The collapse continues: the Taliban seized an Afghan Army Headquarters, airports in Kunduz City and Shibirghan, and Ghanzi City has fallen as well. War on the Rocks takes a look at the Militant’s Drone Playbook and Popular Mechanics has video of Russian troops jumping through flaming hoops with so much more in Today’s Daily Dump.
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August 12, 2021
READINESS EFFECTS ON THE U.S. ARMY OCONUS DURING COVID-19 – WAR ROOM
Can the U.S. Military Strengthen Deterrence by Becoming More Operationally Unpredictable? – RAND
Taliban seizes Afghan Army corps headquarters, 2 northern airports – Long War Journal
Analysis: Hezbollah’s Escalating Conflict with Israel – Long War Journal
Analysis: Somaliland’s lingering jihadi threat – Long War Journal
The Militant Drone Playbook -War on the Rocks
China’s Silos: New Intelligence, Old Problems – War on the Rocks
FINESSING PRIMACY – Some military considerations before subversion does us in – Part One – Small Wars Journal
FINESSING PRIMACY – Some military considerations before subversion does us in Part Two – Small Wars Journal
8/11/2021 National Security and Korean News and Commentary – Small Wars Journal
Podcast: U.S. National Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific: A Conversation with Senator Duckworth – Smart Women Smart Power
America Failed Its Way to Counterterrorism Success: How a Flawed “War on Terror” Eventually Yielded the Right Approach – Foreign Affairs
Inside the Biden administration as Afghanistan collapses – Axios
Report: China Is Hacking Russia, Too – Defense One
Watch: #TeamKrulak & Educational Wargaming – The Landing
Taliban take Ghazni city on road to Afghan capital – Reuters
China signals crackdown on privacy, data, anti-trust to go on – Reuters
N.Korean envoy calls for cooperation with Russia to counter United States – Reuters
Taliban denies killing civilians, calls for independent inquiry – Reuters
Some Afghans blame neighboring Pakistan for Taliban gains – AP
Rights group says Hamas rockets at Israel a clear war crime – AP
EXPLAINER: Low expectations for Venezuela-opposition talks – AP
Pakistan: Why liberal Pashtuns are supporting the Afghan government – DW
Russia: Peaceful protests nearly impossible, says Amnesty – DW
The Takeaway: Egypt weighs options on Nile dam as Ethiopia escalates war in Tigray – Al Monitor
Egypt enrolls Russian imams in ‘fatwa training program’ to combat Brotherhood – Al Monitor
Turkey’s Erdogan says he may meet with Taliban leadership – Al Monitor
It’s the US naval missile China will fear – Asia Times
Does the new US-led ‘Quad’ with Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have China in its sights? – South China Morning Post
Iran’s Next Foreign Minister: A Diplomat With An ‘IRGC Attitude’ – Radio Free Europe
What Went Wrong With Afghanistan’s Defense Forces? – Foreign Policy
How Iran’s Deadly Tanker Attack Is Linked to the Nuclear Deal – Foreign Policy
Why China Keeps Spinning COVID-19 Conspiracies – Foreign Policy
It might still be possible to save Afghanistan – The Economist
Faraway Planets Don’t Seem So Distant Anymore – The Atlantic
Podcast: With Disinformation, The Past Isn’t Past – Lawfare
Russia Bares Fangs Over Language in Kyrgyzstan – The Moscow Times
Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue – Particularly in US-China Relations – Just Security
Mysterious High-Altitude Airspace Closure Appears Alongside Nellis Range Complex – The Drive
Watch Russian Troops Leap Through … Flaming Croquet Wickets – Popular Mechanics
This is probably why Blue Origin keeps protesting NASA’s lunar lander award – Ars Technica
Podcast: #KabulDiary: Collapse of the North. Jeff McCausland – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: #KabulDiary: What scale evacuation? – The John Batchelor Show
Podcast: #KabulDiary: Al Qaeda in action. @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal – The John Batchelor Show
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