Small Wars Journal

12/6/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 6:00am

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National Security News Content:

1. Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher P. Maier Addresses Crucial Role of Irregular Warfare at the Semi-Annual Irregular Warfare Forum
2. Irregular Warfare Implementation Guidance (SECDEF MEMO)
3. The War for Ukraine: Exploring the first 18 months of the war by Mick Ryan
4. FDD Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December
5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 5, 2023
6. Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Republican senator ends blockade of nominees
7. The morality of ending war short of 'total victory'
8. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, December 5, 2023
9. Was Henry Kissinger Really a Realist?
10. War Has Changed, and the Army’s Conceptualization of Operational Art Must Follow Suit
11. You Can’t Win Without (More) Submarines
12. Corporations Are Juicy Targets for Foreign Disinformation
13. Why Xi Wants Trump to Win
14. Russia Rejects ‘Significant Proposal’ to Trade for WSJ’s Gershkovich, Whelan, U.S. Says
15. Learning from Real Wars: Gaza and Ukraine
16. Resolute Dragon: Reassurance, Deterrence, and a Call for Coordination
17. The American Way of Economic War
18. Israel’s Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza
19. China’s paranoid purge
20. Flooding Hamas tunnels could harm Gaza’s freshwater for generations, warns academic
21. Is Gen Z turning against Western civilisation?

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong-un cries as he begs North Korean women to have more babies
2. N. Korea doles out gifts to participants in mothers' conference
3. <Inside N. Korea> The Major Changes Surrounding the November 26 Elections
4. FDD Biden Foreign Policy Tracker : December - KOREA
5. Yoon's approval rating drops to 33%: Yonhap News Survey
6. N. Hamgyong Province urges security officials to prevent defections
7. The North Korean family who risked execution to escape by boat
8. Kim Jong Un Urges Women to Be Good Comrades—and Give Birth
9. Should South Korea's foreign policy become more audacious?
10. Boeing eyes more Chinook helicopter exports to S. Korea
11. N.K. leader 'in hurry' to highlight his daughter to show his will for succession: minister
12. S. Korea urges N. Korea to cooperate in uncovering truth of S. Korean POWs
13. Korea could disappear from map if it doesn't welcome more immigrants: justice minister

12/5/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 12/05/2023 - 5:45am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 3, 2023
2. Hamas planned sexual violence as weapon of war - Israeli campaigner
3. Justifying Hamas’s barbarism at Georgetown Law
4. 3 university presidents to face grilling on campus antisemitism at House hearing
5. Who Is ICE’s Newest Chief of Staff, and Will He Promote the Agency’s Mission?
6. Opinion | Four national security measures that cannot wait until next year
7. Opinion | Speaking softly with big sticks: the reality of the US-China detente
8. Former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook
9. Partisans 'Kill 24 Russian Soldiers with Poisoned Treats'
10. Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine (PART 1)
11. In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls (PART 2)
12. (Israel-Hamas War) Iran Update, December 4, 2023
13. Top U.S. general still waiting to hear from China on military ties
14. The 7 Reasons Iran Won’t Fight for Hamas
15. Israel’s Impossible Dilemma
16. Amid Ukraine and Israel conflicts, Pentagon acquisition chief sees counter-drone 'crisis'
17. China coy on support for rebels fighting guerrilla war on border
18. Israel, Hamas Engage in Some of Fiercest Fighting of War
19. France, Australia Plan Military Base Access Pact in the Pacific
20. Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N.
21. How to Take Apart the Axis of Revisionists by Michael R. Pompeo and Peter Rough
22. Under the Radar: Weaponizing Maritime Transponders in Strategic Competition
23. US Weighing Red Sea 'Task Force' to Protect Commercial Ships Following Attacks by Iran-backed Rebels
24. Gaza and the Future of Information Warfare By P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
 

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea indirectly supplied more 155-mm shells for Ukraine than all European countries combined: WP
2. North Korean Smugglers Disguised Under Pacific Island Flags
3. No more ‘fighting’ texts allowed in North Korea
4. U.S. says S. Korea not subject of U.N. sanctions after N. Korea's 'double standard' claim
5. China, Japan, and South Korea Announce Joint AI Cooperation at Foreign Ministers' Meeting
6. Military engineers of S. Korea, Cambodia hold 1st joint exercise
7. Security advisers of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to discuss strategy on geopolitical risks, N.K. threat
8. Veterans minister nominee says independence fighter Hong Beom-do should be honored
9. N.K. hacking group Andariel steals key defense technologies from S. Korean firms
10. N. Korean leader calls for mothers' role in propping up regime
11. Electric bicycles popular among monied N. Koreans
12. Hanwha Aerospace signs second K9 export contract with Poland
13. S. Korea, U.S., Japan's trilateral ties 'sustainable' after elections: U.S. envoy
14.  N. Korea pulls out of Senegal, Guinea in series of embassy closures: official
15. JCS chairman calls for robust defense posture in Seoul metropolitan area
16. S. Korea 'strongly condemns' deadly attack at university in Philippines
17. [ANALYSIS] Why is N. Korea not allowed to launch spy satellites?

12/4/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 12/04/2023 - 8:05am

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National Security News Content:

1. How the American democratic process has been hijacked | PATRIOCRACY | Free Documentary
2. Pentagon: US arms industry struggling to keep up with China
3. The Pentagon says US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea. Houthis claim attacking 2 ships
4. The gambit to slash Russia's oil profits and undercut Putin's war in Ukraine
5. I've lost confidence in Lloyd Austin, Lindsey Graham says
6. Palestinians Face Harrowing Hunt for Safety as War Intensifies
7. Who will run Gaza after the war? U.S. searches for best of bad options
8. The Case for Conservative Internationalism By Kori Schake
9. Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says
10. White House Warns Money for Ukraine Will Run Out by Year’s End
11. U.S. Destroyer, Commercial Vessels Attacked by Drones, Missiles in Red Sea
12. The Case for Arab Leadership on Gaza
13. Why More Chinese Are Risking Danger in Southern Border Crossings to U.S.
14. Five Bodies Found in Wreckage of U.S. Air Force Osprey That Crashed Off Japan
15. Army questions best route to launch a new app that can alert troops about their posts
16. Defense authorization deal expected this week
17.Problems persist with how services report extremism, DOD watchdog says
18. Challenging Tom Clancy’s Fantasies About the U.S. Army Special Forces
19. N. Korea’s support of Hamas transcends just a transactional relationship
20. The Many Faces of the Monroe Doctrine
21. Women, Peace, Security: Thinking Creatively to Pursue National Security through Gender Equality  

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea’s support of Hamas transcends just a transactional relationship
2. Military reconnaissance satellite successfully launches communication (South Korea)
3. N. Korea's spy satellite operation office begins mission: state media
4. North hacked 14 South Korean entities, including defense contractors, police say
5. Feulner says N. Korea pays heed to 'strength' and 'solidarity'
6. N. Korea warns 'physical clash, war' on Korean Peninsula a matter of time, not possibility
7. Yoon names presidential secretary for unification affairs as new spokesperson
8. N. Korea's Kim calls for measures to prevent fall in birthrate
9. US deploys fighter jets in S. Korea for air exercise in Singapore
10. North Korea accuses US of double standards for letting South Korea launch spy satellite from US soil
11. The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate
12. Adversaries wage space race across tense, divided Korean Peninsula
13. S.Korea Puzzles over N.Korean Succession
14. S. Korea successfully conducts third test flight of solid-fuel space rocket
15. S. Korea slams N. Korea for making false accusations over 2018 inter-Korean military accord
 

12/3/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 12/03/2023 - 7:58am

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National Security News Content:

1. Crimean partisans reveal enemy division of S-300 systems
2. Opinion: Give Me Courage, Or… (From Ukraine)
3. A soldier died of cancer at 26. Her family says the Army is to blame.
4. Swiss have frozen $8.8 billion of Russian assets
5. Opinion: Veterans won’t help the recruiting crisis until our issues are addressed
6. TikTok’s recent court victories show just how hard it might be to ban the app
7. Defense head calls out those who advocate isolationism and 'an American retreat from responsibility'
8. Austin: In Troubling Times, World Needs U.S. Leadership
9. Bangkok's Plan to Buy High-Cost Warship from China Raises Alarm
10. Uganda chases China after human rights issues see Western lenders leave
11. Gen Z Has a History Lesson Problem
12. Dozens of Troops Suspected of Advocating Overthrow of US Government, New Pentagon Extremism Report Says
13. Russia-China Alliance Would Build Artificial Intelligence For Dictators
14. The Biden-Blinken Rules of War for Israel
15. Israel Faces Pressure to Yield to the ‘Terrorist Veto’ By John Bolton
16. Everyone wins with better Asian AI governance
17. ‘Founding Partisans’ and ‘A Republic of Scoundrels’: Opportunists and Patriots (book reviews)
18. Why Adults Are More Imaginative Than Children
19. Ego, Fear and Money: How the A.I. Fuse Was Lit
20. The Who’s Who Behind the Modern Artificial Intelligence Movement

Korean News Content:

1. Propaganda and Agitation Department: Kim Jong-un Regime's Sword of Indoctrination
2. N. Korea warns 'physical clash, war' on Korean Peninsula a matter of time, not possibility
3. Koreas' spy satellite launches heat up arms race in space
4. U.S. authorizes potential sale to S. Korea of munitions, equipment for F-35 stealth jets
5.  Seoul says FEOC guidance reduces uncertainty, will continue close consultation with U.S.
6. F-35A fighter jet faces retirement after hitting an eagle mid-flight (South Korea)
7. North Korean ‘stormtroopers’ are ill-equipped for harsh winter weather
8. [Voice of America - Washington Talk] US Forces in Korea need to be reorganized in preparation for the Taiwan incident... Korea, public 'high-tech investment' Be careful
9. Korea seeks 'pragmatic' economic strategy amid Sino-US rivalry: industry minister
10. [INTERVIEW] Korea to work with US, Japan to fight climate change
11. S. Korea, Japan to resume high-level economic talks
12.  UN reaffirms food assistance to North Korea through 2024
13. Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues Turner’s Trip to Los Angeles and Honolulu
14. Spanish Aristocrat Arrested For Helping Teach North Koreans How To Avoid U.S. Sanctions With Cryptocurrency
15. [ANALYSIS] Has N. Korean leader's daughter been confirmed as heir apparent?
16. Fewer Koreans Make Their Own Kimchi
 

12/2/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 12/02/2023 - 1:00pm

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National Security News Content:

1. On a Tiny Island in the Middle of Nowhere, 250 People Are Fending Off China
2. CSA: December Recommended Articles
3. The National Security Bureaucracy Is Unwell
4. The ‘no limits’ Russo-Chinese alliance is taking flight
5. Psychological science can help counter spread of misinformation, says APA report
6. AI, War and Transdisciplinary Philosophy
7. Time to End Wilsonian Foreign Policy
8. Opinion: Christopher Hitchens was right about Henry Kissinger
9. Why Biden Needs a 'Kissinger'
10. Navigating The Disinformation Landscape: Cultivating Cognitive Resilience
11. Slick videos or more 'authentic' content? The Israel-Gaza battles raging on TikTok and X
12. Restoring trust in U.S.-China relations
13. Narrative warfare: How disinformation shapes the Israeli-Hamas conflict—and millions of minds
14. Bringing Ukraine Into NATO Without World War III
15. Kissinger’s Contradictions
16. Surrounded by Russians and ready to die, this Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike – on his own position
17. Marines, soldiers fire first shots at state-of-the-art gun range complex on Guam
18. Why Hamas could emerge stronger militarily from the temporary cease-fire with Israel
19. Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Passing of Lieutenant General Julius W. Becton Jr.
20. Lessons the US Marine Corps Should Learn From Gaza and Ukraine
21. Inside the Woke Air Force
22. Terminally ill Army vet to get final wish, relive his tank gunner days
23. Students invent IV bag that doesn't rely on gravity. It could be game-changing at disaster sites.
24. Meta exposes foreign plot to divide AmericansMeta exposes foreign plot to divide Americans

Korean News Content:

1. HRNK Message on the International Day or the Abolition of Slavery
2. North Korea's Satellite Launch: Part of a Bigger Problem for Kim Jong-un?
3. South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions
4. Koreas' spy satellite launches heat up arms race in space
5. South Korea to develop stealth submarines
6. National security advisers of Korea, US, Japan to meet in Seoul next week
7. N. Korea vows to take countermeasures against organizations that impose sanctions
8. Poland buys more K9 howitzers from South Korea in $2.6 billion deal
9. N. Korea bristles at US over comments about possible disabling of spy satellite
10. Time for nuclear buildup (ROK nuclear powered submarines)
11. North Korea says interference in its satellites would be declaration of war
12. Opinion | Is South Korea Disappearing?
13. S. Korea, US, Japan, Australia jointly announce sanctions on NK
14. Students invent IV bag that doesn't rely on gravity. It could be game-changing at disaster sites.
 

12/1/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 12/01/2023 - 9:39am

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National Security News Content:

1. Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago
2. We have China’s ‘anti-access’ challenge exactly backward
3. Military intelligence: Joint operation with local resistance sabotages Moscow Oblast railway line
4. Russia's main link to China "paralyzed" after tunnel "sabotage"—reports
5. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, November 30, 2023
6. Israel’s Gaza Ground Invasion and the Return of “Strategic Depth”
7. Satellite photos show how the US Air Force is reclaiming a WWII-era airfield from the jungle to prepare to dodge Chinese missiles
8. Chinese Private Security Companies: Neither Blackwater Nor the Wagner GroupChinese Private Security Companies: Neither Blackwater Nor the Wagner Group
9. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2023
10. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, November 30, 2023
11. Experts warn Hamas in a holy war against all Western civilization
12. Marine Corps looks at ocean glider for rapid resupply to fight China
13. War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses
14. Mike Pompeo: What Made Henry Kissinger Truly Special
15. Facing failure, Estonia pushes EU ammunition target for Ukraine
16. 5 Things To Know About The Pentagon’s Information Strategy
17. Military to Curtail Recruiting and Duty Station Moves if Congress Resorts to a Yearlong Stopgap Budget, Joint Chiefs Chairman Warns
18. Exclusive: Judge orders FBI to hand over 9/11 documents on Saudi spy
19. Half of US would recommend military service to loved ones, report says
20. Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
21. The Philippines opens a new monitoring base on a remote island in the disputed South China Sea
22. Homeland Missile Defense Is a 'Must Pay' Bill
23. Putin’s War Party
24. Judging Henry Kissinger By Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
25. The AP Interview: Ukraine's Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms
26. As US Army transforms, it's gleaning lessons about high- and low-tech fighting from Ukraine, Israel
27. China's military buildup enough to win a war with US
28. What Kissinger Didn't Understand  By George Packer
29. Biden's MUTINY on Israel: State Dept insiders warn of internal turmoil
30. