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18 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:11:01 -0400</pubDate>
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20 <item> <title>Information Operations are Critical to Defending Western …
21 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190714</link>
22 <description>The truth is that dictators are beating the West when it c…
23 <author>Joel Zamel</author>
24 <category>Information Warfare</category>
25 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190714</guid>
26 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:11 EDT</pubDate>
27 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
28 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joel Zamel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
29 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Information Warfare, World&lt;/catego…
30 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206770&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
31 &lt;h3&gt;The truth is that dictators are beating the West when it comes…
32 &lt;title&gt;Information Operations are Critical to Defending Western Ci…
33 &lt;p&gt;What are tyrants most afraid of? To answer that question, one m…
34 &lt;p&gt;What dictators fear most isn’t foreign militaries. What they …
35 &lt;p&gt;Yet many Western nations fail to understand this elementary tru…
36 &lt;p&gt;Though these tactics don’t line the pockets of the military-i…
37 &lt;p&gt;The truth is that dictators are beating the West when it comes …
38 &lt;p&gt;Put simply, terrorists and extremist regimes are running rings …
39 &lt;p&gt;In a Congressional testimony of tech CEOs, Congressman Jamie Ra…
40 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;...can you just address the prolifer…
41 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
42 &lt;p&gt;Zuckerberg answered as unflappably as ever: &lt;/p&gt;
43 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Congressman, absolutely. We work har…
44 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
45 &lt;p&gt;Consider for a moment what percentage of these fake accounts ar…
46 &lt;p&gt;Thanks to these bad actors, it is hard to believe anything anym…
47 &lt;p&gt;What is the solution to this civilizational challenge? It is to…
48 &lt;p&gt;Behind the scenes, an army of decentralized cyber defenders mus…
49 &lt;p&gt;These cyber activists often remain in the shadows, conducting a…
50 &lt;p&gt;Sadly, in this post-truth era, too many people throw around the…
51 &lt;p&gt;So too it is today in the war between tyrants and terrorists an…
52 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joel Zamel is the founder of Wikistrat, the world’s…
53 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: A supporter holds a copy of Apple Daily newsp…
54
55 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/information-oper…
56 </item>
57 <item> <title>85 Years Ago, General George Patton Declared War on a Vol…
58 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190757</link>
59 <description>Disaster seemed imminent: day by day, a glowing river of m…
60 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
61 <category>History</category>
62 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190757</guid>
63 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 03:33 EDT</pubDate>
64 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
65 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
66 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;History, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&lt…
67 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206805&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
68 &lt;h3&gt;Disaster seemed imminent: day by day, a glowing river of molte…
69 &lt;title&gt;85 Years Ago, General George Patton Declared War on a Volca…
70 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stro…
71 &lt;p&gt;Disaster seemed imminent: day by day, a glowing river of molten…
72 &lt;p&gt;The over 13,000-foot tall behemoth had erupted on Hawaii island…
73 &lt;p&gt;At first, Jaggar considered dispatching mule teams laden with e…
74 &lt;p&gt;Then his colleague Guido Giacometti proposed a faster solution:…
75 &lt;p&gt;On December 23, Jaggar contacted the G-2 intelligence staff off…
76 &lt;p&gt;At the time these units flew large, fabric-covered Keystone B-3…
77 &lt;p&gt;Jaggar briefed the pilots on the geological theory behind the r…
78 &lt;p&gt;The following morning the aviators were visited by a native Haw…
79 &lt;p&gt;“Why don’t they leave Pele alone?” Keliihoomlu later told…
80 &lt;p&gt;Pele, also known as She Who Devours the Earth, remains a&lt;a h…
81 &lt;p&gt;Another citizen quoted in the paper said: “Pele should not be…
82 &lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, the Army pilots carried out their mission in two w…
83 &lt;p&gt;The first wave—two LB-6s and three B-3As—each carried two 3…
84 &lt;p&gt;You can see the eruption and the unusual bombing raid in archiv…
85 &lt;p&gt;Most of the bombs exploded ineffectually to either side of the …
86 &lt;p&gt;Six days after the raid on December 2, the lava stream abruptly…
87 &lt;p&gt;“The experiment could not have been more successful; the resu…
88 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This channel was broken up by the bombing and fresh s…
89 &lt;p&gt;But Stearns, who witnessed the bombing up close concluded the o…
90 &lt;p&gt;“The tube walls look 25 to 50 feet high and deep in the flow …
91 &lt;p&gt;Most&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/volcano-w…
92 &lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, seven years later on May 1 or 2, 1942, the wartime…
93 &lt;p&gt;Then from 1975–1976, the Air Force engaged in multiple tests …
94 &lt;p&gt;However, the idea of using bombers or other technologies to div…
95 &lt;p&gt;Indeed,&lt;a href=&quot;https://books.google.com/books?id=n2ii6…
96 &lt;p&gt;Despite having possibly incurred the wrath of a goddess, the 23…
97 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a Master’s Degree in Confli…
98 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
99
100 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/85-years-ago-g…
101 </item>
102 <item> <title>Shipwrecked: Three Countries Chased This Nazi Uboat to th…
103 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190753</link>
104 <description>U-966 was a Type VIIC U-boat, the most prolific type to s…
105 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
106 <category>Submarines</category>
107 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190753</guid>
108 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 03:00 EDT</pubDate>
109 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
110 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
111 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Submarines, Europe&lt;/category&gt;&l…
112 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206801&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
113 &lt;h3&gt;U-966 was a Type VIIC U-boat, the most prolific type to serve…
114 &lt;title&gt;Shipwrecked: Three Countries Chased This Nazi Uboat to the …
115 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stro…
116 &lt;p&gt;In June 2018, Spanish media reported that divers Anxi González…
117 &lt;p&gt;Roca &lt;a href=&quot;https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/07/09/ine…
118 &lt;p&gt;However, the dramatic story of how five Allied bombers from thr…
119 &lt;p&gt;Using a combination of U.S. Navy, Royal Air Force and Czech aft…
120 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rookie crew, doomed mission&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
121 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;U-966&lt;/i&gt; was a Type VIIC U-boat, the most prol…
122 &lt;p&gt;Dubbed “Old Man,” Wolf was in fact only 25 years old, but h…
123 &lt;p&gt;Thereafter, the crew named their submarine &lt;i&gt;Gut Holz&l…
124 &lt;p&gt;Wolf knew the odds of survival were long, having already served…
125 &lt;p&gt;By 1943 the Allies were deploying adequate escort ships with ef…
126 &lt;p&gt;After months of training in the Baltic, the 960-ton submarine t…
127 &lt;p&gt;On Oct. 5, &lt;i&gt;U-966&lt;/i&gt; departed Trondheim headed…
128 &lt;p&gt;Under the cover of a sea storm, &lt;i&gt;U-966 &lt;/i&gt;mana…
129 &lt;p&gt;Wolf crash dived &lt;i&gt;U-966&lt;/i&gt; 150 meters below th…
130 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-2d4cde6a-…
131 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-2d4cde6a-…
132 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-2d4cde6a-…
133 &lt;p&gt;After going three days without communication from &lt;i&gt;U-9…
134 &lt;p&gt;However, the Type VIIC was relatively short-range submarine —…
135 &lt;p&gt;Realizingly he was flailing around blindly, Wolf decided to ret…
136 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wellington in the moonlight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
137 &lt;p&gt;The Type VIIC used two diesel engines to generate electricity. …
138 &lt;p&gt;Submerged, it couldn’t exceed eight miles per hour, and even …
139 &lt;p&gt;On Oct. 10, 1943 &lt;i&gt;U-966&lt;/i&gt; was doing precisely…
140 &lt;p&gt;The pilot, Warrant Officer Ian Gunn, soon spotted the submarine…
141 &lt;p&gt;The eyes of the watchman were still adjusting to the dark and h…
142 &lt;p&gt;“It was as if an invisible hand grabbed and shook the boat,�…
143 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;U-966 &lt;/i&gt;had a twin-barrel 20-millimeter autom…
144 &lt;p&gt;Three minutes later, the bomber banked around for another straf…
145 &lt;p&gt;In fact, Wolf had ordered a crash dive to 150 meters. But &lt;…
146 &lt;p&gt;A Type VIIC submarine’s crushing depth at which its hull begi…
147 &lt;p&gt;Gunn’s attack had inflicted grievous damage, however. One of …
148 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attack of the Liberators&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
149 &lt;p&gt;Gunn’s sighting caused hulking four-engine Liberator bombers …
150 &lt;p&gt;The U.S. Navy and RAF Coastal Command operated a B-24D variant …
151 &lt;p&gt;These far-flying Liberators were able to hunt in the “mid-Atl…
152 &lt;p&gt;Wolf kept &lt;i&gt;U-966&lt;/i&gt; submerged for as long as p…
153 &lt;p&gt;Barely a half hour later at 8:59 A.M., the PB4Y-1 flown by Lt. …
154 &lt;p&gt;This time, helmsman Hein Maslock spotted the attacker approachi…
155 &lt;p&gt;Unable to drop the charges, Harmon’s B-24 instead made two st…
156 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;U-966 &lt;/i&gt;was next picked up at 11:40 A.M. just…
157 &lt;p&gt;Ten minutes later, Wright unleashed a pattern of five Mark 24 d…
158 &lt;p&gt;Wright harried U-966 for an entire hour until 1:05 P.M., when h…
159 &lt;p&gt;At some point, one of the depth charges actually struck &lt;i&…
160 &lt;p&gt;Wolf aggressively maneuvered the submarine to frustrate the bom…
161 &lt;p&gt;Wright finally began flying home at 1:30 P.M. The badly-damaged…
162 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;U-966 &lt;/i&gt;had closed the distance to just a few…
163 &lt;p&gt;Luckily, he had a back-up armament — braces of four RP-3 armo…
164 &lt;p&gt;While Parrish’s B-24 provided covering fire, Zanta’s Libera…
165 &lt;p&gt;Zanta made several more strafing runs then headed for home at 3…
166 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tragedy at Estaca de Bares&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
167 &lt;p&gt;Wolf’s crippled U-boat was on its last legs after nine hours …
168 &lt;p&gt;In fact, Wolf had spotted the Spanish coast guard vessel &lt;i…
169 &lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the turbulent waters swept away the inflatable l…
170 &lt;p&gt;Only a handful made it to shore. Most of the rest, battling aga…
171 &lt;p&gt;There was a tragic final act to the day’s violent events. The…
172 &lt;p&gt;At that moment, a flight of three Ju-88R-2s from II/ZG.1 based …
173 &lt;p&gt;Franklin sent out one final radio message before his flying boa…
174 &lt;p&gt;Finally, five local Spanish fishing boats — &lt;i&gt;Virgen …
175 &lt;p&gt;All were housed in local hotels, save for three heavily wounded…
176 &lt;p&gt;Many sources claim in error that a smaller American-built Catal…
177 &lt;p&gt;The fishermen recovered the bodies of six of the Sunderland’s…
178 &lt;p&gt;The Spanish authorities were in an awkward position. Though Gen…
179 &lt;p&gt;Spanish judges determined that the crew counted as combatants, …
180 &lt;p&gt;That December, after a BBC radio broadcast mentioned just 30 of…
181 &lt;p&gt;In reality, he was smuggled back to Germany with false papers b…
182 &lt;p&gt;Shipwrecking in Spain was probably the best thing that could ha…
183 &lt;p&gt;By contrast, at least four of the repatriated German submariner…
184 &lt;p&gt;U-966’s conning tower could be seen protruding from the water…
185 &lt;p&gt;When the submarine commander passed away in 1978, his ashes wer…
186 &lt;p&gt;Historian Juan Carlos Salgado &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.u-hi…
187 &lt;p&gt;Fewer than two months after the battle on Dec. 28, 1943, Parish…
188 &lt;p&gt;Six weeks later on Feb. 14, 1944, Wright shot down a Ju-88 in a…
189 &lt;p&gt;A month later on the evening of March 12, Zanta departed on a m…
190 &lt;p&gt;Harmon survived the war. His airplane passed to another crew, w…
191 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This first appeared in WarIsBoring &lt;a href=&quot;h…
192 &lt;p&gt;This first appeared in 2018 and is being reposted due to reade…
193 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This history drew from the following sources: &lt;a …
194 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_B-2…
195
196 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/shipwrecked-th…
197 </item>
198 <item> <title>Bad News: British Military Plans are Bigger Than London�…
199 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190848</link>
200 <description>In recent years, the words “Britain” and “defense bu…
201 <author>Michael Peck</author>
202 <category>United Kingdom</category>
203 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190848</guid>
204 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:44 EDT</pubDate>
205 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
206 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
207 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;United Kingdom, Europe&lt;/category&g…
208 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206899&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
209 &lt;h3&gt;In recent years, the words “Britain” and “defense budget…
210 &lt;title&gt;Bad News: British Military Plans are Bigger Than London’s…
211 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
212 &lt;p&gt;In recent years, the words “Britain” and “defense budget�…
213 &lt;p&gt;The current 2019 to 2029 equipment plan, despite a £181 billio…
214 &lt;p&gt;The NAO’s most likely estimate is that the equipment plan wil…
215 &lt;p&gt;NAO cited several cases where funding gaps would jeopardize mil…
216 &lt;p&gt;While some research money is available to find new minesweeping…
217 &lt;p&gt;The Ministry of Defense doesn’t even have a firm grasp of wha…
218 &lt;p&gt;“The Department will make these decisions as part of its Comb…
219 &lt;p&gt;Budget pressures have created other problems, such as 20 decomm…
220 &lt;p&gt;In the end, Britain is caught in a bind. The British armed forc…
221 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the Nationa…
222 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
223
224 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/bad-news-briti…
225 </item>
226 <item> <title>Civil Wars Destroy Countries, But They Can Also Build The…
227 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190962</link>
228 <description>There are many types of civil wars.</description>
229 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
230 <category>Civil War</category>
231 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190962</guid>
232 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:33 EDT</pubDate>
233 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
234 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
235 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Civil War, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt;/…
236 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/207001&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
237 &lt;h3&gt;There are many types of civil wars.&lt;/h3&gt;
238 &lt;title&gt;Civil Wars Destroy Countries, But They Can Also Build Them&…
239 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stro…
240 &lt;p&gt;There are many types of civil wars. Sometimes, such as the Amer…
241 &lt;p&gt;In other circumstances, outside interests may attempt to partit…
242 &lt;p&gt;When a country is threatened with dissolution or partition it s…
243 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chinese Civil War&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
244 &lt;p&gt;The Chinese Civil War, fought between Chinese nationalists and …
245 &lt;p&gt;More than eight million people were killed during the war, most…
246 &lt;p&gt;The initial phase of the civil war was mostly an insurgency by …
247 &lt;p&gt;The communist forces’ big break came in the aftermath of Worl…
248 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Korean War&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
249 &lt;p&gt;The Korean War is generally known in the United States as a mil…
250 &lt;p&gt;At the end of World War II, Korea had been partitioned into two…
251 &lt;p&gt;It was also exceptionally deadly by modern standards, with seve…
252 &lt;p&gt;Military losses in the war are thought to be 70,000 by the Repu…
253 &lt;p&gt;Nearly one million South Koreans died during the war, or just u…
254 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vietnam Civil War (Vietnam War, 2nd Indochina War…
255 &lt;p&gt;The 1954 partition of Vietnam into two nations made an attempt …
256 &lt;p&gt;Until 1968 the war was fought by South Vietnam, the United Stat…
257 &lt;p&gt;Military dead amounted to 1.5 million on all sides: 300,000 Sou…
258 &lt;p&gt;Up to 2.5 million civilians died in the Vietnam Civil War, if o…
259 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Congo Civil War&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
260 &lt;p&gt;The Congo Civil War&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalsecurity.o…
261 &lt;p&gt;One of the most lethal wars of the last one hundred years, the …
262 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nigerian Civil War&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
263 &lt;p&gt;The four year long Nigerian Civil war broke out on July 6, 1967…
264 &lt;p&gt;The bulk of the international community supported Nigeria, and …
265 &lt;p&gt;Only about 30,000 Biafrans&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.u…
266 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a writer based in San Francisco who …
267 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietna…
268
269 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/civil-wars-des…
270 </item>
271 <item> <title>Glock 17 are Kel-Tec’s KMR-30 Very Different But Which …
272 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190957</link>
273 <description>Both the Kel-Tec and the Glock have generously sized magaz…
274 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
275 <category>Guns</category>
276 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190957</guid>
277 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:33 EDT</pubDate>
278 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
279 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
280 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Guns, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt…
281 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206996&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
282 &lt;h3&gt;Both the Kel-Tec and the Glock have generously sized magazines…
283 &lt;title&gt;Glock 17 are Kel-Tec’s KMR-30 Very Different But Which Ta…
284 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To …
285 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The modern pistol, a handgun fed by a grip-…
286 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The invention of the pistol box magazine pr…
287 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The box magazine promised to change things.…
288 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-856a0a76-…
289 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-856a0a76-…
290 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;htt…
291 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The use of polymers in handguns started in …
292 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Glock built a high-capacity handgun, but on…
293 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Another handgun, the &lt;a href=&quot;http…
294 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Although durable the Kel-Tec was not design…
295 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;How did Kel-Tec achieve M16-size ammunition…
296 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Both the Kel-Tec and the Glock have generou…
297 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a defense and na…
298 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article first appeared in 20…
299
300 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/glock-17-are-k…
301 </item>
302 <item> <title>AIP Submarine for the US Navy? </title>
