Small Wars Journal

3/19/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. OPEN LETTER TO A USSOCOM COMMANDER – Bureaucratically Dominate to Operationally Dominate

2. Special Ops Builds on Strengths as it Charts Future

3. Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies

4. It’s not just a theory. TikTok’s ties to Chinese government are dangerous.

5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 18, 2024

6. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 18, 2024

7. Israel Sending Delegation to Washington to Discuss U.S. Concerns Over Rafah Invasion

8. Taiwan’s Tough Call on How to Stop China: Bigger Weapons or Lots of Cheap Ones

9. Biden Weakens America’s Global Clout

10. Israeli forces raid Gaza City hospital; U.S. confirms death of top Hamas leader

11. SASC chair anticipates push for ‘significant reforms’ in 2025 NDAA to help Pentagon acquire new tech

12. Army aims to equip a division with hand-held counter-drone gear

13.The Leaked Russian Nuclear Documents and Russian First Use of Nuclear Weapons

14. Ukraine’s Impossible Choice: Conceding Territory or Lives

15. Vladimir Putin Says He Is Ready for Peace in Ukraine, but Only on His Terms

16. Friends in Low Places? Behind South Africa's New Genocide Case Against Israel

17. Congress Needs to Do More Than Just Exercise Its War Powers

18. Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. watchful for N. Korea's 'gray zone' activities shy of attack: Washington official

2. N.K. leader guides firing drills involving super-large multiple rocket launchers

3. Russian cultural delegation visits N. Korea amid deepening ties

4. Relations between Japan and South Korea are blossoming

5. South Korea To 'Junk' US SM-2 Missiles; Will Go Indigenous For Next-Gen KDDX Destroyers To Check North

6. <Inside N. Korea> Implementation of the large-scale restructuring of trading companies (1) Called “anti-socialist hotbeds,” government forces ‘bases’ of trading companies to close down and consolidate

7. COVID symptoms kill 5 North Korean children, schools and daycares shuttered

8. Seoul outranks Tokyo and London as the 16th most expensive city in the world

9. Two opposing views of “North Korean Defectors’ Day” in North Korea

10. Online searches for Kim Ju Ae spike after N. Korean news uses special honorifics

11. Behind N. Korea’s lockdown of Kaesong in July 2020

12. Presidential election in Taiwan: its implications for Seoul

13. North's Kim threatens to destroy Seoul during multiple rocket launch drill

14. Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions

15. N. Korea resumes provocations in 33 days

Dave Maxwell Tue, 03/19/2024 - 9:16am
3/18/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Pentagon won’t say if troop deployment tempo exceeds recommended goal
2. Analysis: Six more years of Putin will worry many countries. But not China
3. Special Operations News - March 18, 2024 | SOF News
4. A Revolution in American Foreign Policy by Bernie Sanders
5. Notes from Central Taiwan: Gaming the Wrong War
6. Standing Up to China, Philippine Leader Courts New Network of Partners
7. For many Chinese, there are ‘more important things’ than Taiwan unification
8. SPECIAL REPORT: Army’s Project Convergence Goes on the Offensive
9. Bolster Ukraine’s irregular warfare tactics with Western tech
10. Cheap drones 'cannot match' artillery power in Ukraine: experts
11. Pentagon stares down "drone swarm" threat
12. Netanyahu says Israel ‘will not succumb’ to pressure to stop war in Gaza
13. Great-Power Competition Comes to Antarctica
14. Opinion: Is the US on the brink of another civil war?
15. Potential TikTok Ban Tees Up Legal Showdown Over Free Speech
16. Professionalism is the Foundation of the Army and We Will Strengthen It
17. Warfighting from Ship to Shore and Beyond: Why Amphibious Operations Still Matter
18. Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
19. US Army instructors say Ukrainian soldiers were 'amazing' at mastering the Patriots they've used to shoot down Putin's overhyped missiles

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, U.S. reaffirm commitment to complete N.K. denuclearization after North's missile launch
2. N. Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS
3. U.S. condemns N. Korea's ballistic missile launches
4. S. Korea says succession by N. Korean leader's daughter cannot be ruled out
5. South Korean defense chief says North Korea has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia
6. North Korea’s missile tests more than a show of force, expert says after latest launches
7. Construction site in South Korea yields second Korean War bomb this month
8. North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills' end
9. Defense chief reaffirms current size of U.S. troops in S. Korea 'absolutely necessary'
10. North Korea may ramp up provocations after monthlong break
11. <Inside N. Korea> Regime tightens reigns on young people...A public trial and ideological struggle in February led to intensive attacks and forced participation in firing squads
12. Time to prepare for possible chaos on Korean peninsula (in the South/Alliance not the north)
13. Pyongyang uses expression‎ 'Hyangdo' for Kim Ju Ae for first time
14. Yoon calls for global solidarity to defend democracy
15. N. Korean leader congratulates Putin on reelection
16. Blinken says US will always work with S. Korea against NK provocations

