Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
“The sense of being at home in the world through social connection with others is a deep and pervasive Stoic theme. Stoicism, whether ancient or modern, sees social supports and not just inner strength as critical to how we surmount rather than succumb to adversity.”
- Nancy Sherman, Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
“There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.”
- Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
1. Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
2. Air Force IG to lead investigation into Kabul drone strike that killed civilians
3. Despite the chaos of U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan, the world still needs American leadership | Opinion
4. Has War Become Too Humane? (book review)
5. Opinion | It’s time to break up the military-industrial complex
6. Ruckus over AUKUS torpedoes united anti-China front
7. Japan politics on a precipice but US barely notices
8. Digital Dunkirk: What the Afghan Evacuation Should Teach Us about the Future of Volunteer Support to the US Military
9. Opinion | The Biden administration just stalled China’s advance in the Indo-Pacific
10. Biden, the U.N. and Afghan Women
11. Fat Leonard is poised to spill the beans in this new podcast
12. China views critics as terrorists and criminals
13. U.S. targets suspected al Qaeda leader in Idlib, Syria
14. Influential Taliban commanders added to Taliban government
15. Erdogan’s U-turn in Afghanistan shows the danger of outsourcing security missions to autocrats
16. Space Force reveals uniforms and Twitter can only see 'Star Trek' and 'Battlestar Galactica'
17. China’s ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ Opens Beijing Intl. Film Festival With Rocketing Box Office Forecasts
18. China's Xi, like Biden hours earlier, turns to calm language
19. With No U.S. Support, Leaders of Afghan Resistance Flee the Country
20. Air Force commandos are preparing for war with Russia or China by rethinking what a 'runway' really is
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