303 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190930</link>
304 <description>Perhaps the U.S. Navy should not invest in conventional su…
305 <author>Robert Farley</author>
306 <category>military</category>
307 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190930</guid>
308 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:11 EDT</pubDate>
309 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
310 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Robert Farley&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
311 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;military, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&l…
312 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/49287&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=…
313 &lt;h3&gt;Perhaps the U.S. Navy should not invest in conventional submar…
314 &lt;title&gt;AIP Submarine for the US Navy? &lt;/title&gt;
315 &lt;p&gt;Here’s What You Need to Remember:  Over the past decade, air…
316 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invention&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
317 &lt;p&gt;Several navies &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.public.navy.mil/sub…
318 &lt;p&gt;In the mid-2000s, converging technological developments enabled…
319 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Engineering&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
320 &lt;p&gt;AIP systems allow conventional submarines to recharge their bat…
321 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Closed Cycle Steam Turbines&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
322 &lt;p&gt;Used on French-built submarines, closed cycle steam turbines mi…
323 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stirling Cycle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
324 &lt;p&gt;A Stirling cycle engine uses diesel to heat a fluid permanently…
325 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fuel Cell&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
326 &lt;p&gt;Fuel-cell technology is probably the state of the art in AIP. A…
327 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Procurement Trends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
328 &lt;p&gt;The great thing about AIP is that the technologies involved can…
329 &lt;p&gt;However, most navies are more interested in new construction. G…
330 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Combat Implications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
331 &lt;p&gt;SSPs can exceed the performance of SSNs under certain condition…
332 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What This Means for the United States&lt;/strong&…
333 &lt;p&gt;Should the United States build SSPs? The United States has not …
334 &lt;p&gt;However, the U.S. Navy is nearly unique for its global focus; i…
335 &lt;p&gt;Before investing in AIP boats, the U.S. Navy should also take c…
336 &lt;p&gt;All in all, there is no question that AIP-equipped boats pose a…
337 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/drfarls?ref_src=twsrc%5Ego…
338 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/…
339
340 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/aip-submarine-…
341 </item>
342 <item> <title>If You Have to Chose a Revolver or a Semi-auto for Home D…
343 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190965</link>
344 <description>Both types have bring their own advantages and disadvantag…
345 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
346 <category>Firearmes</category>
347 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190965</guid>
348 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 01:50 EDT</pubDate>
349 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
350 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
351 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Firearmes, United States&lt;/category…
352 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/181399&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
353 &lt;h3&gt;Both types have bring their own advantages and disadvantages t…
354 &lt;title&gt;If You Have to Chose a Revolver or a Semi-auto for Home Def…
355 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stron…
356 &lt;p&gt;One of the most important roles a handgun can play is in home d…
357 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.atf.gov/firearms/firearms-guides-i…
358 &lt;p&gt;One advantage of the revolver in home defense is that it is eas…
359 &lt;p&gt;There are disadvantages to a revolver in a home-defense situati…
360 &lt;p&gt;Semiautomatic handguns, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.atf.go…
361 &lt;p&gt;Pistols have several advantages in a home-defense situation. Pi…
362 &lt;p&gt;Pistols also have their own disadvantages. Unless stored “coc…
363 &lt;p&gt;If a homeowner has little training but still needs a handgun to…
364 &lt;p&gt;A more experienced handgun owner would do well with a &lt;a hr…
365 &lt;p&gt;A handgun is a dangerous weapon designed to kill people. That s…
366 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writ…
367 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article first appeared in 2017.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p…
368 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
369
370 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/if-you-have-ch…
371 </item>
372 <item> <title>Terrible and Ineffective: Ivan IV&#039;s Failed Strategy …
373 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190716</link>
374 <description>His territorial ambitions would remain a fundamental eleme…
375 <author>Warfare History Network</author>
376 <category>History</category>
377 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190716</guid>
378 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 01:43 EDT</pubDate>
379 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
380 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warfare History Network&lt;/b&gt;&lt…
381 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;History, Eurasia&lt;/category&gt;&lt;…
382 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206772&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
383 &lt;h3&gt;His territorial ambitions would remain a fundamental element o…
384 &lt;title&gt;Terrible and Ineffective: Ivan IV&#039;s Failed Strategy St…
385 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Point: &lt;/strong&gt;Ivan IV Vasilyevich, f…
386 &lt;p&gt;Less well known are the numerous and bloody wars he fought to e…
387 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Expanding Russia to the Sea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&…
388 &lt;p&gt;Generations of Muscovite rulers had dreamed of expanding their …
389 &lt;p&gt;Muscovites could be forgiven for feeling paranoid about their l…
390 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Crumbling Livonia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
391 &lt;p&gt;A patchwork of commercial cities spread out through modern-day …
392 &lt;p&gt;In 1558, the order held some 60 castles, while independent citi…
393 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Here is a Little Thing That Will Grow Great”…
394 &lt;p&gt;An invasion required an air of legitimacy. For that Ivan turned…
395 &lt;p&gt;Despite the best efforts of the Baltic powers, the Muscovite ar…
396 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ivan the Terrible’s Invasion of Livonia&lt;/str…
397 &lt;p&gt;The 40,000-strong Muscovite army entered Livonian territory nea…
398 &lt;p&gt;The Muscovite army immediately commenced bombarding Narva upon …
399 &lt;p&gt;With Narva safely in his hands, Ivan next turned to gobbling up…
400 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Six-Month Truce&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
401 &lt;p&gt;The Livonian Order and remaining independent cities frantically…
402 &lt;p&gt;It was not a moment too soon. The Muscovites, having crossed th…
403 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breaking the Truce&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
404 &lt;p&gt;The Livonian Order had been reeling, but the truce unexpectedly…
405 &lt;p&gt;Emboldened, Kettler treacherously violated the truce one month …
406 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Battles at Ermes and Fellin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&…
407 &lt;p&gt;Although many of Muscovy’s best soldiers had since been trans…
408 &lt;p&gt;Three weeks later Fellin surrendered. Its impressive collection…
409 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opportunism in the Northern Seven Years’ War&lt…
410 &lt;p&gt;The victories at Ermes and Fellin, although spectacular, proved…
411 &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, Sigismund arrived to absorb what was left of Livonia…
412 &lt;p&gt;Tensions still stirred beneath the surface between Denmark, Swe…
413 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cruelty at Polotsk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
414 &lt;p&gt;The czar chose Lithuania as his next target, accusing it of con…
415 &lt;p&gt;The siege of Polotsk was a brilliant demonstration of the growi…
416 &lt;p&gt;On February 15, a fire erupted in the center of Polotsk, althou…
417 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ivan’s Madness&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
418 &lt;p&gt;The capture of Polotsk proved to be the pinnacle of the Lithuan…
419 &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, events in Lithuania were going from bad to worse. In…
420 &lt;p&gt;Several years of relative quiet followed on the Livonian front …
421 &lt;p&gt;Even more drastic changes were occurring on the southern coast …
422 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Threats Along Ivan’s Borders&lt;/strong&gt;…
423 &lt;p&gt;Ivan was quick to recognize the new Baltic dynamics. He condemn…
424 &lt;p&gt;In the meantime, unabated political turmoil and an increasing T…
425 &lt;p&gt;In what proved to be a critical miscalculation, Ivan also provi…
426 &lt;p&gt;The czar could offer Magnus nothing more than his best wishes. …
427 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invading Livonia Anew&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
428 &lt;p&gt;The czar’s triumphant return to Livonia began on Christmas Da…
429 &lt;p&gt;It was not until 1575 that the Muscovites took Pernau, and a re…
430 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Pinnacle of Ivan’s Power&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;…
431 &lt;p&gt;In July 1577, Ivan led a reinvigorated Muscovite army of 30,000…
432 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps made delusional by the ease with which he conquered, Ma…
433 &lt;p&gt;Ivan’s 1577 campaign was magnificently successful, the only s…
434 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stefan Bathory’s Offensive Against Muscovy&lt;/…
435 &lt;p&gt;Following a period of confusion, the newly united nation settle…
436 &lt;p&gt;Before Bathory’s new army even took the offensive, the tide w…
437 &lt;p&gt;Bathory formally declared war on June 26, 1579, adding a person…
438 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Polish March on Pskov&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
439 &lt;p&gt;The Muscovites were completely unprepared. Reflecting Ivan’s …
440 &lt;p&gt;The relentless Polish advance rapidly erased more than 20 years…
441 &lt;p&gt;While separate detachments raided Starodub, Tver, and Novgorod,…
442 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Sire, We Shall Dine With You Tonight in Pskov!…
443 &lt;p&gt;The Poles commenced their bombardment on September 7. “Sire, …
444 &lt;p&gt;Ivan too was feeling an increased sense of urgency. News from t…
445 &lt;p&gt;On October 28, Bathory launched an all-out assault on Pskov. A …
446 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ivan Left Empty Handed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
447 &lt;p&gt;The two sides met to discuss terms with the papal meditators at…
448 &lt;p&gt;For his part, Ivan was desperate for peace. After decades of wa…
449 &lt;p&gt;Peace with Sweden came the following summer, and Ivan made no a…
450 &lt;p&gt;Twenty-five years and countless lives later, Ivan’s invasion …
451 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article &lt;a href=&quot;https://warfarehistoryn…
452 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
453
454 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/terrible-and-i…
455 </item>
456 <item> <title>In 1987, North Korea Celebrated the Olympics With a Bang<…
457 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190736</link>
458 <description>As the aircraft is soaring above the Andaman Sea, the bomb…
459 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
460 <category>North Korea</category>
461 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190736</guid>
462 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 01:23 EDT</pubDate>
463 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
464 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
465 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;North Korea, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt…
466 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206784&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
467 &lt;h3&gt;As the aircraft is soaring above the Andaman Sea, the bomb det…
468 &lt;title&gt;In 1987, North Korea Celebrated the Olympics With a Bang&lt…
469 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
470 &lt;p&gt;Near midnight on November 28, 1987, a young woman and an older …
471 &lt;p&gt;Most of the 104 passengers are South Korean construction and oi…
472 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.…
473 &lt;p&gt;Flight 858 is heading back to a country on the brink of a drama…
474 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.…
475 &lt;p&gt;1987 is also the year film &lt;em&gt;The Living Daylights &lt…
476 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.…
477 &lt;p&gt;For six years she had lived under a new name and been instructe…
478 &lt;p&gt;Kim Hyon Hui and her co-agent Kim Seung-il—a veteran spy w…
479 &lt;p&gt;But the two agents do not plan to commit suicide, disembarking …
480 &lt;p&gt;The North Korean agents make their way to Bahrain. Weeks earlie…
481 &lt;p&gt;While the security guards confer outside the interrogation room…
482 &lt;p&gt;As security agents return, Seung-il chomps down the cigarette…
483 &lt;p&gt;Hyon-hui also bites down on her cigarette and passes out. But …
484 &lt;p&gt;While Kim recovers over several days, a Bahraini and Japanese a…
485 &lt;p&gt;This incident, and the fact that poisoned cigarettes had been f…
486 &lt;p&gt;The South Korean interrogators begin to repeatedly press her in…
487 &lt;p&gt;The following day she confesses the truth. She and her colleagu…
488 &lt;p&gt;Pyongyang is outraged, &lt;em&gt;outraged &lt;/em&gt;to be ac…
489 &lt;p&gt;The Soviet Union echoes the denial, though Beijing, perhaps mor…
490 &lt;p&gt;Kim is tried and sentenced to death in March, though she is the…
491 &lt;p&gt;In 1990, the film&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch…
492 &lt;p&gt;Kim also expresses concern for the fate of Taguchi, her Japanes…
493 &lt;p&gt;Kim Hyon-Hui’s story parallels that of many other North Korea…
494 &lt;p&gt;Of course, North Korea is not the only state to destroy an airl…
495 &lt;p&gt;However, the bombing of Flight 858 more closely resembles the L…
496 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in confli…
497 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
498
499 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/1987-north-kor…
500 </item>
501 <item> <title>With This Technology, Airplanes Could Launch Satellites..…
502 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190672</link>
503 <description>ICBMs—intercontinental ballistic missiles as they are kn…
504 <author>Caleb Larson</author>
505 <category>ICBMs</category>
506 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190672</guid>
507 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:22 EDT</pubDate>
508 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
509 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Caleb Larson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
510 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;ICBMs, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&lt;/…
511 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206737&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
512 &lt;h3&gt;ICBMs—intercontinental ballistic missiles as they are known�…
513 &lt;title&gt;With This Technology, Airplanes Could Launch Satellites... …
514 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Know&lt;/strong&gt;:…
515 &lt;p&gt;ICBMs are typically launched from underground silos, submarines…
516 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Planes, Trains, and Automobiles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt…
517 &lt;p&gt;ICBMs—intercontinental ballistic missiles as they are known�…
518 &lt;p&gt;In the 1960s, ICBM fuel shifted from liquid to solid fuel. Soli…
519 &lt;p&gt;Mobile ICBM launchers are another option that has enjoyed much …
520 &lt;p&gt;Countries like China and &lt;a data-auth=&quot;NotApplicable&q…
521 &lt;p&gt;During the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force developed a rail-mobile IC…
522 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps the &lt;a data-auth=&quot;NotApplicable&quot; href=&qu…
523 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Air-based Vertical Launch System&lt;/strong&gt;&l…
524 &lt;p&gt;One of the stranger delivery system ideas was a so-called air-b…
525 &lt;p&gt;Explanatory diagrams in the patent show missiles in the center …
526 &lt;p&gt;In addition to launching ICBMs, the patent also explains that t…
527 &lt;p&gt;Will we see an air-based vertical launch system anytime soon? W…
528 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caleb Larson holds a Master of Public Policy degree f…
529 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/usairf…
530
531 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/technology-air…
532 </item>
533 <item> <title>Why Japan Skipped Over Glock In Favor of the Heckler and …
534 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190982</link>
535 <description>Japan&#039;s choice marks the first time the SFP9 has been…
536 <author>Richard Douglas</author>
537 <category>Guns</category>
538 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190982</guid>
539 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 23:33 EDT</pubDate>
540 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
541 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Richard Douglas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
542 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Guns, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt…
543 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/207018&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
544 &lt;h3&gt;Japan&#039;s choice marks the first time the SFP9 has been ado…
545 &lt;title&gt;Why Japan Skipped Over Glock In Favor of the Heckler and Ko…
546 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember:&lt;/strong…
547 &lt;p&gt;On the 6th of December 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Defense (…
548 &lt;p&gt;From the Japanese MoD’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget, we know that…
549 &lt;p&gt;Accuracy is the most important characteristic in Japanese pisto…
550 &lt;p&gt;If such emphasis is placed on accuracy, the SFP9 has the edge o…
551 &lt;p&gt;The SFP9 also has a more customizable grip, with exchangeable s…
552 &lt;p&gt;Anecdotally, the Glock 17 is harder to shoot accurately than th…
553 &lt;p&gt;The SFP9 also doesn’t require pulling the trigger to disassem…
554 &lt;p&gt;Finally, the SFP9’s adoption could have benefited from the ex…
555 &lt;p&gt;Regardless, the adoption of the SFP9 by the JSDF is a major mil…
556 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Charlie Gao studied Political and Computer Science at…
557 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image: Wikimedia Commons&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
558
559 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-japan-skip…
560 </item>
561 <item> <title>Ruger&#039;s SR22 Pistol: What Can&#039;t This Gun Do?</t…
562 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190995</link>
563 <description>The Ruger SR22 can do a little bit of everything.</descrip…
564 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
565 <category>Guns</category>
566 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190995</guid>
567 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 23:11 EDT</pubDate>
568 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
569 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
570 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Guns, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt…
571 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/207032&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
572 &lt;h3&gt;The Ruger SR22 can do a little bit of everything.&lt;/h3&gt;
573 &lt;title&gt;Ruger&#039;s SR22 Pistol: What Can&#039;t This Gun Do?&lt;/…
574 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember:&lt;/strong…
575 &lt;p&gt;The field of rimfire pistols is a crowded one, with a large var…
576 &lt;p&gt;Ruger is no stranger to the rimfire market, having produced the…
577 &lt;p&gt;The SR22 is both a single and double-action pistol, with a roun…
578 &lt;p&gt;One of the major advantages of the SR22 is a focus on ergonomic…
579 &lt;p&gt;The SR22’s stainless steel barrel is available in both thread…
580 &lt;p&gt;The SR22 also has a number of safety features to enhance overal…
581 &lt;p&gt;Users aim the SR22 using the built-in three dot sighting system…
582 &lt;p&gt;The SR22 comes with two ten-round magazines and accepts all man…
583 &lt;p&gt;The SR22 is a well-balanced rimfire pistol that can do a little…
584 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a writer based in San Francisco who …
585 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image: YouTube&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
586
587 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/rugers-sr22-pi…
588 </item>
589 <item> <title>Supply Chains Must Adjust to Great Power Competition</tit…
590 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190651</link>
591 <description>Supply chains constructed during a brief period of suppose…
592 <author>William R. Hawkins</author>
593 <category>Supply Chains</category>
594 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190651</guid>
595 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 22:00 EDT</pubDate>
596 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
597 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;William R. Hawkins&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&g…
598 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Supply Chains, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/…
599 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206718&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
600 &lt;h3&gt;Supply chains constructed during a brief period of supposed in…
601 &lt;title&gt;Supply Chains Must Adjust to Great Power Competition&lt;/ti…
602 &lt;p&gt;The Biden administration has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.white…
603 &lt;p&gt;Business interests that have invested in these international su…
604 &lt;p&gt;Of course, the question of whether the world is contentious has…
605 &lt;p&gt;Writing in 1821, John Stuart Mill claimed, “There is, in the …
606 &lt;p&gt;The post-Cold War period seemed like the post-Napoleonic period…
607 &lt;p&gt;Though simplistic, classical theory is still pushed by some lib…
608 &lt;p&gt;After World War I, even the free-trading British embraced the I…
609 &lt;p&gt;A country with the sheer size of the United States, with a high…
610 &lt;p&gt;This leaves those special interests who have unwisely offshored…
611 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left:.5in;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt…
612 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
613 &lt;p&gt;Another &lt;em&gt;Global Times &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http…
614 &lt;p&gt;Too many major corporations have become mere assemblers of part…
615 &lt;p&gt;Supply chains constructed during a brief period of supposed int…
616 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;William R. Hawkins is a former economics professor wh…
617 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
618
619 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/supply-chains-mu…
620 </item>
621 <item> <title>Conquering Cuba: Would America Pay Any Cost to Expel Comm…
622 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190767</link>
623 <description>Beneath the velvet we-come-in-peace language was the iron …
624 <author>Michael Peck</author>
625 <category>Cuban Missile Crisis</category>
626 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190767</guid>
627 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 21:33 EDT</pubDate>
628 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
629 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
630 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Cuban Missile Crisis, Americas&lt;/ca…
631 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206814&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
632 &lt;h3&gt;Beneath the velvet we-come-in-peace language was the iron word…
633 &lt;title&gt;Conquering Cuba: Would America Pay Any Cost to Expel Commun…
634 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stron…
635 &lt;p&gt;Attention, people of Cuba: Obey the orders of the U.S. Army, or…
636 &lt;p&gt;This is what the Cubans would have been told, had the United St…
637 &lt;p&gt;“Resistance to the United States armed forces will be forcefu…
638 &lt;p&gt;Proclamation No. 1 of the U.S. military occupation would have r…
639 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“To the people of Cuba,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
640 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Whereas the aggressive and illegal acts of the Cas…
641 &lt;p&gt;Beneath the velvet we-come-in-peace language was the iron words…
642 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;htt…
643 &lt;p&gt;Cuban schools and courts would be closed until further notice. …
644 &lt;p&gt;“When the aggressive Castro regime has been completely destro…
645 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;htt…
646 &lt;p&gt;Words like “friendship” and “democratic” might have sou…
647 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;htt…
648 &lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the U.S. proclamation was refreshingly direc…
649 &lt;p&gt;Of course, before an invading army can issue an occupation proc…
650 &lt;p&gt;As it turns out, the U.S. badly underestimated the difficulty o…
651 &lt;p&gt;More ominously, it wasn’t until 1992 that the United States l…
652 &lt;p&gt;Just as ominously, Soviet officials later admitted that they ha…
653 &lt;p&gt;There is no doubt that the United States could have conquered C…
654 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the &lt;/em…
655 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_…
656 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
657 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/nort…
658 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-if-am…
659 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-…
660
661 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/conquering-cub…
662 </item>
663 <item> <title>Why India and Australia Like Japan’s Deadly Soryu-Class…
664 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190664</link>
665 <description>The Sōryū-class was the first Japanese submarine class…
666 <author>Caleb Larson</author>
667 <category>Submarines</category>
668 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190664</guid>
669 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 21:00 EDT</pubDate>
670 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
671 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Caleb Larson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
672 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Submarines, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt;…
673 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206729&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
674 &lt;h3&gt;The Sōryū-class was the first Japanese submarine class bui…
675 &lt;title&gt;Why India and Australia Like Japan’s Deadly Soryu-Class S…
676 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Know&lt;/strong&gt;:…
677 &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ja…
678 &lt;p&gt;Lithium-ion batteries also usually recharge faster than lead-ac…
679 &lt;p&gt;The Sōryū-class is also the first class of Japanese submarine…
680 &lt;p&gt;The Stirling engines used by the Sōryū-class were adapted fro…
681 &lt;p&gt;Though the class does not have vertical missile launch tubes, t…
682 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Future Export&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
683 &lt;p&gt;Until very recently, Japan adhered to a self-imposed weapons ex…
684 &lt;p&gt;Both India and Australia have expressed interest in acquiring J…
685 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caleb Larson is a Defense Writer with The National In…
686 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article first appeared in July 2020.&lt;/em&gt;&…
687 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
688
689 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-india-and-…
690 </item>
691 <item> <title>In 1983, North Korea Tried to Destroy South Korea from th…
692 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190734</link>
693 <description>It is 10 AM October 9, 1983. South Korea’s President Chu…
694 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
695 <category>North Korea</category>
696 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190734</guid>
697 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:33 EDT</pubDate>
698 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
699 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
700 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;North Korea, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt…
701 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206781&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
702 &lt;h3&gt;It is 10 AM October 9, 1983. South Korea’s President Chun Do…
703 &lt;title&gt;In 1983, North Korea Tried to Destroy South Korea from the …
704 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
705 &lt;p&gt;Seoul raises the alert status of its forces…and does nothing.…
706 &lt;p&gt;It is 10 AM October 9, 1983. South Korea’s President Chun Doo…
707 &lt;p&gt;It is no secret his military government is struggling. The Repu…
708 &lt;p&gt;There is a tragedy to contend with as well; the month prior, a …
709 &lt;p&gt;Now President Chun is traveling abroad on the advice of the for…
710 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.…
711 &lt;p&gt;The senior members of Chun Doo Hwan’s cabinet are all assembl…
712 &lt;p&gt;Suddenly, at 10:25 a car with South Korean flags pulls up. A bu…
713 &lt;p&gt;Suddenly all hell breaks loose.&lt;/p&gt;
714 &lt;p&gt;A thunderous blast rips through from the roof of the mausoleum,…
715 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.…
716 &lt;p&gt;Foreign Minister Lee Beom-Seok is dead. So is Deputy Prime Mini…
717 &lt;p&gt;But President Chun is not to be found in the wreckage. His car …
718 &lt;p&gt;The president’s limousine peels around upon receiving the new…
719 &lt;p&gt;Three days later, three North Korean special forces officers ar…
720 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.…
721 &lt;p&gt;Prior to the attack, they had slipped into Rangoon via a freigh…
722 &lt;p&gt;Now, if they can make it to a waiting speedboat on the Rangoon …
723 &lt;p&gt;But their spymasters have betrayed them. There is no escape boa…
724 &lt;p&gt;Zin is cornered by a mob at Lake Pazundaung. The local Burmese,…
725 &lt;p&gt;There is a tradition amongst North Korean agents: if&lt;a href=…
726 &lt;p&gt;A suspicious local tips of the police after Cpts. Kim Jin-su an…
727 &lt;p&gt;After hospitalization, Kim and Kang are brought before a Burmes…
728 &lt;p&gt;Kang exposes the full machinery of the plot. They had been disp…
729 &lt;p&gt;The aftermath of the assassination attempt should sound familia…
730 &lt;p&gt;Socialist Burma, which earlier had been close to Kim Il-sung, s…
731 &lt;p&gt;Beijing is outraged, as always, by this latest bit of mischief,…
732 &lt;p&gt;Seoul raises the alert status of its forces…and does nothing.…
733 &lt;p&gt;Kang languishes in Insein prison for a quarter-century, becomin…
734 &lt;p&gt;The Aung San Mausoleum is rebuilt but then closed to the public…
735 &lt;p&gt;Democracy activists would also continue to bedevil President Ch…
736 &lt;p&gt;As for North Korea…it remains the same regime unconcerned wit…
737 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in confli…
738 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
739
740 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/1983-north-kor…
741 </item>
742 <item> <title>Fact: Many Americans Do Not Understand How Social Securit…
743 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190809</link>
744 <description>“It’s indisputable that Americans across all generatio…
745 <author>Ethen Kim Lieser</author>
746 <category>Social Security</category>
747 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190809</guid>
748 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:11 EDT</pubDate>
749 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
750 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ethen Kim Lieser&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
751 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Social Security, &lt;/category&gt;&lt…
752 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206859&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
753 &lt;h3&gt;“It’s indisputable that Americans across all generations n…
754 &lt;title&gt;Fact: Many Americans Do Not Understand How Social Security …
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771 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/fact-many-amer…
772 </item>
773 <item> <title>By Conquering Singapore, Japan Sent Britain’s Asia Empi…
774 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190775</link>
775 <description>In the darkest days of World War II, when disaster after d…
776 <author>Michael Peck</author>
777 <category>World War II History</category>
778 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190775</guid>
779 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:00 EDT</pubDate>
780 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
781 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
782 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;World War II History, Asia Pacific&lt…
783 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206822&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
784 &lt;h3&gt;In the darkest days of World War II, when disaster after disas…
785 &lt;title&gt;By Conquering Singapore, Japan Sent Britain’s Asia Empire…
786 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
787 &lt;p&gt;In the darkest days of World War II, when disaster after disast…
788 &lt;p&gt;But when the news arrived that the fortress of Singapore had su…
789 &lt;p&gt;“He felt it was a disgrace,” &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wi…
790 &lt;p&gt;Seventy-five years later, it is difficult to conceive of just h…
791 &lt;p&gt;Singapore had long been a strategic prize, perched as it was on…
792 &lt;p&gt;Terrain was an ally, or so the British thought. With the Malay …
793 &lt;p&gt;“Curiously enough, throughout all these years of bickering an…
794 &lt;p&gt;Or, as Churchill recalled, the possibility that the fortress wo…
795 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps given enough money, troops and aircraft, the strategy m…
796 &lt;p&gt;However, the fatal flaw in the British plan turned out to be a …
797 &lt;p&gt;However, as frequently happens with military disasters, frantic…
798 &lt;p&gt;The battleships &lt;em&gt;Prince of Wales &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em…
799 &lt;p&gt;The Japanese landed in southern Thailand and northern Malaya on…
800 &lt;p&gt;What ensued was as much farce as tragedy. Convinced that tanks …
801 &lt;p&gt;Finally, on January 31, the Japanese reached the Straits of Joh…
802 &lt;p&gt;That didn’t daunt &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britain-at-war.…
803 &lt;p&gt;The British were too disorganized and dispirited to perceive th…
804 &lt;p&gt;On February 15, Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival, the British commander…
805 &lt;p&gt;Yamashita went on to defend the Philippines against a U.S. inva…
806 &lt;p&gt;What were the lessons of Singapore? Like a Biblical prophet, th…
807 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps the biggest consequence of the fall of Singapore was th…
808 &lt;p&gt;Three-quarters of a century later, the legacy of the fall of Si…
809 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the Nationa…
810 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singap…
811
812 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/conquering-sin…
813 </item>
814 <item> <title>Showdown at Bataan: How U.S. Forces Lost the Philippines<…
815 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190765</link>
816 <description>The fall of Corregidor forces us to ask a tough question: …
817 <author>Michael Peck</author>
818 <category>World War II History</category>
819 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190765</guid>
820 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:44 EDT</pubDate>
821 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
822 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
823 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;World War II History, Asia Pacific&lt…
824 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206812&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
825 &lt;h3&gt;The fall of Corregidor forces us to ask a tough question: what…
826 &lt;title&gt;Showdown at Bataan: How U.S. Forces Lost the Philippines&lt…
827 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
828 &lt;p&gt;“Tell Joe, wherever he is, to give ’em hell for us,” said…
829 &lt;p&gt;And then there was silence.&lt;/p&gt;
830 &lt;p&gt;On the morning of May 6, 1942, U.S. Army Sgt. Irving Strobing�…
831 &lt;p&gt;From Corregidor’s tunnels emerged eleven thousand starving, w…
832 &lt;p&gt;The fall of Corregidor forces us to ask a tough question: what …
833 &lt;p&gt;The answer is pretty much everything. The problems began with a…
834 &lt;p&gt;None of which was Philippines commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur�…
835 &lt;p&gt;News of Pearl Harbor awakened MacArthur at 3 a.m. December 8. T…
836 &lt;p&gt;Later on December, Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon, un…
837 &lt;p&gt;Outflanked and outmaneuvered, MacArthur ordered Plan Orange, a …
838 &lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, the Bataan troops fought bravely and inflicted hea…
839 &lt;p&gt;And MacArthur? The Bataan troops composed a &lt;a href=&quot;h…
840 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dugout Doug MacArthur lies ashaking on the Rock&lt;/e…
841 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Safe from all the bombers and from any sudden shock&l…
842 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dugout Doug is eating of the best food on Bataan&lt;/…
843 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And his troops go starving on.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
844 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dugout Doug’s not timid, he’s just cautious, not …
845 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He’s protecting carefully the stars that Franklin m…
846 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Four-star generals are rare as good food on Bataan&lt…
847 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And his troops go starving on.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
848 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dugout Doug is ready in his Kris Craft for the flee&l…
849 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Over bounding billows and the wildly raging sea&lt;/e…
850 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For the Japs are pounding on the gates of Old Bataan&…
851 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And his troops go starving on . . .&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/…
852 &lt;p&gt;But MacArthur was busy with other things. He was awarded $500,0…
853 &lt;p&gt;“I will return,” MacArthur vowed. And he did—on October 2…
854 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the &lt;/e…
855 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan…
856
857 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/showdown-bataa…
858 </item>
859 <item> <title>Project Iceworm: America&#039;s Secret Tunnels Beneath Gr…
860 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190929</link>
861 <description>One of the strangest military projects to come out of the …
862 <author>Alex Hollings</author>
863 <category>History</category>
864 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190929</guid>
865 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:33 EDT</pubDate>
866 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
867 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Alex Hollings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
868 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;History, Greenland&lt;/category&gt;&l…
869 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206971&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
870 &lt;h3&gt;One of the strangest military projects to come out of the Cold…
871 &lt;title&gt;Project Iceworm: America&#039;s Secret Tunnels Beneath Gree…
872 &lt;p&gt;In pursuit of nuclear deterrence, the United States has occasio…
873 &lt;p&gt;Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union wer…
874 &lt;p&gt;While the Soviet Union invested in &lt;a href=&quot;https://ww…
875 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nuclear ulterior motives&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
876 &lt;p&gt;While the Russian military has been working exhaustively in rec…
877 &lt;p&gt;It was with that concept in mind that the United States establi…
878 &lt;p&gt;The real intent behind this new initiative was to establish a m…
879 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Camp Century – An installation and a cover stor…