Dave Maxwell Mon, 03/18/2024 - 9:17am
3/17/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. It's Looking a Lot Like World War II Out There
2. The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis
3. What Another Six Years of Putin May Bring for Russia and the World
4. A Small Ex-Soviet Satellite State Goes Hunting for Arms for Ukraine
5. Consultants Are Paid to Fix Businesses. Why Can’t They Fix Their Own?
6. As Gaza war rages, U.S. military footprint expands across Middle East
7. House Launches Broad Probe into China’s Infiltration of U.S.
8. Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say
9. Russia alleges Indonesian mercenaries are fighting for Ukrainian military
10. Sweden’s New Model Army
11. Geopolitics, influence and crime in the Pacific islands
12. The TikTok Ban Is Truly An Issue Of National Security
13. Australia Wanted to Catch Chinese Spies. Is This Really Whom It Had in Mind?
14. US Air Force special ops forces are turning big cargo planes into bombers with a new weapon
15. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 16, 2024
16. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 16, 2024
17. Iraq’s Dangerous Mix: 2,500 U.S. Troops, Iran-backed Militias and Battle for Influence
18. Drones Reduce US Military Capabilities
19. Students without sunlight: the underground schoolkids of Kharkiv
20. Will Political Hatred Spill Into the Streets?

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea conducts large-scale military exercises near border islands
2. Blinken set to arrive in S. Korea to attend democracy summit
3. N. Korea replacing ambassador to Cuba after establishment of diplomatic ties between Seoul, Havana
4. Gov't urged to be more active in resolving abductees, detainees, POWs issue
5. Less than half of South Korean students think unification is necessary
6. S. Korean convicted for bringing in and selling NK books
7. Korean shipbuilders seen as beneficiaries of US-China trade war
8. Baseball diplomacy?
9. Start boosting our economic deterrence (South Korea)
10. North Korea refers to Kim Jong Un’s daughter by term reserved for ‘top leaders’
11. North Korea bans dogs as pets - unless you plan to EAT and SKIN them
12. New homes in North Korea’s Yanggang Province are very drafty
 

Dave Maxwell Sun, 03/17/2024 - 11:45am
3/16/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1.  "Oh So Social" Conversation: LTG Charles Cleveland + Dr. Michael Vickers
2. A Full Spectrum of Conflict Design: How Doctrine Should Embrace Irregular Warfare
3. The Tragic Paradox of Military Ethics
4. Jeff Bezos Gives $50M Each To Eva Longoria And Admiral Bill McRaven
5. Opinion | Why Biden’s appeals to democracy aren’t working
6. In this Ukrainian village, almost no men are left
7. US ally moves anti-ship missiles to first island chain choke point
8. Review | The CIA’s former master of disguise tells her story
9. ‘Jamming’: How Electronic Warfare Is Reshaping Ukraine’s Battlefields
10. Western special operations activity is on the rise around a new US partner in a strategic but unstable area of the Mediterranean
11. President Biden, You Have Leverage That Can Save Lives in Gaza. Please Use It.
12. Ukraine receives much-needed ammo boost
13. How to better study—and then improve—today’s corrupted information environment
14. Russians are filling America's news shortage
15. Opinion: The dangers in leaving TikTok at Beijing’s disposal
16. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, March 15, 2024
17. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 15, 2024
18. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 15, 2024
19. The War on Terror Is Back
20. SEALs break new ground while submarine breaks through ice at Arctic allied exercise
21. Pacific leaders say they need more funding to compete with China
22. Drone Swarms Are About to Change the Balance of Military Power
23. Ukraine’s Unconventional Military Options – Analysis
24. How Cuba Recruits Spies to Penetrate Inner Circles of the U.S. Government
25. Gospels of Foreign Policy Realism
26. 'SEAL Team' is surprisingly good TV
 

Korean News Content:

1. How Do You Solve a Problem Like North Korea?
2. U.S. lawmakers send letter to Blinken, Austin to reaffirm alliance ahead of democracy summit in S. Korea
3.  N. Korean leader guides military drills of paratroopers, calls for war preparations
4. Why Did North Korea’s Deputy Foreign Minister Visit Ulaanbaatar?
5. The China-Russia-North Korea Partnership: A Triple Threat That Can't Be Ignored
6. Congresswoman submits resolution urging US gov't to protect NK defectors in China
7. What can still be done about widespread human rights abuses in North Korea
8. N. Korean leader uses car gifted by Putin in public event: KCNA
9. Dodgers and Padres in Seoul: Here's what you need to know
10. Nursing homes for North Korean war heroes are becoming resorts
11. While Seoul talks of commando hits, North Korea’s Kim drives a tank
12. ROK-US Alliance: 70 for 70 - Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
 

