Small Wars Journal

2/26/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 10:28am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Ukraine two years later: Memories and observations from my time on the ground
2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2024
3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 25, 2024
4. 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says
5. Ukraine and NATO’s Washington Paradox
6. America must take the world’s new Axis of Evil much more seriously — or else
7. US admiral warns China could launch surprise attack from military drills
8. China Is Running Out of Lines to Cross in the Taiwan Strait
9. Special Operations News - February 26, 2024 | SOF News
10. Jedburgh Teams – Lessons For Unconventional Warfare
11. Russia has war plan to devastate UK 'without a single shot being fired'
12. Senate Aide Investigated Over Unofficial Actions in Ukraine
13. Supporting America’s Allies Puts America First
14. Taiwan Can’t Be the Excuse for Abandoning Ukraine
15. The Pentagon’s new recruitment policy is a disaster
16. Afghanistan's 'Angel of Death' is retiring from Air Force special ops
17. Special operator in secret unit and the terrorists with propane tanks
18. Who’s Afraid of Freedom? The Fight for Liberalism’s Future
19. John Wayne at His Writing Desk: Lessons from the Origins of the Army’s Professional Journals

Korean News Content:

1. Time for decisive action to tackle North Korea issue
2. The real reasons why Kim Jong-un’s full-scale provocation is unlikely
3. Experts say concerns about new North Korea-Russia defense treaty are overblown
4. Size of N. Korea's rice paddies down 1.1% in 2023. 
5. Pyongyang-Tokyo talks a two-edged sword
6. <Inside N. Korea> Wigs, fake eyelashes emerge as a driver of exports abroad, but laborers work in very poor conditions
7. Russians are fleeing to South Korea to escape the war with Ukraine
8. N. Korean security agents demand large sums from remittance brokers
9. N. Korea hands out bonuses to some workers at the end of 2023
10. North Korean Hackers Targeting Developers with Malicious npm Packages
11. A dubious history undergirds claims that North Korea has resolved to go to war
12. By forsaking unification, North Korea also abandoned the South’s radical left
13. South Korea Unveils Corporate Value-Boosting Plan to Replicate Japan