880 &lt;p&gt;Located less than a thousand miles from the North Pole, the amb…
881 &lt;p&gt;Starting in 1959, the U.S. Army Engineer Corps began excavating…
882 &lt;p&gt;Beneath the arched steel roof and layer of ice and snow, the U.…
883 &lt;p&gt;The facility was powered by the globe’s first ever semi-mobil…
884 &lt;p&gt;Working space beneath the ice quickly grew, and by the end of 1…
885 &lt;p&gt;At its peak, Camp Century housed over 200 Soldiers, hidden from…
886 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Project Iceworm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
887 &lt;p&gt;All of that manpower and tech wasn’t just about testing the f…
888 &lt;p&gt;The long term plan called for 2,500 miles of subsurface tunnels…
889 &lt;p&gt;Many of these tunnels would house railroad tracks which could b…
890 &lt;p&gt;If fully realized, Project Iceworm’s tunnel complex would eve…
891 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Having the ice pulled out from beneath your feet&…
892 &lt;p&gt;While the strategic value of a massive, subterranean missile co…
893 &lt;p&gt;By 1962, the ceiling in the room housing Camp Century’s nucle…
894 &lt;p&gt;In 1963, the nuclear reactor was replaced by diesel generators …
895 &lt;p&gt;Project Iceworm had been cloaked in secrecy since its onset, an…
896 &lt;p&gt;Of course, “for good” is a long time, and as we’ve come t…
897 &lt;p&gt;“It’s just a matter of time,” says &lt;a href=&quot;http…
898 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alex Hollings is a writer, dad, and Marine veteran wh…
899 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a hr…
900 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
901
902 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/project-icewor…
903 </item>
904 <item> <title>Border Crisis Is No Accident. It’s Biden Making Good on…
905 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190921</link>
906 <description>At a time when Biden’s administration has returned to re…
907 <author>Tim Murtaugh</author>
908 <category>Politics</category>
909 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190921</guid>
910 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:11 EDT</pubDate>
911 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
912 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tim Murtaugh&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
913 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Politics, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&l…
914 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206964&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
915 &lt;h3&gt;At a time when Biden’s administration has returned to recomm…
916 &lt;title&gt;Border Crisis Is No Accident. It’s Biden Making Good on C…
917 &lt;p&gt;If you wanted to make up something to depict President Joe Bide…
918 &lt;p&gt;Such a situation might easily be dismissed by skeptics as too m…
919 &lt;p&gt;“It’s not believable,” some might say.&lt;/p&gt;
920 &lt;p&gt;But it’s actually true, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https:…
921 &lt;p&gt;Axios this week revealed that “about 50,000 migrants who cros…
922 &lt;p&gt;The report indicates that it is “unprecedented” for border …
923 &lt;p&gt;Instead, they have been provided with lists of Immigration and …
924 &lt;p&gt;Axios reports that it is the Biden administration’s “hope�…
925 &lt;p&gt;That wishful strategy has been an abject failure so far, as jus…
926 &lt;p&gt;Biden’s reckless policy has turned “catch and release” in…
927 &lt;p&gt;The revelation comes amid repeated record-setting in the number…
928 &lt;p&gt;More than &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.axios.com/border-arrest…
929 &lt;p&gt;Further, the 178,000 arrests made in June alone marked a 20-yea…
930 &lt;p&gt;All of this puts the lie to Biden’s claims that the surge at …
931 &lt;p&gt;Just as ludicrous was White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s…
932 &lt;p&gt;The fact is that Biden campaigned for president promising an ar…
933 &lt;p&gt;Since becoming president, he also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www…
934 &lt;p&gt;If a surge of this nature occurs every year, or is &lt;a href=…
935 &lt;p&gt;The answer was probably most clearly expressed by one migrant,�…
936 &lt;p&gt;Translated: “Thanks to President Biden for the opportunity to…
937 &lt;p&gt;The news about unaccompanied minors arriving at the border is n…
938 &lt;p&gt;True, the number of children stopped at the border in June repr…
939 &lt;p&gt;Additionally, at a time when Biden’s administration has retur…
940 &lt;p&gt;Fox News reported earlier this month that 30% of illegal immigr…
941 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/29/biden-b…
942 &lt;p&gt;And though they are sometimes forced to cover the raw numbers, …
943 &lt;p&gt;So, the observation holds true: If you were going to envision i…
944 &lt;p&gt;But you don’t have to imagine it, because it’s reality, and…
945 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tim Murtaugh is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foun…
946 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
947 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
948
949 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/border-crisis-…
950 </item>
951 <item> <title>South Africa’s Insurrection Is Greater Than Jacob Zuma<…
952 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190786</link>
953 <description>The economic conundrum for South Africa is that those who …
954 <author>Ian Jennings</author>
955 <category>South Africa</category>
956 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190786</guid>
957 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:04 EDT</pubDate>
958 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
959 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ian Jennings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
960 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;South Africa, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/e…
961 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206833&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
962 &lt;h3&gt;The economic conundrum for South Africa is that those who are …
963 &lt;title&gt;South Africa’s Insurrection Is Greater Than Jacob Zuma&lt…
964 &lt;p&gt;The past three weeks in South Africa have been lawless, even by…
965 &lt;p&gt;A number of turbulent streams flowed into the river of &lt;a hr…
966 &lt;p&gt;The catalyst is an internal conflict within the African Nationa…
967 &lt;p&gt;But the cracks in the edifice became apparent when Mbeki was &l…
968 &lt;p&gt;Contrary to outside perception, South Africa is not seriously d…
969 &lt;p&gt;This is not to say that there were no prominent Zulu leaders in…
970 &lt;p&gt;The apartheid government, unsurprisingly, offered temptations t…
971 &lt;p&gt;Jacob Zuma, had, both before and while president, taken the tro…
972 &lt;p&gt;The remaining strength of the ANC’s inclusive legacy has, how…
973 &lt;p&gt;The line between patronage and corruption is a fine one, and a …
974 &lt;p&gt;The evidence is plain to see—parastatal organizations such as…
975 &lt;p&gt;The patience of the legal system ran out in late June when the …
976 &lt;p&gt;And then, surprisingly, Zuma blinked first. On the night of Jul…
977 &lt;p&gt;In response to the arrest, a combination of massive &lt;a href=…
978 &lt;p&gt;Three weeks later almost four hundred people had died, economic…
979 &lt;p&gt;So, what are we to make of all of this?&lt;/p&gt;
980 &lt;p&gt;First, South Africa is an extraordinarily unequal country. A ti…
981 &lt;p&gt;But this particular explosion hasn’t happened yet. It is sign…
982 &lt;p&gt;The economic conundrum for South Africa is, as is true anywher…
983 &lt;p&gt;It’s not all bleak. Social media is replete with clips of int…
984 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ian Jennings grew up in South Africa, studied in Germ…
985 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
986
987 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/feature/south-africa%E2%80…
988 </item>
989 <item> <title>Sideswiped: Why China Set Out to Shame the State Departme…
990 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190830</link>
991 <description>The Chinese rhetorically and predictably overplayed their …
992 <author>Paul Heer</author>
993 <category>China</category>
994 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190830</guid>
995 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:04 EDT</pubDate>
996 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
997 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paul Heer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
998 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;China, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&g…
999 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206879&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1000 &lt;h3&gt;The Chinese rhetorically and predictably overplayed their hand…
1001 &lt;title&gt;Sideswiped: Why China Set Out to Shame the State Department…
1002 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1003 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1004 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1005 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1006 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1007 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1008 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1009 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1010 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1011 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1012 &lt;p lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; paraeid=&quot;{5d06767f-9fad-435e-8b97-83e5…
1013
1014 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/feature/sideswiped-why-chi…
1015 </item>
1016 <item> <title>Can the Private Sector Save Belarus?</title>
1017 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190843</link>
1018 <description>In recent years many politicians on the left have repeate…
1019 <author>Vladislav Inozemtsev, Yaroslav Romanchuk, Vitali Shkliarov</aut…
1020 <category>Belarus</category>
1021 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190843</guid>
1022 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:04 EDT</pubDate>
1023 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1024 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vladislav Inozemtsev, Yaroslav Roman…
1025 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Belarus, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;…
1026 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206894&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1027 &lt;h3&gt;In recent years many politicians on the left have repeatedly …
1028 &lt;title&gt;Can the Private Sector Save Belarus?&lt;/title&gt;
1029 &lt;p&gt;Soon after Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka forced th…
1030 &lt;p&gt;This move was welcomed by many in the international community …
1031 &lt;p&gt;Moreover, if the situation in Minsk appears to favor democratiz…
1032 &lt;p&gt;Finally and most importantly, the EU’s proposed assistance pr…
1033 &lt;p&gt;But the European Union may be overlooking a different option, o…
1034 &lt;p&gt;To illustrate this argument, imagine a scenario in which a larg…
1035 &lt;p&gt;If one “owns” a state, there is naturally no risk on part o…
1036 &lt;p&gt;Of course, it might be not a single company, or not the leader …
1037 &lt;p&gt;In recent years many politicians on the left have repeatedly a…
1038 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vladislav Inozemtsev writes on global economy and mod…
1039 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yaroslav Romanchuk is a Belarusian economist and pol…
1040 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dr. Vitali Shkliarov is an expert in U.S.-Russian rel…
1041 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1042
1043 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-private-sector…
1044 </item>
1045 <item> <title>Russia Wins a Substantial Victory on Nord Stream 2</title>
1046 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190849</link>
1047 <description>For Russia, the benefits of a completed Nord Stream 2 are …
1048 <author>John Ruehl</author>
1049 <category>Nord Stream 2</category>
1050 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190849</guid>
1051 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:03 EDT</pubDate>
1052 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1053 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Ruehl&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1054 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Nord Stream 2, Europe&lt;/category&gt…
1055 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206900&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1056 &lt;h3&gt;For Russia, the benefits of a completed Nord Stream 2 are plen…
1057 &lt;title&gt;Russia Wins a Substantial Victory on Nord Stream 2&lt;/titl…
1058 &lt;p&gt;Russian president Vladimir Putin will no doubt feel extremely s…
1059 &lt;p&gt;With barely sixty miles of the 764-mile &lt;a href=&quot;https:…
1060 &lt;p&gt;The project ensures Europe remains heavily dependent on &lt;a h…
1061 &lt;p&gt;But the Biden administration calculated that continuing to expr…
1062 &lt;p&gt;It also states that should Russia use energy as a weapon or mil…
1063 &lt;p&gt;Germany is Russia’s most lucrative gas market, and the new pi…
1064 &lt;p&gt;The Bush administration voiced its opposition to the initial No…
1065 &lt;p&gt;An increase in Russian gas would also make U.S. liquid natural …
1066 &lt;p&gt;But although the European Union (EU) and NATO imposed sanctions…
1067 &lt;p&gt;President Donald Trump did &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com…
1068 &lt;p&gt;President Joe Biden recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytim…
1069 &lt;p&gt;Last week’s agreement still reflects the growing realization …
1070 &lt;p&gt;Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 have also increased tensions betw…
1071 &lt;p&gt;For future cutoffs, Ukraine risks not only a loss of transit fe…
1072 &lt;p&gt;Former German chancellor Gerard Schroeder, who signed off on th…
1073 &lt;p&gt;For Russia, the benefits of a completed Nord Stream 2 are plent…
1074 &lt;p&gt;And as an added bonus, the project has also expanded Russia’s…
1075 &lt;p&gt;The United States and Russia are holding more high-level talks …
1076 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;John Ruehl is a contributing editor at Strategic Polic…
1077 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1078
1079 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/feature/russia-wins-substa…
1080 </item>
1081 <item> <title>A Huge 50-Round Magazine Makes the Kel-Tec CP33 Unlike An…
1082 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190870</link>
1083 <description>The star of the show is undoubtedly Kel-Tec’s recently-p…
1084 <author>Mark Episkopos</author>
1085 <category>Guns</category>
1086 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190870</guid>
1087 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:00 EDT</pubDate>
1088 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1089 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark Episkopos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1090 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Guns, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt…
1091 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206920&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1092 &lt;h3&gt;The star of the show is undoubtedly Kel-Tec’s recently-paten…
1093 &lt;title&gt;A Huge 50-Round Magazine Makes the Kel-Tec CP33 Unlike Any …
1094 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
1095 &lt;p&gt;From “&lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz…
1096 &lt;p&gt;It’s immediately apparent from the pistol’s unorthodox desi…
1097 &lt;p&gt;But the star of the show is undoubtedly Kel-Tec’s recently-pa…
1098 &lt;p&gt;The CP33 handles with the ease normally expected of .22 LR pist…
1099 &lt;p&gt;At an overall length of 10.6 inches and loaded weight of just u…
1100 &lt;p&gt;&lt;article&gt;
1101 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark Episkopos is a frequent contributor to The Nati…
1102 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.redd.it/m0902cwy5gn21.jpg&…
1103 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/article&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1104
1105 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/huge-50-round-…
1106 </item>
1107 <item> <title>Have DirecTV? Don&#039;t Fall for this Social Security Nu…
1108 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190860</link>
1109 <description>Social engineers try to trick you into taking a certain ac…
1110 <author>Stephen Silver</author>
1111 <category>Social Security, Scam</category>
1112 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190860</guid>
1113 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:39 EDT</pubDate>
1114 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1115 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stephen Silver&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1116 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Social Security, Scam, Americas&lt;/c…
1117 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206910&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1118 &lt;h3&gt;Social engineers try to trick you into taking a certain action…
1119 &lt;title&gt;Have DirecTV? Don&#039;t Fall for this Social Security Numb…
1120 &lt;p&gt;A prosecutor in Maryland is warning of a Social Security scam, …
1121 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2021/07/…
1122 &lt;p&gt;“Some customers have received official-looking materials in t…
1123 &lt;p&gt;Those who receive such calls are advised to “report postal fr…
1124 &lt;p&gt;AT&amp;T’s&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.att.com/support/articl…
1125 &lt;p&gt;“Social engineers try to trick you into taking a certain acti…
1126 &lt;p&gt;AT&amp;T currently owns DirecTV and has since 2016. However, th…
1127 &lt;p&gt;There are now indications that&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.19fo…
1128 &lt;p&gt;“The company expects the DIRECTV/TPG transaction to close in …
1129 &lt;p&gt;Another recent report found that after the deal closes, the str…
1130 &lt;p&gt;“After starting off as DirecTV Now and then transitioning to …
1131 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; Stephen Silver, a technology writer for The Nationa…
1132 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1133
1134 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/have-directv…
1135 </item>
1136 <item> <title>Crazy Fact: The U.S. Conducted 1,032 Nuclear Weapons Tes…
1137 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190937</link>
1138 <description>Between 1945 and 1992, the United States conducted 1,032 …
1139 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
1140 <category>Nuclear Weapons</category>
1141 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190937</guid>
1142 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:34 EDT</pubDate>
1143 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1144 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1145 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Nuclear Weapons, Americas&lt;/categor…
1146 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206978&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1147 &lt;h3&gt;Between 1945 and 1992, the United States conducted 1,032 nucl…
1148 &lt;title&gt;Crazy Fact: The U.S. Conducted 1,032 Nuclear Weapons Tests…
1149 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Know&lt;/strong&gt;:…
1150 &lt;p&gt;Nuclear weapons have a mysterious quality. Their power is measu…
1151 &lt;p&gt;The majority of U.S. nuclear tests occurred in the middle of th…
1152 &lt;p&gt;The bulk of the remaining nuclear tests took place in Pacific, …
1153 &lt;p&gt;The first test of a thermonuclear, or fusion, bomb took place o…
1154 &lt;p&gt;One of the strangest atmospheric tests occurred in 1962 at the …
1155 &lt;p&gt;Also in 1962, as part of a series of high-altitude nuclear expe…
1156 &lt;p&gt;Nuclear tests weren’t just restricted to the Pacific Ocean an…
1157 &lt;p&gt;In 1967, as part of a misguided attempt to use nuclear weapons …
1158 &lt;p&gt;A handful of nuclear tests were conducted in Alaska, or more sp…
1159 &lt;p&gt;During the early years of nuclear testing it was anticipated th…
1160 &lt;p&gt;U.S. nuclear testing ceased in 1992. In 2002, &lt;a href=&quot…
1161 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writ…
1162 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article first appeared several years ago.&lt;/em…
1163 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C…
1164
1165 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/crazy-fact-us%…
1166 </item>
1167 <item> <title>In 1981, a Soviet Spy Ship Sent Sweden on a Submarine Hun…
1168 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190735</link>
1169 <description>Sweden was theoretically neutral during the Cold War, but …
1170 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
1171 <category>Russia</category>
1172 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190735</guid>
1173 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:33 EDT</pubDate>
1174 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1175 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1176 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Russia, Europe&lt;/category&gt;&lt;/e…
