Small Wars Journal

1/2/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 01/02/2024 - 8:57am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. The Military’s Phantom ‘Extremists’
2. Confusion, uneven reporting hurting Pentagon effort to combat extremism
3. How Hamas Built an Army
4. Strengthen the Military-Rhetorical Complex
5. China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No.
6. Israel is pulling thousands of troops from Gaza in a possible precursor to a scaled-back offensive
7.India Is Chasing China’s Economy. But Something Is Holding It Back.
8. The Problem With De-Risking
9. Russia’s War on Woke
10. The West must abandon weakness and commit to Ukraine’s victory
11. More Americans Think Foreign Policy Should Be a Top U.S. Priority for 2024
12. Suspicious of China, Philippines Expands US Military Presence
13. Inside the tunnels of Gaza
14. The Wages of Neglect in Syria
15. China’s Taiwan Nightmare Has Come True
16. Unmasking Digital Deception – OpEd
17. Wartime Command & Control
18. Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions
19. Taiwan president says ties with China must be decided by will of the people
20. The world should fear 2024
21. Analysis | Two Gaza Wars: Why the Gulf Between Israelis and Outsiders Is So Vast, and Jarring

Korean News Content:

1. Head of South Korean Opposition Party Is Stabbed
2. What Kim Jong Un’s Changing Outfits Reveal About North Korea
3. US Overtakes China as South Korea’s Top Export Market
4. The Politics of North Korea’s ICBM Program
5.  S. Korea lodges protest against Japan's claims to Dokdo in tsunami alert
6. Unification minister vows stronger deterrence against N.K. provocations
7. N. Korea apparently aims to use its animosity against S. Korea to boost military capability: Seoul
8. Unification ministry launches early warning system for defectors at risk
9. N. Korea's Kim attends student performance on New Year's Day
10. Attacked opposition leader Lee's surgery completed, progress closely monitored
11. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is thinking the unthinkable
12. New OS update for N. Korean phones prevents sharing of photos, lengthy videos
13. North Korean-Russian Military Cooperation Could Threaten Global Security
14. North Korea’s Kim vows to sharpen ‘treasured sword’ against US and South, 2024 will be ‘new heyday’ for war preparations
15. 'Beyond Utopia' tracks desperate North Koreans trying to escape to freedom