Dave Maxwell Sat, 03/16/2024 - 12:35pm
3/15/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Exclusive: Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China
2. Are China and the Philippines on a Collision Course?
3. Noble Dreaming (Gaza and Israel)
4. I commanded a Marine V-22 squadron. Here’s what I learned
5. Presence of U.S. Army Special Forces on outlying islands confirmed
6. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 14, 2024
7. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 14, 2024
8. Big Appeal, and Big Question Marks, in Possible TikTok Sale
9. China Signals Opposition to Forced Sale of TikTok in the U.S.
10. Questions Persist as Israel Signals Support for More Aid for Gaza
11. Bloomberg reports Biden to award Samsung $6 billion in chip incentives
12. If the US bans TikTok, China will be getting a taste of its own medicine
13. USSOCOM Comments On The Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Bases (ESB)
14. Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry
15. Russia Steps Up Spy War on West
16. Americans’ views of foreign alliances growing increasingly divided
17. How Biden's 'A-team' squandered its foreign policy opportunity
18. Special Operations Forces Secure the Arctic | SOF News

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea kicks off process to draw up new vision for inter-Korean unification
2. U.S. general voices concerns over 'increasingly advanced' long-range N.K. missiles
3. Time for a New Approach to the North Korea Problem. How About Canada?
4. U.S. commandos train for the unexpected in North Korea's shadow
5. Bloomberg reports Biden to award Samsung $6 billion in chip incentives
6. N. Korea’s recent firings of officials are excessive
7. NK reduces tensions as major diplomatic engagements with China, Russia loom
8. UN Command member states to meet this year to regularize gathering
9. Yoon to open leaders' plenary at 3rd Summit for Democracy
10. Uproar as ex-spy chief, accused of negligence in North Korea killing, is named to run as lawmaker
11. S. Korea says it does not recognize N. Korea as nuclear state
12. M2020: North Korea's Claims to Have One of World's Most Powerful Tanks

Dave Maxwell Fri, 03/15/2024 - 6:58am
3/14/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. West Point deletes ‘duty, honor, country’ from mission statement - Critics see 'woke' attitudes at work as MacArthur's words edited out

2. House Passes B  to Ban TikTok or Force Sale of the Chinese Video App

3. Biden Shrinks the U.S. Military

4. The U.S. Military Is Running Short on Ammunition—and So Is Ukraine

5. Haiti Is Facing an Insurgency, Not a Gang Problem

6. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 13, 2024

7. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 13, 2024

8. TikTok’s Security Threats Go Beyond the Scope of House Legislation

9. On the Tripwire of a ‘Red Line,’ It’s Often Presidents Who Trip

10. Hamas has been shattered. Now it is fighting to survive

11. Haiti’s Chaos Shows How Far U.S. Stability Efforts Have to Go

12. Report to Congress on General and Flag Officers

13. JFK's Funeral Was the Only State Burial in US History to Feature a Foreign Military Unit

14. Shipbuilding: the new battleground in the US-China trade war

15. Army 4-star eyes new opportunities, exercises focused on sustainment, logistics in Indo-Pacific

16. Army should permanently station armor brigade in Poland, report argues

17. U.S. expected to impose new sanctions against settler outposts in occupied West Bank

18. Sweden Scrambles to Intercept Russian Aircraft Within Hours of NATO Flag Raising

19. Philippines, US Should Revisit Treaty To Include China’s ‘Gray-Zone’ Tactics – Analysis

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korean leader boasts striking power of new battle tank

2. S. Korea stages live-fire drills with U.S. military engineers near inter-Korean border

3. Cho, Blinken to discuss alliance, peninsula issues next week: foreign ministry

4. S. Korea to seek cooperation with U.S., Japan over N. Korea's abductee issue

5. Another U.S.-N.K. summit unlikely even if Trump is reelected: U.S. expert

6. Trump isn't unpredictable – Seoul should prepare for return of Trump

7. Is Kim Jong-un nervous about Elon Musk's 'Starlink'?

8. Detention of South Korean demonstrates Russia's hostage diplomacy: experts

9. US committee co-chairs call for stopping seafood imports from Chinese firms using NK workers

10.Ukraine war and case of North Korea

11. N. Korean overseas worker welcomes New S. Korean holiday for defectors

12.  <Inside N. Korea> Workers frustrated by worsening workplace rations…Some call out company officials in rare rebuke