1177 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206782&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1178 &lt;h3&gt;Sweden was theoretically neutral during the Cold War, but Stoc…
1179 &lt;title&gt;In 1981, a Soviet Spy Ship Sent Sweden on a Submarine Hunt&…
1180 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To …
1181 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;On the morning of October 28, 1981, two Swe…
1182 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Sturkmen sailed back to Karlskrona and noti…
1183 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The patrol boat Smyge reached the grounded …
1184 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;http…
1185 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;http…
1186 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;http…
1187 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The boat in question was S-363, a Soviet Wh…
1188 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Sweden’s long Baltic coastline faced Leni…
1189 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Sweden was theoretically neutral during the…
1190 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;In fact, the evening before, on October 27,…
1191 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;As news of S-363’s grounding spread, jour…
1192 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Swedish radars then detected a task force o…
1193 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;While the submarine Neptune did its best to…
1194 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, Swedish ships conducted gamma-ra…
1195 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;After days of protracted negotiations, Capt…
1196 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Meanwhile a storm broke out, obscuring Swed…
1197 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Finally, after a ten-day standoff, Moscow p…
1198 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Political officer Besedin later &lt;a href=…
1199 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&quot;Our officers were ordered to blow up …
1200 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&quot;Onboard, in the torpedo tubes, there …
1201 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Karl Andersson has questioned Besedin’s a…
1202 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Besedin also insisted that a navigational e…
1203 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The episode precipitated a decade of intens…
1204 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The submarine hunt aroused domestic controv…
1205 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The submarine infiltrations appeared to cea…
1206 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a Master�…
1207 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikip…
1208
1209 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/1981-soviet-sp…
1210 </item>
1211 <item> <title>Samsung’s QD-OLED TV Seen Arriving in Early 2022</title>
1212 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190681</link>
1213 <description>Samsung has been looking at making TVs that feature a new…
1214 <author>Stephen Silver</author>
1215 <category>Consumer Electronics</category>
1216 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190681</guid>
1217 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:11 EDT</pubDate>
1218 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1219 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stephen Silver&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1220 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Consumer Electronics, &lt;/category&g…
1221 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206748&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1222 &lt;h3&gt;Samsung has been looking at making TVs that feature a new ver…
1223 &lt;title&gt;Samsung’s QD-OLED TV Seen Arriving in Early 2022&lt;/titl…
1224 &lt;p&gt;It’s been known for quite some time that Samsung is looking a…
1225 &lt;p&gt;Now, a new report says that Samsung is on track to do just that…
1226 &lt;p&gt;According to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kedglobal.com/newsV…
1227 &lt;p&gt;The QD-OLED TVs, according to the report, will offer fifty-five…
1228 &lt;p&gt;“Samsung is strengthening its premium strategy. Next year, it…
1229 &lt;p&gt;The report also said that the QD-OLED TVs will “place between…
1230 &lt;p&gt;Korean Economic Daily also described the tech as “a hybrid de…
1231 &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland…
1232 &lt;p&gt;“It is important to maintain the top spot of the global displ…
1233 &lt;p&gt;There was another report, &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinte…
1234 &lt;p&gt;“There is no change in the idea that our QLED TVs have better…
1235 &lt;p&gt;There is an assumption that the technology, if it’s ready, w…
1236 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stephen Silver, a technology writer for The National I…
1237 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1238
1239 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/samsung%E2%8…
1240 </item>
1241 <item> <title>Size of the Fight: The HMS Electra Was Britain&#039;s Bol…
1242 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190717</link>
1243 <description>Charging out of the smoke and into broad daylight, Electr…
1244 <author>Warfare History Network</author>
1245 <category>History</category>
1246 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190717</guid>
1247 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:00 EDT</pubDate>
1248 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1249 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warfare History Network&lt;/b&gt;&lt…
1250 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;History, World&lt;/category&gt;&lt;/e…
1251 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206773&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1252 &lt;h3&gt;Charging out of the smoke and into broad daylight, Electra f…
1253 &lt;title&gt;Size of the Fight: The HMS Electra Was Britain&#039;s Bolde…
1254 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Point: &lt;/strong&gt;War clouds gathered ra…
1255 &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, in Liverpool passengers boarded the liner SS &lt;em…
1256 &lt;p&gt;However, through the periscope of &lt;em&gt;U-30&lt;/em&gt;, …
1257 &lt;p&gt;Among the five ships that responded to &lt;em&gt;Athenia&lt;/e…
1258 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obsolete Before She Launched&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p…
1259 &lt;p&gt;For &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt;, it was the first but not the…
1260 &lt;p&gt;Like so many modern weapons, &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; was…
1261 &lt;p&gt;When World War II started, Great Britain would have 113 modern …
1262 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; was designed for fleet protection…
1263 &lt;p&gt;The German invasion of Norway in the spring of 1940 took &lt;e…
1264 &lt;p&gt;When the battlecruiser HMS &lt;em&gt;Warspite&lt;/em&gt; made…
1265 &lt;p&gt;While still in Norwegian waters, &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt;�…
1266 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Hunt for the Bismark&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1267 &lt;p&gt;In May 1941, &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; and three other des…
1268 &lt;p&gt;All concerned thought the venerable &lt;em&gt;Hood&lt;/em&gt;�…
1269 &lt;p&gt;The battlecruiser, battleship, and four destroyers steamed west…
1270 &lt;p&gt;Seas were heavy and the weather foul as the British searched th…
1271 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hood&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Prince of Wales&lt;/e…
1272 &lt;p&gt;Soon &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; received a radio message fr…
1273 &lt;p&gt;When he heard it, Gunnery Officer T.J. Cain rounded on the sign…
1274 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Fruitless Search for Survivors from HMS Hood&lt…
1275 &lt;p&gt;Gossip travels fast aboard ship. Even before the official annou…
1276 &lt;p&gt;Intermittent sleet and rain on the cold and mournful morning re…
1277 &lt;p&gt;“Good Lord,” exclaimed one sailor, “she’s gone with all…
1278 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; pushed slowly through the mass of…
1279 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; continued her search for hours bu…
1280 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; accompanied &lt;em&gt;Prince of …
1281 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First Escort to Russia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1282 &lt;p&gt;In July 1941, the destroyer was ordered to escort the first con…
1283 &lt;p&gt;The North Atlantic had been cold but was nothing compared to th…
1284 &lt;p&gt;So was &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt;’s stay in the Russian po…
1285 &lt;p&gt;At long last, the Russians were able to scratch together a conv…
1286 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After an Overhaul, Off to the Pacific&lt;/strong&…
1287 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; was due for an overhaul, and for …
1288 &lt;p&gt;When at last the destroyer was ready to sail in late October, s…
1289 &lt;p&gt;As the little flotilla neared Ceylon in the Indian Ocean the cr…
1290 &lt;p&gt;In Ceylon, they met up with the battlecruiser &lt;em&gt;Repuls…
1291 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Force Z Gets Surprised by the Japanese&lt;/strong…
1292 &lt;p&gt;Steaming in concert with &lt;em&gt;Prince of Wales&lt;/em&gt;�…
1293 &lt;p&gt;Some sailors aboard were soon to notice that the combination of…
1294 &lt;p&gt;The little flotilla arrived in Singapore on December 2, 1941. T…
1295 &lt;p&gt;Within a week, there was no time for any such considerations. S…
1296 &lt;p&gt;It was a common mistake at this time for Westerners to hold Jap…
1297 &lt;p&gt;Admiral Phillips’ plan was to sail well out to sea and wait f…
1298 &lt;p&gt;After checking on another false rumor of Japanese landings, the…
1299 &lt;p&gt;Now the Royal Navy would learn the cruel truth about its new ad…
1300 &lt;p&gt;When the first planes were spotted, Commander May instinctively…
1301 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Once Again, Electra is Called on to Pick Up Survi…
1302 &lt;p&gt;Despite frantic maneuvering by all of the British ships, the Ja…
1303 &lt;p&gt;Once more, as with &lt;em&gt;Athenia&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&g…
1304 &lt;p&gt;As many as 1,000 &lt;em&gt;Repulse&lt;/em&gt; crewmen were cr…
1305 &lt;p&gt;The next few weeks saw non-stop activity. &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt…
1306 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electra’s Final Engagement: The Battle of the J…
1307 &lt;p&gt;The destroyer was in Java when news came that Singapore had fal…
1308 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; found herself on the eastern end …
1309 &lt;p&gt;The little fleet put to sea on February 27, 1942, when their co…
1310 &lt;p&gt;May knew his duty. He must protect the cruiser with his own lif…
1311 &lt;p&gt;May gave orders to abandon ship as the shells kept slamming hom…
1312 &lt;p&gt;As &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt; turned over and went down by …
1313 &lt;p&gt;Dropped off in Surabaya, &lt;em&gt;Electra&lt;/em&gt;’s surv…
1314 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Author Glenn Barnett is a frequent contributor to&lt;…
1315 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article &lt;a href=&quot;https://warfarehistoryn…
1316 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
1317
1318 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/size-fight-hms…
1319 </item>
1320 <item> <title>Hole in the Water: Why the Zumwalt Stealth Ship was a Was…
1321 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190745</link>
1322 <description>The cost of the current upgrades is reportedly $90 million…
1323 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
1324 <category>Zumwalt</category>
1325 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190745</guid>
1326 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:45 EDT</pubDate>
1327 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1328 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1329 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Zumwalt, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&lt…
1330 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206793&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1331 &lt;h3&gt;The cost of the current upgrades is reportedly $90 million—a…
1332 &lt;title&gt;Hole in the Water: Why the Zumwalt Stealth Ship was a Waste…
1333 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
1334 &lt;p&gt;In January 2019, the Navy will commission its second &lt;a href…
1335 &lt;p&gt;Traditionally, warships are tailored to perform specific missio…
1336 &lt;p&gt;In the post-Cold War 1990s, the U.S Navy lacked peer competitor…
1337 &lt;p&gt;In the 2000s, development proceeded for a DDG-1000 destroyer in…
1338 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navys-s…
1339 &lt;p&gt;In addition to rapid-firing 6” guns, the &lt;em&gt;Zumwalt&lt…
1340 &lt;p&gt;The destroyer’s crew of one-hundred-and-fifty—plus a twenty…
1341 &lt;p&gt;Indeed, by 2008, the Navy was no longer highly concerned with b…
1342 &lt;p&gt;Worse, the Zumwalt’s Advanced Gun System didn’t even work t…
1343 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Downsizing and Downgrades: &lt;/strong&gt;   �…
1344 &lt;p&gt;Despite the well-known difficulties of developing next-generati…
1345 &lt;p&gt;Already by 2008, the Navy sought to ditch building more than tw…
1346 &lt;p&gt;Each Zumwalt now costs $4.5 billion—in &lt;em&gt;addition &lt…
1347 &lt;p&gt;Nearly decade after she was laid down, a 2018 Government Accoun…
1348 &lt;p&gt;The need to curb runaway costs led to&lt;a href=&quot;http://ww…
1349 &lt;p&gt;However, the &lt;em&gt;Zumwalt&lt;/em&gt; currently only has Ev…
1350 &lt;p&gt;Even the destroyer’s radar cross-section has been degraded to…
1351 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ship-Hunting Stealth Destroyers?: &lt;/strong&gt;…
1352 &lt;p&gt;What were merely three DDG-1000s good for, despite their nifty …
1353 &lt;p&gt;Even the destroyer’s stealthy hull did not offer a clear adva…
1354 &lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Zumwalt&lt;/em&gt; needed a new mission—even if…
1355 &lt;p&gt;The destroyers will be modified to fire new Maritime Tomahawk B…
1356 &lt;p&gt;This surface warfare role may best leverage the &lt;em&gt;Zumwa…
1357 &lt;p&gt;The Navy is also working on networking sensors between its subm…
1358 &lt;p&gt;The cost of the current upgrades is reportedly $90 million—a …
1359 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in confli…
1360 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C…
1361
1362 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/hole-water-why…
1363 </item>
1364 <item> <title>Yikes: How North Korean Weapons Have Spread around the Wo…
1365 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190878</link>
1366 <description>According to a 2019 UN report, North Korea has developed …
1367 <author>Mark Episkopos</author>
1368 <category>North Korea</category>
1369 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190878</guid>
1370 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:11 EDT</pubDate>
1371 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1372 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark Episkopos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1373 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;North Korea, Global&lt;/category&gt;&…
1374 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/198461&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1375 &lt;h3&gt;According to a 2019 UN report, North Korea has developed a so…
1376 &lt;title&gt;Yikes: How North Korean Weapons Have Spread around the Worl…
1377 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember:&lt;/strong…
1378 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/tag/north-korea&q…
1379 &lt;p&gt;In the early 1980s, Premier Kim Il-Sung’s DPRK found a lucrat…
1380 &lt;p&gt;In the following decade, DPRK branched out into the missile and…
1381 &lt;p&gt;The growing cascade of UN and EU-imposed sanctions in the wake …
1382 &lt;p&gt;According to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.undocs.org/S/2019/…
1383 &lt;p&gt;North Korea also heads a robust maritime smuggling ring. In wha…
1384 &lt;p&gt;North Korea’s continued success in growing and expanding its …
1385 &lt;p&gt;&lt;article&gt;
1386 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark Episkopos is a frequent contributor to The Nati…
1387 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This piece first appeared last year and is being repr…
1388 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1389 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/article&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1390
1391 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/yikes-how-nort…
1392 </item>
1393 <item> <title>After $30 Billion Spent, These 5 Military Weapons Were Sc…
1394 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190754</link>
1395 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
1396 <category>U.S. Military</category>
1397 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190754</guid>
1398 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:00 EDT</pubDate>
1399 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1400 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1401 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;U.S. Military, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/…
1402 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206802&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1403 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
1404 &lt;title&gt;After $30 Billion Spent, These 5 Military Weapons Were Scra…
1405 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stro…
1406 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-c8018d49-…
1407 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-c8018d49-…
1408 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-c8018d49-…
1409 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-c8018d49-…
1410 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-c8018d49-7fff-c6cf-bf55-d1e85…
1411 &lt;p&gt;The United States spent $610 billion in 2018 on defense, roughl…
1412 &lt;p&gt;In part, this is because the Army scaled back hi-tech equipment…
1413 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brilliant Anti-Tank Munition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p…
1414 &lt;p&gt;Even in the waning years of the Cold War, the Pentagon remained…
1415 &lt;p&gt;The ATACMS would release thirteen BATs that would float down by…
1416 &lt;p&gt;Of course, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the …
1417 &lt;p&gt;At least the BATS was later adapted into miniature GBU-44/B Vip…
1418 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The RAH-66 Comanche Stealth-Chopper&lt;/strong&gt…
1419 &lt;p&gt;Another Cold War concept was procurement of an agile and stealt…
1420 &lt;p&gt;Boeing and Sikorsky produced two lithe, Cobra-like prototypes w…
1421 &lt;p&gt;But a comparatively slow, ground-skimming “stealth” helicop…
1422 &lt;p&gt;Moreover, the Comanche was far too expensive, with development …
1423 &lt;p&gt;As unit costs skyrocketed, the Comanche was finally axed in 200…
1424 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Crusader Self-Propelled Howitzer&lt;/strong&g…
1425 &lt;p&gt;The Army’s primary field artillery system, the turreted M109 …
1426 &lt;p&gt;While M109s and their ammunition have had their range and preci…
1427 &lt;p&gt;But the forty-three-ton armored howitzer, which also depended o…
1428 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Future Combat System (FCS)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;…
1429 &lt;p&gt;The Crusader’s demise was hastened because a different progra…
1430 &lt;p&gt;Many legendary military systems like the M113 armored personnel…
1431 &lt;p&gt;However, trying to develop a common chassis designed from the o…
1432 &lt;p&gt;Eight years and a staggering $18.1-billion later, the FCS remai…
1433 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Ground Combat Vehicle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1434 &lt;p&gt;The Army tried to pick up the pieces from the FCS in a more foc…
1435 &lt;p&gt;The GCV’s beastly weight finally led Congress to cancel the G…
1436 &lt;p&gt;Many of the Army’s canceled programs were legacies of a diffe…
1437 &lt;p&gt;Another thread uniting these failed programs is an attempt to i…
1438 &lt;p&gt;The Army is now on its third attempt at a Bradley and M113 repl…
1439 &lt;p&gt;To be fair, reusable technologies did emerge from the canceled …
1440 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in confli…
1441 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldie…
1442
1443 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/after-30-billi…
1444 </item>
1445 <item> <title>Is the FN 509 Compact MRD the Best Home Defense Handgun?<…
