Small Wars Journal

3/2/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 03/02/2024 - 11:39am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 1, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 1, 2024
3. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, February 29, 2024
4. Brute force: Russia 'doubled down' on often-crude disinformation in 2023, says report
5. US leading global alliance to counter foreign government disinformation
6. Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
7. A new dam threatens this Filipino tribe. It's just one of the country's stalled China-funded projects
8. Security is still China's top priority, not the economy
9. “BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL” – The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé
10. Is the United States overestimating China’s power?
11.  Live updates: U.S. begins airdropping aid into Gaza, U.S. officials say
12. Shifting deck chairs to the Titanic's Taiwan side
13.  The Looming Famine in Gaza
14. Ukrainians Are Resilient—But They Still Need Washington
15. Book Excerpt: “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America” by Barbara McQuade
16. Grand strategy: ‘Shield of the republic’ — Defense Priorities
17. Inside the White House Program to Share America’s Secrets
18. ‘We look 100 percent weak’: US airdrops in Gaza expose limit to Biden’s Israel policy
19. The Way Forward on China

Korean News Content:

1. VOA: [Washington Talk] U.S. ‘ally support’ may be reduced… Korea and Japan are needed to block China
2. Cooperation among N. Korea, Russia, China, Iran raises possibility of 'simultaneous conflicts': U.S. general
3. S. Korea takes part in multinational drills in Thailand
4. Yoon says S. Korea, Japan are partners as they overcome 'painful past'
5.  Sweden's ambassador-designate to Pyongyang visiting N. Korea
6. South Korea's Yoon calls for unification, on holiday marking 1919 uprising against colonial Japan
7. Yoon says N. Korea denies universal values of humanity
8. President Yoon calls for 'Freely Unified Korea'
9. South's top diplomat meets U.S. counterpart for first time, says allies 'moving in lockstep' on North
10. Poland preparing technical inspection at diplomatic mission in N. Korea: VOA
11. S. Korea, US voice 'deep concern' over NK's definition of S. Korea as 'hostile' country
12. N. Korea conducts lectures to promote implementation of 20×10 policy
13. Ford vans seen in Kim Jong Un’s entourage
14. Kim Jong Un’s Confidence, and How It Factors Into His Economic Plan

3/1/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 8:16am

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National Security News Content:

1. Congress Must Stop USASOC Cuts
2. The Army’s cuts, force structure changes put it on the right path
3. ANTISEMITISM IS NOT FOR JEWS ONLY - Doc Emet Productions
4. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 29, 2024
5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 29, 2024
6.  “Crippled At The Starting Gate” America’s Achilles Heel In Future Conflict
7. Russians intensify anti-Ukrainian propaganda around the world and plan to inflict defeat on the eastern direction in early summer - intelligence
8. Hamas is blackmailing the West into submission
9. Nato allies rule out sending troops to Ukraine
10. The Real Culture Wars – How Art Shapes the Contest Between Democracy and Autocracy
11. The Perilous Coming Age of AI Warfare
12. French president raised the prospect of Western troops in Ukraine. What was he thinking?
13. U.S. Limits Sales of Americans’ Personal Data to China, Other Adversaries
14. Why More American Weapons Will Soon Be Made Outside America
15. Americans fractured along party lines on Ukraine military funding: Survey
16. Senate confirms Paparo as new INDO-PACOM commander
17. In South Korea, Del Toro courts major shipbuilders to set up shop in US
18. How to Respond to China’s Global Security Initiative
19. Positioning, Training, and Integration: A Vision of Transformation in Contact for the US Army in the Pacific
20. In a Crisis, Could China Coerce Taiwan Through Cyberspace?
21. Xi’s One-Man Rule Over China’s Economy Is Spurring Unrest
22. Naval Academy Names Special Warfare Officer as 90th Commandant of Midshipmen
23. Anduril, Hanwha team up to bid for Army’s light payload robot
24. Opinion | Three island nations show how America is failing to stand up to China
25. Opinion | How can one suicide protest be heroic and another crazy?
26. USING ALTERNATIVE HISTORY TO THINK THROUGH CURRENT AND FUTURE PROBLEMS
27. My Son’s Example in Fighting for Ukraine

