As part of the Cognitive Raider Initiative we at The Cognitive Warrior Project would like to put together a daily list of articles of varying length that can easily be chosen from to generate conversation and to play a part in developing a more mentally agile warfighter that embraces the adaptation required for tomorrow’s battlefield.
Today’s list covers topics include Cyberspace, the continued Taliban Initiative, The Assassination in Haiti and a look back at the Iraq War via FRONTLINE.
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July 8, 2021
The Tyranny of Battle Drill 6 – Modern War Institute
Remembering the Geography in Geopolitics and Indo-Pacific Discourse – The Strategy Bridge
Cyberspace is an Analogy, Not a Domain: Rethinking Domains and Layers of Warfare for the Information Age – The Strategy Bridge
Watch: Understanding Policy Responses to the National Disinformation Challenge – NSI
Biden’s Troubled Southeast Asia Policy Needs a Reboot – RAND
Taliban assaults northern provincial capital – Long War Journal
Podcast: Ep. 52 — Mapping the Taliban’s Offensive – Generation Jihad (June 25)
Another “Crisis” in Civil-Military Relations? – War on the Rocks
An American Force Structure for the 21st Century – War on the Rocks
07/07/2021 News & Commentary – National Security – Small Wars Journal
07/07/2021 News & Commentary – Korea – Small Wars Journal
Casebook on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare – ARIS Studies
Pivoting to Cities: Why CARE Is Addressing Urban Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Haiti police battle gunmen who killed president, amid fears of chaos – Reuters
Analysis: N.Korea reshuffle signals military policy not top priority now, analysts say – Reuters
EXPLAINER: Assassination threatens more chaos for Haiti – AP
Haiti police kill four after Jovenel Moise assassination – DW
Birds are dying in the United States and no one knows why – DW
The Takeaway: Does Iran want to scuttle nuclear deal talks with militia attacks in Iraq? – Al Monitor
Houthis’ unmoved so far by US diplomacy to end Yemen war – Al Monitor
Iran hosts Afghan government, Taliban for talks – Al Monitor
China to US: Two can play at technological war – Asia Times
US-Iran proxy war rages back to life in Iraq – Asia Times
Hybrid war could replace ‘forever war’ in Afghanistan – Asia Times
A magnet for exploitation: Haiti over the centuries. – The New York Times
Security Council expected to discuss Ethiopia’s dam Thursday – Africa News
Regime Change Is Not an Option in China – Foreign Affairs
Spies Like Us – Foreign Affairs
Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold: Why America Failed in Afghanistan – Foreign Affairs
America leaves Afghanistan on the brink of collapse – The Economist
Water Wars: No One in the Mood for Compromise in the South China Sea – Lawfare
As Troops Withdraw from Afghanistan, the UN Needs to Act – Just Security
With Syria’s Last Aid Crossing on the Line, Can U.S., Russia Make a Deal? – United States Institute of Peace
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New Humvees – The Drive
American Troops Have Evacuated Afghanistan, but They’ve Left Their Pokémon Behind – Popular Mechanics
Boston Dynamics, BTS, and Ballet: The Next Act for Robotics – Wired
Watch: Bush’s War – FRONTLINE
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