As part of the Cognitive Raider Initiative we at The Cognitive Warrior Project would like to 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 13, 2021
Measuring the Effects of Influence Operations: Key Findings and Gaps From Empirical Research – Carnage Endowment for International Peace
Podcast: 23. Matt Stevens and Michael “Halty” Halterman – Making your military transition a ramp instead of a cliff! – SOFCAST
Podcast: The View From Kabul – Angry Planet
Podcast: The Age of Napoleon
Operationalizing the Arctic – Modern War Institute
Breaking Out of Our Silos: How to Strengthen Relationships Between Service-Specific Information Operations Communities, and Why We Need To – Modern War Institute
Interpreting Sun Tzu: The Art of Failure? – The Strategy Bridge
Speaker Series: Slow Anti-Americanism: Evidence from Central Asia – NSI
How British Imperial History Does (and Doesn’t) Shape the Sino-Indian Border Dispute – War on the Rocks
Overcoming the Diego Garcia Stalemate – War on the Rocks
Special Operations News Update – Monday, July 12, 2021 – Small Wars Journal
7/11/2021 Korean and National Security News and Commentary – Small Wars Journal
Mad Scientist Laboratory Blog Post 339. Young Minds on Competition and Conflict – Small Wars Journal
The UN Vote on Aid in Syria – Center for Strategic and International Study
Antimonopoly Power: The Global Fight Against Corporate Concentration – Foreign Affairs
Japan warns of crisis over Taiwan, growing risks from U.S.-China rivalry – Reuters
Violence spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over – Reuters
China says it opposes U.S. interference in internal affairs related to Hong Kong – Reuters
Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing – AP
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor – AP
‘Purely ethnic profiling’: New wave of Tigrayans detained – AP
Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing – AP
Iraq: Fire at coronavirus hospital kills dozens – DW
Can Europe escape Gazprom’s energy stranglehold? – DW
Islamic State uses hit-and-run tactics in Iraq – Al Monitor
Will Turkey use Syrian mercenaries in Kabul? – Al Monitor
Kim bans dry cargo imports while people starve – Asia Times
Taliban’s peace plan forged in blitzkrieg war – Asia Times
‘Everyone Has a Tipping Point’: Hunger Fuels Cuba’s Protests – The New York Times
Weighing Haiti Intervention, U.S. Again Faces a Torturous Dilemma – The New York Times
EU to train Mozambique army against IS-linked jihadists – Africa News
49 killed in Niger armed attack – Africa News
Podcast: “Queues outside grocery stores are endless—for the few things that are in them”—Cuba’s rare protests – The Intelligence from The Economist
America’s war in Afghanistan is ending in crushing defeat – The Economist
Cape Cod’s Waters Are Getting Very, Very Sharky – The Atlantic
Empty Threats and Warnings on Cyber – Lawfare
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Money is Not Enough – Just Security
The Navy’s Exotic M80 Stiletto Test Ship Defeated Drone Swarms At Sea During Trials – The Drive
How Much More Expensive Can the F-35 Actually Get? – Popular Mechanics
Here’s why Richard Branson’s flight matters—and, yes, it really matters – Ars Technica
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