As part of 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.
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July 20, 2021
Lessons Learned in Peer Leadership – From the Green Notebook
ODNI’s Critical Role in Cybersecurity: Facilitating Collaboration, Sharing, and A Combined Response to Foreign Threats – Modern War Institute
Podcast: IT’S TIME TO LET GO: ACQUISITION DIVESTITURE – WAR ROOM
#Reviewing The Hardest Place – The Strategy Bridge
Speaker Series: Innovation With Allies Now—The US, UK, and Forging a Technological Edge – NSI
National Security Is Stronger When Congress Is Involved. Here’s How We Get Back to the Table. – War on the Rocks
A New Paradigm: Mutually Assured Security – War on the Rocks
Parties of Crime? Brazil’s facções criminosas – good governance and bad government – Small Wars Journal
When Biosecurity Is the Mission, the Bioeconomy Must Become Government’s Strategic Partner – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Development Solutions to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Latin America and the Caribbean – Center for Strategic and International Studies
China’s Looming Succession Crisis: What Will Happen When Xi Is Gone? – Foreign Affairs
The Founders’ Plague—and Ours: Race, Partisanship, and Fake News at the Dawn of the Republic – Foreign Affairs
Analysis: Caught between China and the U.S., Asian countries stockpile powerful new missiles – Reuters
Two dams in China’s Inner Mongolia collapse after torrential rain – Reuters
‘We lost’: Some U.S. veterans say blood spilled in Afghanistan was wasted – Reuters (An interview with Jason Lilley)
EXCLUSIVE U.S. expected to take initial steps soon in aftermath of Cuba protests – Reuters
Afghan president slams Taliban; rockets target Kabul palace – AP
Why is Pakistan seeing a surge in Taliban support? – DW
President Pedro Castillo has radical plans for Peru – DW
Iraq: Market bomb attack kills 30, including children – DW
Erdogan supports two-state solution, unveils new projects in Northern Cyprus visit – Al Monitor
Intel: Ethiopia says second filling of Nile dam complete – Al Monitor
Webinar: Tech Wars — the Empire Strikes Back (July 22, 2021) – Asia Times
US lacks credible response to Chinese hacking – Asia Times
No secret: Kim is giving away military’s rice store – Asia Times
‘Everyone is dying’: Myanmar on the brink of decimation – Asia Times
Constant but Camouflaged, Flurry of Cyberattacks Offer Glimpse of New Era – The New York Times
How China Transformed Into a Prime Cyber Threat to the U.S. – The New York Times
Mali president survives “assassination attempt” during muslim Eid prayer – Africa News
Drownings surge on Senegal’s “death beaches” – Africa News
The Taliban Are Breaking Bad: Meth is even more profitable than heroin—and is turbocharging the insurgency. – Foreign Policy
China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory – Foreign Policy
America and its allies admonish, but do not punish, China for hacking – The Economist
Syria has become a narco-state – The Economist
Jeff Bezos Successfully Takes Off On Blue Origin’s First Crewed Spaceflight – Forbes
In Defence of the Rear Area – Wavell Room
The Strangest Encounters With Unidentified Aircraft We’ve Found In The FAA’s Huge Database – The Drive
MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly – The Drive
50 Years Later, the Soviet Union’s Luna Program Might Get a Reboot – Popular Mechanics
Weak US Privacy Law Hurts America’s Global Standing – Wired
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