War Remnants Everywhere, but no Shooting or Checkpoints – The New York Times
Ex-U.S. Intelligence Officers Admit to Hacking Crimes in Work for Emiratis – The New York Times
China In Eurasia Briefing: Beijing’s Leadership Gets Put To The Test At The SCO – Radio Free Europe
Watch: Azerbaijani Forces Reportedly Set Up Checkpoints On Road Connecting Armenia Cities – Radio Free Europe
Afghanistan Updates with RFE – Radio Free Europe
Guinea junta hosts talks on post-coup transition – Africa News
Morocco dismantles IS-linked cell, arrests three – Africa News
Rifts Emerge in Taliban Government – Foreign Policy
Israel Can Live With a New Iran Nuclear Deal, Defense Minister Says: But Benny Gantz also threatens military action if Tehran develops nukes. – Foreign Policy
A journey from Kabul to Kandahar – The Economist
Jupiter Seems To Have Just Been Smacked By Something Pretty Big – Forbes
‘There Is Fatigue After 20 Years’: A Young Russian Duma Candidate Pushes for Change – The Moscow Times
In a First, Three B-2 Stealth Bombers Have Landed in Iceland – Popular Mechanics
Podcast: Opportunity finds the Morning Dew of Mars. – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: The first-ever, all-commercial manned orbital mission. – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: 1/4 #AfterAfghanistan The Taliban Cabinet and the Haqqani Network. – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: 2/4 #AfterAfghanistan Zawahiri speaks – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: 3/4 #AfterAfghanistan: What is ISIS to the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan? – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: 4/4 #AfterAfghanistan. The awakened Al Qaeda. – The John Batchelor Show
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