13. Sanctioned Russian Plane in Pyongyang as Arms Trade Picks Up

14. S. Korea, US close major springtime exercise against N. Korean threats

Dave Maxwell Thu, 03/14/2024 - 6:51am
3/13/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 12, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 12, 2024
3. Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire
4. America’s Leaders Don’t Understand Nuclear Weapons
5. Competing for Advantage: The Chinese Communist Party, Statecraft, and Special Operations
6. ‘Exposing China’s bad behavior won’t lead to war’
7. US Key to Philippines’ Plan to Tap Oil, Gas in South China Sea
8. Call for Articles: Military Review Special Edition on Irregular Warfare
9. How Israel Mastered Information Warfare in Gaza
10. The West Is Still Oblivious to Russia’s Information War
11. Israel Needs a New Strategy
12. Forever Putinism
13. Could a TikTok Ban Actually Happen?
 

Korean News Content:

1. What’s Driving North Korea’s Frantic Military Development?
2. Defense chief calls for capabilities to 'swiftly eliminate' N.K. leadership in event of war
3. Unification minister calls for ceaseless efforts to improve N.K.'s human rights situation
4. North Korean Workers Abroad Can’t Escape the Regime’s Human Rights Abuses
5. Danger ahead as Kim and Yoon bury inter-Korean detente
6. N. Korea's vice FM, Mongolian president discuss strengthening ties
7. A Korean missionary arrested in Russia on espionage charge
8. Air Force stages drills against N. Korean cruise missile, TEL threats
9. Putin says North Korea has its own 'nuclear umbrella'
10. North Korean workers' unrest in Russia 'behind South Korean's arrest'
11. Role of democracy in South Korea's alliance
12. North Koreans try to avoid forced construction work

Dave Maxwell Wed, 03/13/2024 - 8:07am

3/12/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 8:30am

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National Security News Content:

1. 2024 ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 11, 2024
3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 11, 2024
4. Opinion: The world’s dangerous place has only gotten more dangerous
5. U.S. Spy Agencies Say Netanyahu’s Leadership ‘in Jeopardy’
6. A TikTok Ban May Be Easier in Theory
7. Taiwan’s Incoming VP Is on a Low-Profile Visit to Washington
8. Pentagon unveils $850 billion budget request amid spending uncertainty
9. Top Polish leaders to visit White House, hoping to spur US to help Ukraine more
10. "Tip of the Spear" - February 2024 | SOF News
11. Gaza war may stoke ‘generational’ terrorism threat, top intel official says
12. The Diplomatic Reserve Corps: A Bold Vision for American Diplomacy
13. A Call for All Americans To Help Stop Veteran Suicides
14. So, a Pier for Hamas it is ...you're paying for it - you might as well get briefed on it  – CDR SALAMANDER
15. Opinion: The world’s dangerous place has only gotten more dangerous
16. BROKEN TRACK: Why the Iron Knights chose to speak out about suicides
17. Win-Wind: How a Bipartisan SHIPS Act Could Meet China and Climate Challenges
18. The Battle of Avdiivka and Its Lessons on Withdrawal Under Pressure
19. Winning the Operational Air Campaign, But Losing the Information War: The Israeli Air Force’s X Narratives
20. Removing the Trojan Horse from America’s ports
21. Biden Draws a ‘Red Line’ for Israel
22. US Green Berets deploying to Taiwan's front-line
23. Why the Middle East Still Needs America
24. Victoria Nuland to exit Biden administration – a new era of US foreign policy?

Korean News Content:

1. 2024 ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (Korea comments)
2. U.S. intel believes N.K. leader has no intentions of negotiating away nuclear program
3. 2024 Unification Ministry’s Key Policy Agenda: – A United Korean Peninsula: Pioneering Freedom and Prosperity for All South and North Koreans
4. Top U.S. General Sees Changing Nuclear Threat From North Korea
5. [Full Interview] U.S. Ambassador to Korea Philip Goldberg "The ROK-U.S. alliance will remain strong no matter who becomes the U.S. President... North Korea chooses weapons over people's livelihoods."
6. Bruce Bechtol on North Korea and the Middle East
7. Climate Change as a Path to Engagement with North Korea
8. Shady N.Korean coal vessel enters Russian port
9. Now you can subscribe to a North Korean state TV streaming service
10. S. Korean national arrested in Russia on espionage suspicions: TASS
11. New report highlights worrying trends in N. Korea’s illegal cyber activities
12. North Korea: Kim Jong Un and Kim Yo Jong’s First Messages to Japan
13. Russia resumes maritime shipments of North Korean weapons
14. Germany shares results from recent inspection of its embassy in N. Korea
15. North Korea faces serious fertilizer shortages - again