1446 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190863</link>
1447 <description>The FN 509 Compact MRD checks every box for a defensive pi…
1448 <author>Richard Douglas</author>
1449 <category>Handguns</category>
1450 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190863</guid>
1451 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:45 EDT</pubDate>
1452 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1453 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Richard Douglas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1454 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Handguns, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&l…
1455 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206912&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1456 &lt;h3&gt;The FN 509 Compact MRD checks every box for a defensive pistol…
1457 &lt;title&gt;Is the FN 509 Compact MRD the Best Home Defense Handgun?&lt…
1458 &lt;p&gt;The FN 509 Compact MRD is a tiny, accurate, and very reliable h…
1459 &lt;p&gt;The Compact MRD comes with FN’s signature Low-Profile Optics …
1460 &lt;p&gt;The MRD is made with a polymer frame and is available in your c…
1461 &lt;p&gt;There are also two magazines included with the pistol, a twelve…
1462 &lt;p&gt;One upgrade that FN made to this pistol is the trigger. It’s …
1463 &lt;p&gt;With a 3.7-inch barrel, the MRD is 6.8 inches long overall. It�…
1464 &lt;p&gt;Overall, the FN 509 Compact MRD checks every box for&lt;a href=…
1465 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Richard Douglas writes on firearms, defense, and secu…
1466 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.redd.it/dkxxq9wm7dd61.jpg&…
1467
1468 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/fn-509-compact-m…
1469 </item>
1470 <item> <title>U.S. Should Get Tougher on China’s Attacks of the Falun…
1471 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190854</link>
1472 <description>Let’s hope that increasing numbers of Americans will sup…
1473 <author>Anders Corr</author>
1474 <category>China</category>
1475 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190854</guid>
1476 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:33 EDT</pubDate>
1477 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1478 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anders Corr&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1479 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;China, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&g…
1480 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/203321&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1481 &lt;h3&gt;Let’s hope that increasing numbers of Americans will support…
1482 &lt;title&gt;U.S. Should Get Tougher on China’s Attacks of the Falun G…
1483 &lt;p&gt;Between July 16 and July 20, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtu…
1484 &lt;p&gt;Numerous U.S. government sources have acknowledged global repor…
1485 &lt;p&gt;Falun Gong is a movement spirituality rooted in Buddhist and Da…
1486 &lt;p&gt;Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, promotes the three princi…
1487 &lt;p&gt;The Falun Gong movement is a particular threat to the growing p…
1488 &lt;p&gt;Falun Gong practitioners have at times leaked critical informat…
1489 &lt;p&gt;There were as many as &lt;a href=&quot;https://faluninfo.net/ke…
1490 &lt;p&gt;Increasingly adverse attention from the CCP forced the founder …
1491 &lt;p&gt;The Party felt threatened. It declared the movement a “hereti…
1492 &lt;p&gt;The persecution of Falun Gong that followed was implemented by …
1493 &lt;p&gt;Academic research has estimated the total number of liver and k…
1494 &lt;p&gt;The China Tribunal further found that, “Forced organ harvesti…
1495 &lt;p&gt;According to a 2015 Freedom House &lt;a href=&quot;https://free…
1496 &lt;p&gt;Freedom House in 2017 independently verified &lt;a href=&quot;h…
1497 &lt;p&gt;A critical part of the anti-Falun Gong campaign is the use of s…
1498 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left:.5in;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt…
1499 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1500 &lt;p&gt;The widespread and devastating effects of state media dehumaniz…
1501 &lt;p&gt;Increasingly, Americans are waking up to the genocide being per…
1502 &lt;p&gt;This year, the Democratic Representatives who showed support, a…
1503 &lt;p&gt;Senator Menendez, who is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Rel…
1504 &lt;p&gt;Senator Rubio made a similarly pitch-perfect &lt;a href=&quot;h…
1505 &lt;p&gt;A May 12 U.S. State Department &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sta…
1506 &lt;p&gt;The State Department cited media reports that “authorities br…
1507 &lt;p&gt;At the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-…
1508 &lt;p&gt;The 2021 United States Commission on International Religious Fr…
1509 &lt;p&gt;We might not expect many academics or major corporations to cha…
1510 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anders Corr has a bachelor&#039;s/master&#039;s in po…
1511 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1512
1513 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-should-get-to…
1514 </item>
1515 <item> <title>When Spain Erupted into Civil War, Europe’s Powers Dove…
1516 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190804</link>
1517 <description>A Mediterranean nation beset by military coup and civil wa…
1518 <author>Michael Peck</author>
1519 <category>Spanish Civil War</category>
1520 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190804</guid>
1521 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:22 EDT</pubDate>
1522 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1523 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1524 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Spanish Civil War, Europe&lt;/categor…
1525 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206853&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1526 &lt;h3&gt;A Mediterranean nation beset by military coup and civil war. A…
1527 &lt;title&gt;When Spain Erupted into Civil War, Europe’s Powers Dove R…
1528 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stro…
1529 &lt;p&gt;A Mediterranean nation beset by military coup and civil war. A …
1530 &lt;p&gt;Today’s Syria or Turkey? No, it’s sunny Spain, now a peacef…
1531 &lt;p&gt;The Spanish Civil War began in July 1936 when Francisco Franco …
1532 &lt;p&gt;In some ways, the Spanish Civil War belongs to a different era.…
1533 &lt;p&gt;The Nationalist rebels were supported by Nazi Germany and Fasci…
1534 &lt;p&gt;Though the Spanish Civil War is viewed as a proving ground for …
1535 &lt;p&gt;With typical fascist unity, Franco did not reciprocate Hitler�…
1536 &lt;p&gt;For the Republicans, the world turned its back. Some British of…
1537 &lt;p&gt;Soviet officers also had the opportunity to learn modern combat…
1538 &lt;p&gt;At times the war veered into the farcical, as when Italian subm…
1539 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the Spanish Civil War is it…
1540 &lt;p&gt;But who the bell really tolled for was the Western democracies.…
1541 &lt;p&gt;The Spanish Civil War still leaves us with a question: What pri…
1542 &lt;p&gt;Is Franco the sort of ruler we want for the Middle East today?&…
1543 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the Nationa…
1544 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish…
1545
1546 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/when-spain-eru…
1547 </item>
1548 <item> <title>Why the Glock 20 Is a Reliable Hunting and Survival Sidea…
1549 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190871</link>
1550 <description>Built with Glock’s Gen4 guidelines, the Glock 20 is easi…
1551 <author>Mark Episkopos</author>
1552 <category>Gun</category>
1553 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190871</guid>
1554 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:11 EDT</pubDate>
1555 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1556 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark Episkopos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1557 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Gun, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;…
1558 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206921&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1559 &lt;h3&gt;Built with Glock’s Gen4 guidelines, the Glock 20 is easily d…
1560 &lt;title&gt;Why the Glock 20 Is a Reliable Hunting and Survival Sidearm…
1561 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stron…
1562 &lt;p&gt;In a catalog saturated with popular 9mm offerings, the 10mm Glo…
1563 &lt;p&gt;Glock made its initial splash in the U.S. handgun market with t…
1564 &lt;p&gt;Seeking to maintain their foothold in the U.S. market, Glock ru…
1565 &lt;p&gt;Built with Glock’s Gen4 guidelines, the Glock 20 is easily di…
1566 &lt;p&gt;But what the Glock 20 sacrifices in size, it makes up for with …
1567 &lt;p&gt;Excessive recoil has always been the Achilles&#039; heel of 10m…
1568 &lt;p&gt;Where does all this leave the Glock 20 today, just under 30 yea…
1569 &lt;p&gt;&lt;article&gt;
1570 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark Episkopos is a frequent contributor to The Nati…
1571 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1572 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/article&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1573
1574 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-glock-20-r…
1575 </item>
1576 <item> <title>Nord Stream and Beyond: Rescuing Ukraine While Repairing …
1577 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190838</link>
1578 <description>The deal recently struck between President Biden and Chanc…
1579 <author>Robert David English</author>
1580 <category>EU-Russia Relations</category>
1581 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190838</guid>
1582 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:00 EDT</pubDate>
1583 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1584 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Robert David English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p…
1585 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;EU-Russia Relations, &lt;/category&gt…
1586 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206890&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1587 &lt;h3&gt;The deal recently struck between President Biden and Chancello…
1588 &lt;title&gt;Nord Stream and Beyond: Rescuing Ukraine While Repairing Ru…
1589 &lt;p&gt;With the end of a belligerent “America First” Trump preside…
1590 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States: &lt;/b&gt;With economic aid and securi…
1591 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany:&lt;/strong&gt; That’s a lot of leftov…
1592 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States: &lt;/b&gt;Have you forgotten about the…
1593 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany: &lt;/strong&gt;No doubt Russia uses tra…
1594 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt; That’s not how we remember…
1595 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany:&lt;/strong&gt; Your memory is selective…
1596 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt; Nord Stream 2 won’t benefi…
1597 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany: &lt;/strong&gt;Of course it’s going t…
1598 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt; But isn’t it worth paying …
1599 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany:&lt;/strong&gt; Reliable until when? Un…
1600 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt…
1601 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany: &lt;/strong&gt;Not only do you American…
1602 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt; What’s your point here?&lt…
1603 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany:&lt;/strong&gt; Just as &lt;a href=&quot…
1604 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt; It was George Bush who invad…
1605 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany: &lt;/strong&gt;But Biden supported thes…
1606 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States: &lt;/b&gt;Whatever our mistakes in dis…
1607 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany: &lt;/strong&gt;Hard as it is for you to…
1608 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;United States:&lt;/b&gt; President Biden has now put …
1609 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany:&lt;/strong&gt; And not just we Germans,…
1610 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Robert David English is an Associate Professor of In…
1611 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1612
1613 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/nord-stream-and-…
1614 </item>
1615 <item> <title>Social Security&#039;s Online Portal: How To Max Out Your…
1616 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190856</link>
1617 <description>By having an active account with SSA, an individual can al…
1618 <author>Ethen Kim Lieser</author>
1619 <category>Social Security</category>
1620 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190856</guid>
1621 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:33 EDT</pubDate>
1622 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1623 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ethen Kim Lieser&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1624 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Social Security, &lt;/category&gt;&lt…
1625 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206836&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1626 &lt;h3&gt;By having an active account with SSA, an individual can also g…
1627 &lt;title&gt;Social Security&#039;s Online Portal: How To Max Out Your B…
1628 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps many retirees aren’t aware, but the Social Security A…
1629 &lt;p&gt;For those who haven’t set up an account yet, it would be wise…
1630 &lt;p&gt;By having an active account with SSA, an individual can also ga…
1631 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Retirement Estimator Tool&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1632 &lt;p&gt;Be aware that there is another way to check on how much Social …
1633 &lt;p&gt;The agency adds: “We can’t give you your actual benefit amo…
1634 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Confirm Earnings Record&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1635 &lt;p&gt;Furthermore, an individual can use the SSA account to double-ch…
1636 &lt;p&gt;“The amount of the Social Security benefit you or your family…
1637 &lt;p&gt;The agency added that “if earnings (are) missing from your re…
1638 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ethen Kim Lieser is a Minneapolis-based Science and T…
1639 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1640
1641 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/politics/social-secur…
1642 </item>
1643 <item> <title>Heat Stroke Is a Danger, But Cardiovascular Stress Causes…
1644 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190776</link>
1645 <description>Excess mortality during a heat wave is only marginally exp…
1646 <author>Anthony Bain</author>
1647 <category>Health</category>
1648 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190776</guid>
1649 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:29 EDT</pubDate>
1650 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1651 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anthony Bain&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1652 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Health, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&…
1653 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206823&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1654 &lt;h3&gt;Excess mortality during a heat wave is only marginally explain…
1655 &lt;title&gt;Heat Stroke Is a Danger, But Cardiovascular Stress Causes M…
1656 &lt;p&gt;Every summer we invariably deal with at least one heat wave. Wi…
1657 &lt;p&gt;Canada is not immune, as evidenced by the recent heat wave acro…
1658 &lt;p&gt;While the sharp rise in mortality rate during a heat wave is ap…
1659 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heat stroke&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1660 &lt;p&gt;Heat stroke, perhaps the most obvious consequence of a heat wav…
1661 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1810762&quot;&gt;…
1662 &lt;p&gt;In classic heat stroke, it is poor heat-dissipating mechanisms …
1663 &lt;p&gt;While heat stroke during a heat wave is certainly a risk, it al…
1664 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cardiovascular burden of heat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/…
1665 &lt;p&gt;When core and skin temperature rise, thermosensors across the b…
1666 &lt;ol&gt;
1667 &lt;li&gt;It increases the skin blood flow allowing an increased sweat r…
1668 &lt;li&gt;It increases the skin temperature to enable more heat transfer…
1669 &lt;/ol&gt;
1670 &lt;p&gt;This process of increasing blood flow to the skin to regulate b…
1671 &lt;p&gt;That is where the major problem lies: A large fraction of the p…
1672 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Populations at risk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1673 &lt;p&gt;Invariably those who cannot escape the heat, namely outdoor wor…
1674 &lt;ul&gt;
1675 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The elderly&lt;/strong&gt;: Advanced aging is as…
1676 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disease&lt;/strong&gt;: Pre-existing conditions …
1677 &lt;/ul&gt;
1678 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reducing the risk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1679 &lt;p&gt;The primary prevention of heat illness is through immediate beh…
1680 &lt;p&gt;However, assuring that the cardiovascular system is ready to ta…
1681 &lt;p&gt;Supervised heat therapy is emerging as a therapeutic tool for c…
1682 &lt;p&gt;In the end, exercise, a healthy diet, and perhaps also heat the…
1683 &lt;p&gt;Indeed, excess mortality during a heat wave is only marginally …
1684 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles…
1685 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
1686 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1687
1688 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/heat-stroke-da…
1689 </item>
1690 <item> <title>Long COVID: Symptoms Experienced During Infection May Pre…
1691 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190779</link>
1692 <description>What the huge variability of long COVID suggests is that i…
1693 <author>Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Shamil Haroon</author>
1694 <category>Coronavirus</category>
1695 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190779</guid>
1696 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:00 EDT</pubDate>
1697 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1698 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Shamil Haroo…
1699 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Coronavirus, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em…
1700 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/202349&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1701 &lt;h3&gt;What the huge variability of long COVID suggests is that it ac…
1702 &lt;title&gt;Long COVID: Symptoms Experienced During Infection May Predi…
1703 &lt;p&gt;Earlier in the pandemic, it appeared that the majority of peopl…
1704 &lt;p&gt;Emerging evidence suggests that these patients experience a ran…
1705 &lt;p&gt;But understanding long COVID is difficult. Its reported symptom…
1706 &lt;p&gt;We and other researchers from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www…
1707 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Symptoms of long COVID&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1708 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/…
1709 &lt;p&gt;Other common symptoms include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hea…
1710 &lt;p&gt;Most long COVID patients complain of symptoms experienced durin…
1711 &lt;p&gt;One of the studies we included in our review described two main…
1712 &lt;p&gt;The mid-term and long-term effects and impacts of long COVID ar…
1713 &lt;p&gt;One &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet…
1714 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What increases the likelihood of long COVID?&lt;/b&gt;…
1715 &lt;p&gt;We found that a range of factors are associated with developing…
1716 &lt;p&gt;In addition, being older, female and hospitalised at symptom on…
1717 &lt;p&gt;Experiencing certain symptoms during the acute phase of infecti…
1718 &lt;p&gt;What the huge variability of long COVID suggests is that it act…
1719 &lt;p&gt;The impacts that patients report – on their lives, work and m…
1720 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles/olalekan-…
1721 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles/shamil-ha…
1722 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
1723 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1724
1725 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/long-covid-sym…
1726 </item>
1727 <item> <title>Would Germany Be Communist If North Korea Won the Korean …
1728 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190844</link>
1729 <description>Korea was “the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wro…
1730 <author>Michael Peck</author>