Korean News Content:

1. Overlooked No More: Yu Gwan-sun, a Korean Independence Activist Who Defied Japanese Rule
2. Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 105th March 1st Independence Movement Day
3. Why North Korea wants another chance with Donald Trump
4. Decoding North Korea’s Changing Policies: A South Korean Perspective
5. Half of Russian artillery shells from North Korea proven inoperable
6. S. Korea, US to begin defense cost-sharing talks in near future: senior Seoul official
7. Cooperation among NK, Russia, China, Iran raises possibility of 'simultaneous conflicts': US general
8. Yoon touts improved Japan ties on Independence Movement Day as gateway to 'new world'
9. N.K. again close to bottom in global freedom index: report
10. N. Korean workers refuse to go to work in Dandong: Seoul expert
11. Kim Jong Un’s new car from Putin sparks resentment among North Koreans
12. S. Korea to update unification vision for 1st time in 30 years
13. N. Korean officials shocked about establishment of ties between S. Korea and Cuba
14. N. Korean soldier’s desertion in Pyongyang causes major stir
15. Exclusive: Kim Jong Un is now ‘Great Comrade,’ no longer ‘Great Leader’
16. In South Korea, Del Toro courts major shipbuilders to set up shop in US

2/29/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 10:38am

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National Security News Content:

1. Choreographing Influence: Expanding and Integrating Special Warfare
2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2024
3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 28, 2024
4. Hamas Is Losing Every Battle in Gaza. It Still Thinks It Could Win the War.
5. Russia seizes more villages in Ukraine, raising fears of growing momentum
6. Joint exercises, industry, and innovation would take a hit under full-year CR, defense officials say
7. Some U.S. military aid is still trickling into Ukraine via arms dealers, contracts suggest
8. How can the Pentagon arm Ukraine amid stalled aid package?
9. Putin warns West of risk of nuclear war, says Moscow can strike Western targets
10. The CIA’s Top Secret Chimera Program or “C Cell” to Its Paramilitary Operatives
11. Army has funneled $500M from forces in Europe and Africa to train Ukrainian troops, Wormuth says
12. China grows domestic bio weapons tech industry
13. A U.S. Hostage Rescue Operation in Gaza Should Not Be off the Table
14. Red Dragon Rising? Insights from a Decade of China Conflict Studies and Wargames
15. Myanmar Generals' nuclear dreams are Asian crime bosses’ hope to defend their last citadel
16. Retired Air Force general walks red carpet as host of ‘Defending Japan’ on History Channel
17. SOCOM grants contract for new jammer-proof BlackWave radio system
18. Sweden charges a man for mapping military installations
19. Train, Harden, Sustain: Maintaining the Army’s Lethality in the Nuclear Shadow
20. Dry Pipes, Liberated Water, and Struggles for Legitimacy: A Lesser-Known Story of the United States in Cuba
21. Ukrainian Civilians Are Pioneering the Art of Resistance
22. Army Force Structure Transformation  
 

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. SOCKOR hosts multinational special operations forum
2. US, South Korea planning major military exercises amid tensions with North Korea
3. John Batchelor Show: #NORTHKOREA: Cuba shakes hands with Seoul.
4. Russia hails Pyongyang for supporting its war against Ukraine
5. Deterrents to a Hamas-style North Korea border raid
6. Illegal nighttime markets pop up in North Korea
7. South Korea-ASEAN Cooperation: Current Issues and Future Prospects
8. Defense chief, NATO's top commander agree to expand defense cooperation
9. White House refuses to comment on whether S. Korea should send artillery shells to Ukraine
10. Japan warns of malicious PyPi packages created by North Korean hackers
11. Possible radiation exposure suspected among some N. Korea defectors
12. North Korea's first spy satellite is 'alive', can manoeuvre, expert says
13. The Hereditary Dictatorships of North Korea, Cambodia Have Shared Soviet Roots
14. NIS: ‘N. Korea utilizes AI to spread false news ahead of S. Korean general elections’

