MUST-READS

• Afghanistan
  Afghan Desertions in the U.S.: Assessing the Desertion and “Ghost Soldier” Problem in Afghan National Security Forces

  It is all too easy to forget that the success or failure of the war in Afghanistan ultimately depends on the real-world combat capability of the Afghan fighting solider. U.S. airpower, Special Forces, fire support, and use of CIA operatives can all help; but "train and assist" means exactly what it says. Just as was the case in Korea—a win—and Vietnam—a loss, it is the native soldier that ultimately counts.

• Ring Home Security
  Ring partners with Al-Jammaz to provide smart home security in Saudi Arabia

  Ring has evolved as a leading brand in the smart home security space represented by more than 16,000 stores across North America. Ring’s products have been hailed globally as a dependable second set of eyes and ears to deter thieves from breaking into homes and communities.

• Cyber Security
  Trump Administration Plans a New Cybersecurity Strategy

  Those three components are: improving the security of federal government computer networks; leveraging government resources to better secure critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, banks and financial firms; and establishing norms of good behavior in cyberspace and punishing bad behavior.

• Security
  Gunman attacks Saudi security forces at gate of Jeddah royal palace

  Two Saudi guards were shot dead and three others injured on Saturday morning when a man drove up to the gate of the royal palace in Jeddah and began shooting, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news.

• Turkey
  Turkish security forces kill five Kurdish militants in southwestern Turkey

  Turkish security forces killed five Kurdish militants in the southwestern province of Mugla on Thursday, broadcaster NTV said, marking a rare clash in an Aegean coastal region popular with foreign tourists.

  • USA Today - Santa Claus may have been found 3,700 miles from the North Pole in Turkey
  • CBS - Turkey accuses U.S. Consulate employee of espionage
• Cyber Security
  Security experts: Iran-backed group of hackers targeted U.S., Saudi Arabia

  Cybersecurity firm FireEye has identified a new group of hackers, known as APT33, that it says has been working on behalf of the Iranian government since 2013. The group has "potential destructive capabilities," FireEye warned. "The campaigns that were laid out were not just aligned with the Iranian government but with the Iranian military," said Stuart Davis, a director at FireEye subsidiary Mandiant.

• Middle East Maritime Security
  Middle East Maritime Security: The Growing Role of Regional and Extraregional Navies

  Historically, protection of (SLOCs) sea lines of communication--a process integral to projecting power regionally--was the purview of only Great Power nations such as the United States and Britain. Today, by contrast,leading regional states, including Iran, Israel, and several members of the GCC, are increasingly active in acquiring access and basing rights and building logistics networks throughout the region. Coupled with the return of Russia to the Middle East stage, and the Chinese and Indian navies playing an ever greater role, these changes are reconfiguring the MENA maritime arena.

• GCC Security
  Regional Security Implications of the GCC Crisis

  One unintended consequence of the recent kerfuffle between Qatar and its neighboring GCC states of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain is the imposition of a hold on all Foreign Military Sales to the GCC countries by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker. This action, which is informal but will probably be respected, impacts each GCC country differently.

• Trump-Russia
  Dems to Mueller: Flynn broke law on security forms to broker Russia-Saudi deal

  House Democrats sent special counsel Robert Mueller what they say is evidence that former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to disclose a trip he took to the Middle East to explore a business deal with the Saudi government and a Russian government agency.

• Cyber Security
  Nations That Hack the U.S. Could Face ‘Real World’ Consequences, Homeland Security Adviser Warned

  White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert suggested the U.S. government may dole out “real world” punishment to nation-states that hack federal systems or violate agreed upon cybersecurity norms.

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