1731 <category>North Korea</category>
1732 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190844</guid>
1733 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:22 EDT</pubDate>
1734 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1735 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1736 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;North Korea, World&lt;/category&gt;&l…
1737 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206895&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1738 &lt;h3&gt;Korea was “the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong t…
1739 &lt;title&gt;Would Germany Be Communist If North Korea Won the Korean Wa…
1740 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/stro…
1741 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-305676c1-…
1742 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-305676c1-…
1743 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-305676c1-…
1744 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-305676c1-…
1745 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-305676c1-7fff-b6e4-91f0-b038f…
1746 &lt;p&gt;Would the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.org/commenta…
1747 &lt;p&gt;The problem with counterfactual history is that it’s often po…
1748 &lt;p&gt;Then in September came the U.S. Marine landing at Inchon, and t…
1749 &lt;p&gt;Without a UN mandate, the Truman administration might have balk…
1750 &lt;p&gt;In fact, the United States didn’t care that much about South …
1751 &lt;p&gt;Thus, there were numerous reasons why the United States could h…
1752 &lt;p&gt;Then there is the question of China. There were really two Kore…
1753 &lt;p&gt;In that case, we again end up with the two Koreas unified under…
1754 &lt;p&gt;A less paranoid North Korea might also have been more open to C…
1755 &lt;p&gt;The question of Communist victory in Korea inevitably leads to …
1756 &lt;p&gt;Defeat in Korea would have focused American eyes on Japan. With…
1757 &lt;p&gt;Certainly, a North Korean victory would have stoked American fe…
1758 &lt;p&gt;Nor can we know whether the United States would have felt compe…
1759 &lt;p&gt;Indeed, North Korea triumphant might have led the U.S. to adopt…
1760 &lt;p&gt;Korea was “the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong ti…
1761 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the Nationa…
1762 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article first appeared earlier and is being repo…
1763 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/K…
1764
1765 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/would-germany-…
1766 </item>
1767 <item> <title>Can You Survive Off of Social Security Alone? </title>
1768 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190803</link>
1769 <description>Social Security payments are not intended today as a subst…
1770 <author>Trevor Filseth</author>
1771 <category>Social Security</category>
1772 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190803</guid>
1773 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:00 EDT</pubDate>
1774 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1775 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trevor Filseth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1776 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Social Security, &lt;/category&gt;&lt…
1777 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206852&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1778 &lt;h3&gt;Social Security payments are not intended today as a substitut…
1779 &lt;title&gt;Can You Survive Off of Social Security Alone? &lt;/title&gt;
1780 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Point: &lt;/strong&gt;Social Security benefi…
1781 &lt;p&gt;This operative word in this sentence is “help”; Social Secu…
1782 &lt;p&gt;The answer seems to be yes—although, as with life in general,…
1783 &lt;p&gt;One of the most important ways to survive on Social Security is…
1784 &lt;p&gt;Conversely, to make the Social Security payments go further, it…
1785 &lt;p&gt;Lastly, it is crucial to pay off various debts—credit card de…
1786 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trevor Filseth is a current and foreign affairs write…
1787 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1788
1789 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/can-you-surviv…
1790 </item>
1791 <item> <title>What Is a Breakthrough COVID Infection? 6 Questions Answe…
1792 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190780</link>
1793 <description>Vaccines don’t ward off every single infection but they …
1794 <author>Sanjay Mishra</author>
1795 <category>Coronavirus</category>
1796 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190780</guid>
1797 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:44 EDT</pubDate>
1798 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1799 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sanjay Mishra&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1800 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Coronavirus, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em…
1801 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206827&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1802 &lt;h3&gt;Vaccines don’t ward off every single infection but they do m…
1803 &lt;title&gt;What Is a Breakthrough COVID Infection? 6 Questions Answere…
1804 &lt;p&gt;If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you f…
1805 &lt;p&gt;Members of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://nymag.com/intelligence…
1806 &lt;p&gt;As scary as the term may sound, the bottom line is that the exi…
1807 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is ‘breakthrough infection?’&lt;/strong&…
1808 &lt;p&gt;No vaccine is 100% effective. Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine …
1809 &lt;p&gt;Comparably, clinical trials found the mRNA vaccines from &lt;a…
1810 &lt;p&gt;A quick reminder: A vaccine efficacy of 95% does not mean that …
1811 &lt;p&gt;When people get infected after vaccination, scientists call the…
1812 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How common is COVID-19 infection in the fully vac…
1813 &lt;p&gt;Breakthrough infections are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gavi.…
1814 &lt;p&gt;For instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rockefellerfoundati…
1815 &lt;p&gt;Beginning May 1, 2021, the CDC stopped monitoring vaccine break…
1816 &lt;p&gt;One study between Dec. 15, 2020, and March 31, 2021, that inclu…
1817 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How serious is a COVID-19 breakthrough infection?…
1818 &lt;p&gt;The CDC &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19…
1819 &lt;p&gt;Note that a breakthrough infection doesn’t necessarily mean t…
1820 &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab543&quot;&…
1821 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What makes a breakthrough infection more likely?&…
1822 &lt;p&gt;Nationwide, on average more than 5% of COVID-19 tests are comin…
1823 &lt;p&gt;The likelihood is greater in situations of close contact, such …
1824 &lt;p&gt;For reasons that are unclear, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc…
1825 &lt;p&gt;Vaccines trigger a &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.1038/s4…
1826 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.06.036&quot…
1827 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do variants like delta change things?&lt;/str…
1828 &lt;p&gt;Researchers developed today’s vaccines to ward off earlier st…
1829 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/gover…
1830 &lt;p&gt;About &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u…
1831 &lt;p&gt;Israel, with high vaccination rates, has reported that full vac…
1832 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So how well are vaccines holding up?&lt;/strong&g…
1833 &lt;p&gt;As of the end of July 2021, &lt;a href=&quot;https://covid.cdc…
1834 &lt;p&gt;Scientists’ models suggest that vaccination may have &lt;a h…
1835 &lt;p&gt;Across the U.S., only 150 out of more than 18,000 deaths due to…
1836 &lt;p&gt;The U.S. is becoming “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cnn.com/vi…
1837 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles…
1838 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
1839 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1840
1841 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/what-breakthro…
1842 </item>
1843 <item> <title>Collecting a Dead Relative&#039;s Social Security Can Lan…
1844 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190798</link>
1845 <description>A Nevada man, while he did report to SSA that his father h…
1846 <author>Stephen Silver</author>
1847 <category>Social Security Fraud</category>
1848 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190798</guid>
1849 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:22 EDT</pubDate>
1850 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1851 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stephen Silver&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1852 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Social Security Fraud, &lt;/category&…
1853 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206846&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1854 &lt;h3&gt;A Nevada man, while he did report to SSA that his father had d…
1855 &lt;title&gt;Collecting a Dead Relative&#039;s Social Security Can Land …
1856 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Point: &lt;/strong&gt;Another day, another f…
1857 &lt;p&gt;According to a Department of Justice &lt;a href=&quot;https://w…
1858 &lt;p&gt;The man, while he did report to SSA that his father had died, h…
1859 &lt;p&gt;The defendant, the announcement said, “maintained control of …
1860 &lt;p&gt;The man faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $…
1861 &lt;p&gt;The Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector Gen…
1862 &lt;p&gt;This is one of several recent reports of individuals being arre…
1863 &lt;p&gt;In Boston, a forty-six-year-old Massachusetts man was &lt;a hre…
1864 &lt;p&gt;And in another case, also in the Boston area, a thirty-five-yea…
1865 &lt;p&gt;The man, according to a Justice Department press release, has a…
1866 &lt;p&gt;These all follow reports in May of &lt;a href=&quot;https://nat…
1867 &lt;p&gt;Also in the spring, a Chicago man pled guilty to the charge tha…
1868 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stephen Silver, a technology writer for The National I…
1869 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id…
1870
1871 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/collecting-dea…
1872 </item>
1873 <item> <title>The Air Force Held the Line in South Vietnam, But Could N…
1874 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190777</link>
1875 <description>The South Vietnamese were simply outmatched.</description>
1876 <author>Michael Peck</author>
1877 <category>Vietnam War</category>
1878 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190777</guid>
1879 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:11 EDT</pubDate>
1880 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1881 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1882 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Vietnam War, Asia&lt;/category&gt;&lt…
1883 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206824&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1884 &lt;h3&gt;The South Vietnamese were simply outmatched.&lt;/h3&gt;
1885 &lt;title&gt;The Air Force Held the Line in South Vietnam, But Could Not…
1886 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stron…
1887 &lt;p&gt;Had it not been for the U.S. Air Force and Navy, the Vietnam Wa…
1888 &lt;p&gt;It was forty-five years ago, on March 30, 1972, that fourteen N…
1889 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.national…
1890 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinte…
1891 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended: &lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinte…
1892 &lt;p&gt;Unlike Tet, the South Vietnamese army, or ARVN, would not have …
1893 &lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the ARVN was not up to the task. Facing their be…
1894 &lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, the South Vietnamese were simply outmatched. The k…
1895 &lt;p&gt;Then salvation came from the skies. Airpower had always been a …
1896 &lt;p&gt;Bad early spring weather initially limited air support. But the…
1897 &lt;p&gt;“Massive amounts of airpower were sent to support An Loc’s …
1898 &lt;p&gt;Through April and May, An Loc remained under siege sustained by…
1899 &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, North Vietnam was feeling the wrath of American airp…
1900 &lt;p&gt;Operation Linebacker also provided a glimpse of the high-tech w…
1901 &lt;p&gt;However, the losses ran both ways. Some 134 American aircraft w…
1902 &lt;p&gt;Ironically, the Communists had forsaken their best defense agai…
1903 &lt;p&gt;At the cost of an estimated hundred thousand casualties, Hanoi …
1904 &lt;p&gt;Yet as with the whole Indochina conflict, there would be no hap…
1905 &lt;p&gt;In 1975, North Vietnam launched another mechanized offensive. S…
1906 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the &lt;/em…
1907 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft…
1908
1909 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/air-force-held…
1910 </item>
1911 <item> <title>Death at Dunkirk: One Battle Almost Cost Britain 200,000 …
1912 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190774</link>
1913 <description>It was a doomed and military foolhardy move, but it signal…
1914 <author>Michael Peck</author>
1915 <category>World War II History</category>
1916 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190774</guid>
1917 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:44 EDT</pubDate>
1918 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1919 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1920 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;World War II History, Europe&lt;/cate…
1921 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206821&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1922 &lt;h3&gt;It was a doomed and military foolhardy move, but it signaled t…
1923 &lt;title&gt;Death at Dunkirk: One Battle Almost Cost Britain 200,000 Me…
1924 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
1925 &lt;p&gt;Thankfully, this didn&#039;t happen. During nine fateful days, …
1926 &lt;p&gt;But what if Britain had been defeated at Dunkirk? As history go…
1927 &lt;p&gt;The alternate scenario almost writes itself. Instead of halting…
1928 &lt;p&gt;Dunkirk would not have succeeded without the bravery of the Fre…
1929 &lt;p&gt;For whatever reason, let us assume the British Expeditionary Fo…
1930 &lt;p&gt;Regardless of whether the BEF was evacuated or not, it wasn&#03…
1931 &lt;p&gt;Nor would the loss of 200,000 soldiers have been fatal. Catastr…
1932 &lt;p&gt;Yet this is more than a question of manpower. In real life, los…
1933 &lt;p&gt;Ultimately, the most crucial consequence of surrender at Dunkir…
1934 &lt;p&gt;Despite being alone, Britain took the offensive. Despite the po…
1935 &lt;p&gt;None of this might have happened but for the miracle of Dunkirk…
1936 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the&lt;/em&…
1937 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C…
1938
1939 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/death-dunkirk-…
1940 </item>
1941 <item> <title>Worst of the Worst: These 5 Guns Are Clearly the Losers o…
1942 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190997</link>
1943 <description>Not all guns are built the same or have anywhere near the …
1944 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
1945 <category>Guns</category>
1946 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190997</guid>
1947 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:33 EDT</pubDate>
1948 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1949 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1950 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Guns, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt…
1951 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/207034&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1952 &lt;h3&gt;Not all guns are built the same or have anywhere near the same…
1953 &lt;title&gt;Worst of the Worst: These 5 Guns Are Clearly the Losers of …
1954 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to …
1955 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Handheld firearms have existed in one form …
1956 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nambu:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&g…
1957 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The Nambu is one of the worst pistols ever …
1958 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beretta Model 1923:&lt;/stron…
1959 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Beretta built many successful handguns for …
1960 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Type 68 Handgun:&lt;/strong&g…
1961 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The Type 68 was a North Korean handgun base…
1962 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colt 2000:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;…
1963 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;In the early 1980s, the nine-millimeter Glo…
1964 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deer Gun:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/…
1965 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The CIA originally conceived a single shot,…
1966 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a writer based i…
1967 &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: YouTube&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&g…
1968
1969 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/worst-worst-th…
1970 </item>
1971 <item> <title>Why COVID Cases Are Now Falling in the UK – And What Co…
1972 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190778</link>
1973 <description>We may not see another sustained surge in infections.</des…
1974 <author>Paul Hunter</author>
1975 <category>Coronavirus</category>
1976 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190778</guid>
1977 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:11 EDT</pubDate>
1978 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
1979 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paul Hunter&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1980 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Coronavirus, United Kingdom&lt;/categ…
1981 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206825&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
1982 &lt;h3&gt;We may not see another sustained surge in infections.&lt;/h3&g…
1983 &lt;title&gt;Why COVID Cases Are Now Falling in the UK – And What Coul…
1984 &lt;p&gt;After two months of soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, numbers h…
1985 &lt;p&gt;We should note that whether this decline will continue is as ye…
1986 &lt;p&gt;But why might cases appear to be falling again so soon after re…
1987 &lt;p&gt;SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, &lt;a href=&quot;h…
1988 &lt;p&gt;With these coronaviruses, immunity following an infection is me…
1989 &lt;p&gt;Even immunisation will probably not give lifelong protection ag…
1990 &lt;p&gt;This lack of long-term protection against infection means that …
1991 &lt;p&gt;So is this what we’re now witnessing? Possibly. One of the ba…
1992 &lt;p&gt;With this model, cases increase rapidly at the start of an epid…
1993 &lt;p&gt;The real world, though, is rather more complex than a SIR model…
1994 &lt;p&gt;In a SEIRS model, the rise and fall of case numbers and the poi…
1995 &lt;p&gt;As in the SIR model, the rate of epidemic growth slows to a pea…
1996 &lt;p&gt;For example, if beta increases because contact between people i…
1997 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta’s coming home&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1998 &lt;p&gt;The changes we’ve seen over the past couple of months are lik…
1999 &lt;p&gt;Cases started surging dramatically towards the end of June soon…
2000 &lt;p&gt;The difference in these graphs is therefore potentially explain…
2001 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paul Hunter is a Professor of Medicine, University of…
2002 &lt;p&gt;&lt;section&gt;
2003 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
2004 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2005 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2006
2007 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-covid-case…
2008 </item>
2009 <item> <title>Killing Tehran: How Israel Tried Everything to Stop Iran�…
2010 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190740</link>
2011 <description>The Mossad assassination campaign did not continue after 2…
2012 <author>Sebastien Roblin</author>
2013 <category>Iran</category>
2014 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190740</guid>
2015 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 11:38 EDT</pubDate>
2016 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2017 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sebastien Roblin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2018 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Iran, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt…
