Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
"The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do"
- Marcus Aurelius
"In the future, we should anticipate seeing more hybrid wars where conventional warfare, irregular warfare, asymmetric warfare, and information warfare all blend together, creating a very complex and challenging situation to the combatants; therefore it will require military forces to posses hybrid capabilities, which might help deal with hybrid threats."
- Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
“Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world."
-Colin Powell
1. Chinese detective in exile reveals torture inflicted on Uyghurs
2. WhatsApp outage ‘a nightmare’ for group working to rescue Afghans, American citizens
3. A U.S. Military First: The War in Afghanistan Ended With Zero M.I.A.s
4. Most Americans support resettling Afghans in US: Poll
5. Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan
6. Is Ukraine Really Pivoting Towards China?
7. What we know about the retired Green Beret recently arrested over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
8. Taiwan and the Fight for Democracy
9. A debt limit default looms. Here’s why the Pentagon should be concerned.
10. Congress moves toward requiring women to register for the draft
11. Belt and Road Meets Build Back Better
12. How Not to Build a State
13. History hasn’t ended
14. One of These Things is Not Like the Others: Increasing Diversity Through Recruiting
15. ‘Unease’: NATO faces uncertainty amid Afghanistan withdrawal, China’s rise
16. Hypersonic Missiles: The Alarming Must-have In Military Tech
17. Should America Fight A War with China over Taiwan? Hell No.
18. Quad: A Mini-NATO In Disarray – OpEd
19. Chinese war film about victory over US trounces Bond at box office
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