September 2021, The Cognitive Warrior Project

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Daily Dump: Baring Flights, Mineral Wealth, Not Your Grandfathers Resistance, Grey-Zone Coercion, Extinct Species and More – September 29, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 29, 2021

A mixed bag as we are all over the place in today’s daily dump. While frustration is not necessarily conveyed in the article I can imagine steam is blowing out someone’s ears somewhere as the U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul – activists – Reuters.

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Daily Dump: The Two Sides of War, A Reckoning for the Drone Wars, One Year Anniversary, Ancient Roman Ruins and More – September 28, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 28, 2021

Today we go back to Afghanistan and discuss the two sides of war and the complexities of conflict. In rural Afghanistan, a family welcomes Taliban rule, the BBC interviews a family living in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, Helmand Province, the area that was witness to

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Daily Dump: Podcasts Galore, U.S. Plans in Latin America, Two Hostile Fronts in India, Australia and the GPC, China is a Declining Power, Squirrel Robots and More – September 27, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 27, 2021

Lots of Podcasts in today’s post but there is one in particular that I would like to bring your attention to: There’s More To Life Than Lethality, a throwback to 2019 from the U.S. Army War College’s, A Better Peace. In this episode they discuss how a myopic view on

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Daily Dump: China Dominates, The FARC, The Importance of France, 23,000-Year-Old Foot Prints and More – September 24, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 24, 2021

China dominates our headlines as reporters and environmental activists track down the nearly 300-ship Chinese fishing fleet off of the coast of Darwin, South America. The must-read article of the day goes to the AP’s Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s

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Daily Dump: Competition Space Analysis, China and the US Exit from Afghanistan, The Afghans That Fought, Pakistan, Space Travel and More – September 23, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 23, 2021

A couple deep dives today as we start off with War Room’s: To Keep Pace With Rivals, Analyze The Competition Space. Understanding the human geography is vitally important in any conflict and some could argue that this lack of understanding was a major US failure in both Iraq

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Daily Dump: Digital Dunkirk, Losing a War, War is too Humane, Indian Kashmir, Huawei’s Decline, Undersea Photography and More – September 22, 2021

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 22, 2021

If you have time to read only one article today, it should be the Modern War Institute’s: Digital Dunkirk: What the Afghan Evacuation Should Teach Us about the Future of Volunteer Support to the US Military. It makes me proud to have previously worked among the few who were

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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,

Month: September 2021