2019 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206788&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2020 &lt;h3&gt;The Mossad assassination campaign did not continue after 2012,…
2021 &lt;title&gt;Killing Tehran: How Israel Tried Everything to Stop Iran’…
2022 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need To Remember: &lt;/stro…
2023 &lt;p&gt;Approaching eight o’clock on the morning of January 12, 2010 …
2024 &lt;p&gt;As the professor’s open his car door, the person who had been…
2025 &lt;p&gt;Initially, some speculated that Iranian hardliners sanctioned t…
2026 &lt;p&gt;Nine months later, on the morning of November 29, a quantum phy…
2027 &lt;p&gt;At nearly the same time, another motorbike assassin rammed the …
2028 &lt;p&gt;Eight months later on July 23, 2011, Darioush Rezaeinejad and h…
2029 &lt;p&gt;Darioush’s wife would also state in a later&lt;a href=&quot;h…
2030 &lt;p&gt;Six months later on January 11, 2012—nearly the anniversary o…
2031 &lt;p&gt;Iranian counter-intelligence operatives in the Ministry Of Inte…
2032 &lt;p&gt;In May 2012, Fashi was hung—and Tehran announced it had captu…
2033 &lt;p&gt;Iranian security forces are infamous for using torture, sexual …
2034 &lt;p&gt;In 2014, a journalist revealed that Washington had&lt;a href=&q…
2035 &lt;p&gt;Of course, both public Iranian and anonymous Israeli accounts m…
2036 &lt;p&gt;There are also a few ambiguous cases to consider. Earlier on Ja…
2037 &lt;p&gt;In 2018, an&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.politico.com/magazine/s…
2038 &lt;p&gt;Bergman alleges that the campaign was effective in terrorizing …
2039 &lt;p&gt;The Mossad campaign did, however, cause the Iranian Revolutiona…
2040 &lt;p&gt;The Mossad assassination campaign did not continue after 2012, …
2041 &lt;p&gt;However, it’s hard to deny that the campaign used tactics tha…
2042 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in confli…
2043 &lt;p&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2044
2045 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/killing-tehran…
2046 </item>
2047 <item> <title>India’s Vaccine Rollout Has Been Truly a Lost Opportuni…
2048 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190910</link>
2049 <description>India’s prioritization strategy was limited to age, and …
2050 <author>Rajib Dasgupta</author>
2051 <category>Coronavirus</category>
2052 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190910</guid>
2053 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 11:35 EDT</pubDate>
2054 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2055 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rajib Dasgupta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2056 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Coronavirus, India&lt;/category&gt;&l…
2057 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206955&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2058 &lt;h3&gt;India’s prioritization strategy was limited to age, and to f…
2059 &lt;title&gt;India’s Vaccine Rollout Has Been Truly a Lost Opportunity…
2060 &lt;p&gt;Some 6 months after India began what is said to be the largest …
2061 &lt;p&gt;A recent instance from a remote area in one of India’s hill s…
2062 &lt;p&gt;Residents lost out because the area had no internet connectivit…
2063 &lt;p&gt;This access issue is just one of many ways India’s prioritisa…
2064 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who gets the shot first: what did experts agree o…
2065 &lt;p&gt;The World Health Organization (WHO) had foreseen vaccine shorta…
2066 &lt;p&gt;The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization…
2067 &lt;p&gt;They underscored that countries ensure access to priority popul…
2068 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How did India prioritise vaccines?&lt;/strong&gt;…
2069 &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedVacci…
2070 &lt;p&gt;On March 1, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.orfonline.org/res…
2071 &lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/those-ab…
2072 &lt;p&gt;Now, despite all adults being eligible, &lt;a href=&quot;https…
2073 &lt;p&gt;With the threat of a third wave fuelled by variants, relaxing o…
2074 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; India prioritis…
2075 &lt;p&gt;India’s prioritisation strategy was limited to age, and to fr…
2076 &lt;p&gt;The Values Framework points to a range of vulnerabilities and p…
2077 &lt;p&gt;Levels of COVID-19 among &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.humanrig…
2078 &lt;p&gt;Then there are those who are at high risk of transmitting infec…
2079 &lt;p&gt;Workers in non-essential but economically critical sectors, par…
2080 &lt;p&gt;While only health workers were included in the category of esse…
2081 &lt;p&gt;Finally, to ensure equity, the needs of those who, at no fault …
2082 &lt;p&gt;This would include those living in extreme poverty, low-income�…
2083 &lt;p&gt;At least one Indian state — Chhattisgarh — tried to reach o…
2084 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What’s the fallout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2085 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-vac…
2086 &lt;p&gt;By late May, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reuters.com/world/in…
2087 &lt;p&gt;During the same period, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reuters.c…
2088 &lt;p&gt;Equity groups need to be given priority access to vaccinations …
2089 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles…
2090 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
2091 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2092
2093 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/india%E2%80%99…
2094 </item>
2095 <item> <title>Male Fertility Is Declining – Studies Show that Environ…
2096 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190912</link>
2097 <description>For decades, sperm counts and sperm health have been decli…
2098 <author>Ryan P. Smith</author>
2099 <category>Health</category>
2100 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190912</guid>
2101 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 11:34 EDT</pubDate>
2102 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2103 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ryan P. Smith&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2104 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Health, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&…
2105 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/143547&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2106 &lt;h3&gt;For decades, sperm counts and sperm health have been declining…
2107 &lt;title&gt;Male Fertility Is Declining – Studies Show that Environme…
2108 &lt;p&gt;In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples &lt;a href=&quot;https://ww…
2109 &lt;p&gt;Upon getting this news, couple after couple asks me questions t…
2110 &lt;p&gt;What my patients are really asking me is a big question in male…
2111 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Male fertility decline&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2112 &lt;p&gt;Infertility is defined as a couple’s inability to get pregnan…
2113 &lt;p&gt;For men, the cornerstone of the fertility evaluation is semen a…
2114 &lt;p&gt;A wide range of factors – from &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.…
2115 &lt;p&gt;In 1992, a study found a global &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.o…
2116 &lt;p&gt;These studies, though important, focused on sperm concentration…
2117 &lt;p&gt;The science is consistent: Men today produce fewer sperm than i…
2118 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environmental toxicity and reproduction&lt;/stron…
2119 &lt;p&gt;Scientists have known for years that, at least in &lt;a href=&…
2120 &lt;p&gt;As the downward trend in male fertility emerged, I and other re…
2121 &lt;p&gt;A lot of this research focuses on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www…
2122 &lt;p&gt;Plasticizers are found in most plastics – like water bottles …
2123 &lt;p&gt;Air pollution surrounds cities, subjecting residents to particu…
2124 &lt;p&gt;Endocrine-disrupting compounds and the infertility problems the…
2125 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The effects of unregulated chemicals&lt;/strong&g…
2126 &lt;p&gt;A lot of chemicals are in use today, and tracking them all is i…
2127 &lt;p&gt;Current U.S. national toxicology regulations follow the princip…
2128 &lt;p&gt;A trade group, the American Chemistry Council, says on its webs…
2129 &lt;p&gt;But the reality of the current regulatory system in the U.S. is…
2130 &lt;p&gt;Dr. Niels Skakkebaek, the lead researcher on one of the &lt;a …
2131 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles…
2132 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
2133 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2134
2135 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/male-fertility…
2136 </item>
2137 <item> <title>There&#039;s a Reason the World&#039;s Best Militaries Lo…
2138 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/191002</link>
2139 <description>The global arms trade has produced many excellent handguns…
2140 <author>Kyle Mizokami</author>
2141 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/191002</guid>
2142 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 11:24 EDT</pubDate>
2143 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2144 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kyle Mizokami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2145 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&…
2146 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/207039&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2147 &lt;h3&gt;The global arms trade has produced many excellent handguns, bu…
2148 &lt;title&gt;There&#039;s a Reason the World&#039;s Best Militaries Love…
2149 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember:&lt;/strong…
2150 &lt;p&gt;The bustling global arms trade has resulted in many excellent h…
2151 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Colt M1911A1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2152 &lt;p&gt;Designed by prolific gun designer John Moses Browning, and firs…
2153 &lt;p&gt;The original 1911 weighed 2.4 pounds and had a seven-round inte…
2154 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Glock 17&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2155 &lt;p&gt;The&lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/w…
2156 &lt;p&gt;From the original Glock 17, capable of carrying seventeen round…
2157 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sig P226&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2158 &lt;p&gt;Developed by the Swiss-German partnership Sig Sauer to replace …
2159 &lt;p&gt;The P226 was an evolution of the Sig P220, a postwar favorite o…
2160 &lt;p&gt;The Sig Sauer P226 served with the U.S. Navy SEALs for twenty-e…
2161 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Smith &amp; Wesson M&amp;P&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;…
2162 &lt;p&gt;Smith and Wesson is one of the oldest names in American firearm…
2163 &lt;p&gt;Introduced in 2005, the M&amp;P features a steel-reinforced pol…
2164 &lt;p&gt;The M&amp;P is available in a number of midsize pistol calibers…
2165 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The CZ 75&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2166 &lt;p&gt;One of the best handguns in the world wasn’t even available t…
2167 &lt;p&gt;Locked away behind the Iron Curtain and unable to secure contra…
2168 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writ…
2169 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2170
2171 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/theres-reason-…
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2173 <item> <title>Cut Social Security and Medicare Spending? </title>
2174 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190795</link>
2175 <description>There isn’t much vocal pushback against high government …
2176 <author>Stephen Silver</author>
2177 <category>economy</category>
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2179 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:55 EDT</pubDate>
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2181 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stephen Silver&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2182 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;economy, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;…
2183 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206843&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2184 &lt;h3&gt;There isn’t much vocal pushback against high government spen…
2185 &lt;title&gt;Cut Social Security and Medicare Spending? &lt;/title&gt;
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2201 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/cut-social-sec…
2202 </item>
2203 <item> <title>Swimming Gives Your Brain A Boost – But Scientists Don�…
2204 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190784</link>
2205 <description>Swimming offers a host of beneficial effects on the brain.…
2206 <author>Seena Mathew</author>
2207 <category>Health</category>
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2209 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:44 EDT</pubDate>
2210 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2211 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Seena Mathew&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2212 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Health, &lt;/category&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&…
2213 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206831&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2214 &lt;h3&gt;Swimming offers a host of beneficial effects on the brain.&lt;…
2215 &lt;title&gt;Swimming Gives Your Brain A Boost – But Scientists Don’…
2216 &lt;p&gt;It’s no secret that &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.1016…
2217 &lt;p&gt;Regular swimming has been shown to improve &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
2218 &lt;p&gt;But scientists are still trying to unravel how and why swimming…
2219 &lt;p&gt;As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=See…
2220 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New and improved brain cells and connections&lt;/…
2221 &lt;p&gt;Until the 1960s, scientists believed that the number of neurons…
2222 &lt;p&gt;Now, there is clear evidence that &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi…
2223 &lt;p&gt;Research shows that one of the key ways these changes occur in …
2224 &lt;p&gt;Studies in people have found a strong relationship between &lt…
2225 &lt;p&gt;Aerobic exercise also promotes the release of &lt;a href=&quot…
2226 &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191640&quot;&…
2227 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what’s special about swimming?&lt;/strong&g…
2228 &lt;p&gt;Researchers don’t yet know what swimming’s secret sauce mig…
2229 &lt;p&gt;Swimming has long been recognized for its &lt;a href=&quot;htt…
2230 &lt;p&gt;Most of the research to understand how swimming affects the bra…
2231 &lt;p&gt;In one study in rats, swimming was shown to &lt;a href=&quot;h…
2232 &lt;p&gt;One of the more enticing questions is how, specifically, swimmi…
2233 &lt;p&gt;Rats got six attempts to swim freely and find the hidden platfo…
2234 &lt;p&gt;Although the leap from studies in rats to humans is substantial…
2235 &lt;p&gt;Another study compared cognition between land-based athletes an…
2236 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kids get a boost from swimming too&lt;/strong&gt;…
2237 &lt;p&gt;The brain-enhancing benefits from swimming appear to also boost…
2238 &lt;p&gt;Another research group recently looked at the link between phys…
2239 &lt;p&gt;They found that children’s accuracy was much higher for words…
2240 &lt;p&gt;The details of the time or laps required, the style of swim and…
2241 &lt;p&gt;For centuries, people have been in search of a &lt;a href=&quo…
2242 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theconversation.com/profiles/seena-mat…
2243 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is republished from &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
2244 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2245
2246 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/swimming-gives…
2247 </item>
2248 <item> <title>Is This the Start of a Russia-China Military Alliance? </…
2249 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190866</link>
2250 <description>With the United States withdrawing from Afghanistan, Mosco…
2251 <author>Mark Episkopos</author>
2252 <category>Russia, China</category>
2253 <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nationalinterest.org/node/190866</guid>
2254 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:33 EDT</pubDate>
2255 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2256 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark Episkopos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2257 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;Russia, China, World&lt;/category&gt;…
2258 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206917&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2259 &lt;h3&gt;With the United States withdrawing from Afghanistan, Moscow an…
2260 &lt;title&gt;Is This the Start of a Russia-China Military Alliance? &lt;…
2261 &lt;p&gt;Russian and Chinese troops will hold a massive round of joint d…
2262 &lt;p&gt;Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian&lt;a href=&quot;http…
2263 &lt;p&gt;The drill’s underlying premise remains vague, with the Defens…
2264 &lt;p&gt;Russia’s Defense Ministry&lt;a href=&quot;https://tass.com/de…
2265 &lt;p&gt;The Chinese state news outlet&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.globa…
2266 &lt;p&gt;The contours of Russian-Chinese cooperation in&lt;a href=&quot;…
2267 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark Episkopos is a national security reporter for th…
2268 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image: Reuters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2269
2270 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/start-russia-chi…
2271 </item>
2272 <item> <title>Shooting Dumb: The U.S. Military Is Facing a Smart Bomb S…
2273 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190846</link>
2274 <description>Yet even if the Pentagon wants more smart bombs, the U.S. …
2275 <author>Michael Peck</author>
2276 <category>military</category>
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2278 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:22 EDT</pubDate>
2279 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2280 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Peck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2281 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;military, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&l…
2282 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206897&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
2283 &lt;h3&gt;Yet even if the Pentagon wants more smart bombs, the U.S. defe…
2284 &lt;title&gt;Shooting Dumb: The U.S. Military Is Facing a Smart Bomb Sho…
2285 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here&#039;s What You Need to Remember: &lt;/b&gt;Fina…
2286 &lt;p&gt;Since the 1980s, smart bombs have become the wonder weapons of …
2287 &lt;p&gt;But precision-guided munitions, or PGMs, don’t do much good i…
2288 &lt;p&gt;“Current operations have demonstrated a large demand for all …
2289 &lt;p&gt;The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) is a cruise m…
2290 &lt;p&gt;The CRS report coincides with a&lt;a href=&quot;https://nationa…
2291 &lt;p&gt;CRS questions whether the Pentagon even knows how many smart mu…
2292 &lt;p&gt;The pace of PGM acquisitions is also slow. “China and Russia …
2293 &lt;p&gt;Yet even if the Pentagon wants more smart bombs, the U.S. defen…
2294 &lt;p&gt;Then there is the question of whether America can even produce …
2295 &lt;p&gt;Finally, while smart munitions are invaluable—better to expen…
2296 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the Nationa…
2297 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldier…
2298
2299 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/shooting-dumb-…
2300 </item>
2301 <item> <title>Bad News: Social Security Covers Only 40% of Retirement C…
2302 <link>http://nationalinterest.org/node/190799</link>
2303 <description>Increasing healthcare costs often hurt seniors’ financi…
2304 <author>Ethen Kim Lieser</author>
2305 <category>economy</category>
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2307 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:11 EDT</pubDate>
2308 <source url="https://nationalinterest.org/rssfeed">The National Interes…
2309 <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ethen Kim Lieser&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2310 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;category&gt;economy, Americas&lt;/category&gt;&lt…
2311 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nationalinterest.org/206848&quot;&gt;&lt;a href…
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2313 &lt;title&gt;Bad News: Social Security Covers Only 40% of Retirement Cos…
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