2/28/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 9:22am

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National Security News Content:

1. Army Is Slashing Thousands of Jobs to Focus on Russia and China
2. U.S. Military Theories of Victory for a War with the People's Republic of China
3. Opinion: Putin Knows What to Expect – Time to Surprise Him and Reduce the Disparity Between Russia and Ukraine
4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2024
5. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 27, 2024
6. Ukraine’s experience to become foundation of new global security architecture - Umerov
7. Here are the winners and losers in US Army’s force structure change
8. Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan
9. How to hold Ukraine over until Congress passes more aid funding
10. Preventing a Ramadan Explosion in the Holy Land
11. Army Sending Innovators Downrange
12. Next Night Stalker Little Bird Helicopter Now Dubbed MH-6R
13. Leaked Russian military files reveal criteria for nuclear strike
14. Putin's new military decree preparation for "large scale" war with NATO—ISW
15. Services prepare to brief Secretary Austin on a plan to get Ospreys flying again
16. A Framework for Foresight: Methods to Leverage the Lessons of History
17. IW 101 Has Launched
18. SASC Votes Paparo Nomination for INDOPACOM Out of Committee
19. ‘Incompetence’: Democrats join Republicans in faulting Austin and his team over hospital secrecy
20. Backgrounder: Ethnic Armies in the Myanmar Civil War
21. We salute the brave men who took part in – and named – ‘Operation Bunghole’
22. The Age of Amorality – Can America Save the Liberal Order Through Illiberal Means?
23. The Israeli General Who Believes in Winning Wars

Korean News Content:

1. [Herald Interview] Rival heir to Kim Ju-ae unlikely to appear: unification minister
2. S. Korea, U.S. to launch annual joint military drills next week
3. Yoon warns of overwhelming response to any N.K. provocation ahead of elections
4. Editorial: Russia and North Korea’s dangerous liaison is a direct threat to our security
5. North Korea's spy satellite not functioning, South says
6. N. Korea feared to launch 2nd spy satellite ahead of general elections
7. S.Korea is becoming the new Mecca for the game of Go 
8. Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Shin Wonsik
9. North Korean Missiles Used by Russia Against Ukraine Are Products of Sanction Loopholes
10. South Korean military to surrender real estate for local development
11. North Korean and Uzbek workers involved in major brawl at Russian worksite
12. How one North Korean man was purged for no real reason
13. The developing ‘mushroom cloud’ over the Korean Peninsula
14. Seizing Opportunities for Engagement With the DPRK
15.  Demographic time bomb in S. Korea over world's lowest birth rate, super aging

2/27/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 8:35am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 26, 2024
3. Israel is ready to pause its war in Gaza during Ramadan if a hostage deal is reached, Biden says
4. Delays in promised Western military aid to Ukraine are costing lives, the defense minister says
5. Leaked Hacking Documents Show China’s Focus on Tracking Ethnic Minorities
6. Moscow Plans to Produce 2.7 Million Rounds of Ammunition, Ukrainian Intel Says
7. Opinion | This U.N. agency aiding Ukraine refugees is an unheralded success story
8. Can Iran and Its Surrogates Be Contained?
9. Putting Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, French leader says
10. Does the American army’s future lie in Europe or Asia?
11. Maintaining the best thing the US built in Iraq: Continued support to the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service
12. 'The Unit': For first time a member of America's most secret military unit has penned a memoir
13. How everything became a ‘psyop’ for conservative media
14. After U.S. Strikes, Iran’s Proxies Scale Back Attacks on American Bases
15. How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find its Targets—and Vladimir Putin
16. In Ukraine, Russia Is Inching Forward Death by Death
17. Dragons in the West: Chinese Communist Party Threats in Europe and the Imperative of a Strategic Pivot
18. Kissinger and the True Meaning of Détente
19. Confusion, lack of policy led to Austin’s hospitalization secret
20. Why Military Life Is Worth It
21. My Mother’s Secret
22. Department Releases Unclassified Review Summary Following Austin's Hospitalization

Korean News Content:

1. While the World Was Looking Elsewhere, North Korea Became a Bigger Threat
2. North Korea has sent 6,700 containers of munitions to Russia, South Korea says
3. Moscow Plans to Produce 2.7 Million Rounds of Ammunition, Ukrainian Intel Says
4. South Korea eyes mixed fleet of manned, unmanned warplanes
5. Defense chief says N.K. munitions factories operating at full capacity to supply Russia
6. N. Korea, China expected to have 'vibrant' exchanges in key year: Seoul official
7. Tourists have returned to North Korea for the first time since the pandemic
8. N. Korea shortens SLBM development period with technology stolen from S. Korea
9. Korea must learn from West Germany
10. Korea's major shipbuilders vying for $5.8 billion defense deal
11. N. Korea intensifies screening of candidates for overseas work
12. N. Korea’s electricity and food shortages lead to frequent cases of food poisoning
13.  N. Korea sends youth delegation to Russia to attend festival
14.  Russia sending North Korea food in return for arms: Seoul defense chief

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

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

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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

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

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 10:27am

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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

24-25 FEB 24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 02/25/2024 - 12:11pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Chicken Littles Are Ruining America
2. The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin - The New York Times
3. Opinion: As an American in Avdiivka, what is Congress doing?
4. House China committee demands Elon Musk open SpaceX Starshield internet to U.S. troops in Taiwan
5. The Russo-Ukrainian War: A Strategic Assessment Two Years into the Conflict
6. Hard Lessons Make for Hard Choices 2 Years Into the War in Ukraine
7. Ditching Ukraine Would Help China and Iran (and north Korea)
8. Life and death in Putin’s gulag
9. The Challenge to U.S. Leadership on Ukraine Comes From Home
10. U.S. Committed to Stand With Ukraine 'For as Long as it Takes'
11. Two Years of War in Ukraine Has Changed the Way Armies Think
12. Russia’s War Machine Runs on Western Parts
13. Marines pass full financial audit, a first for any US military branch
14. How to Ruin the Marine Corps
15. Avoiding war in the Indo-Pacific | The Strategist
16. The Worst Morning Ever (Ukraine February 2022)
17. Opinion: Conflict is the new normal
18. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 24, 2024
19. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 24, 2024
20. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, February 23, 2024
21. US military not ready for low-tech war: 'Crisis'
22. Report of the Expert Study Group on NATO and Indo-Pacific Partners
23. Ex U.S. spies warned the Hunter Biden scandal had Russian fingerprints. They feel vindicated now.
24. ‘Blob’: An Idea That’s Spreading in All Directions
25. Options for Screening for Cancer in SOF

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea's removal of unification references could cause ideological confusion: minister
2. Avoiding war in the Indo-Pacific | The Strategist
3. Ditching Ukraine Would Help China and Iran
4. Report of the Expert Study Group on NATO and Indo-Pacific Partners
5. N. Korea has sent more than 10,000 containers of munitions, materials to Russia since Sept.: State Dept.
6.  Mentions of Cuba in N. Korean media abruptly halt after establishment of Seoul-Havana ties
7. S. Korea investigating company on U.S. sanctions list over Russia connection
8. Inside North Korea’s Forced-Labor Program in China
9. G7 leaders decry N. Korea's exports of ballistic missiles to Russia
10. Across the river from North Korea, a laser light show for peace
11. North Korea assumes control of border industrial zone
12. ‘Why Are We Being Treated as the Villains?’ South Korean Doctors Stage Mass Walkouts
13. <Inside N. Korea> Efforts to implement the“20x10 policy for regional development” begin…As people are mobilized to construction projects, complaints start to emerge
14. 'Justifying' civilian casualties
15. Songjin Steel Mill workers face struggle session after enjoying South Korean music
16. Drunken brawlers take to the stage to celebrate Kim Jong Il’s birthday