Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
"Kimilsungism is a mixture of socialism, nationalism, and Kim Il Sung worship. North Korean propagandists have forged Kim Il Sung as the world's greatest nationalist, enabling Korea to emancipate itself from the imperial powers of Japan, the U.S., the Soviet Union, and China."
-Aie-Rie Lee, Hyun-chool Lee, Ji-Yong Lee,and Il-Gi Kim, quoted in Benjamin Young's book, Guns, Guerrilla, and the Great leader; North Korea and the Third World
"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives."
- Robert A. Heinlein
"Philosophy is common sense with big words."
- James Madison
1. Ken Burns Says Current Times ‘Equal’ to Civil War, Depression and World War II: ‘It’s Really Serious’
2. When America’s All-Volunteer Force Loses a War
3. The Biden Administration Needs to Act Fast to Reset Relations with France
4. U.S. Allies Still Trust America
5. Congress’ Afghanistan watchdog will continue oversight
6. Assessing the Alignment of U.S. Diplomatic and Military Power to Forestall Armed Conflict
7. The Atlantic Alliance After Afghanistan
8. How America Should Deal With the Taliban
9. FDD | The Bizarre Positive Biden Spin on Afghanistan
10. Islamic State bombs Taliban convoys in eastern Afghanistan
11. AFSOC plans to demo amphibious MC-130J by end of next year, commander says
12. Air Force Special Operations Commander Expects New, Lighter Plane to Fight Terrorists Next Year
13. Pentagon replacing Defense Travel System, says savings and user satisfaction will result
14. Shaping a Way Ahead for Pacific Defense: The Evolving Role of the USAF
15. Biden seeks to open a new chapter in world affairs, facing fresh skepticism from allies
16. A Rahm Emanuel is Exactly What Japan Wants, Asia Scholars Say
17. It's clearer to India than ever that Quad is no military alliance. Everything's a bit AUKUS
18. Indo-Pacific needs 'third way'
19. The Key to Understanding Our Endless Wars Is the Goat Cart Theory
20. China: the overly sensitive superpower
21. Xi Jinping Aims to Rein In Chinese Capitalism, Hew to Mao’s Socialist Vision
22. The War in Afghanistan Is What Happens When McKinsey Types Run Everything
23. AUKUS Is the Death Knell of Australia's Strategic Ambiguity
24. Beijing’s bid to join CPTPP may fail yet also succeed, experts say
25. A ‘Proof of Death’ Video From Xinjiang
26. Army finally reveals why a soldier is being court-martialed for a mysterious firefight in Syria
27. Afghanistan Was Lost in the Halls of Harvard
28. Air Force general to review errant Kabul drone strike, make recommendations for discipline
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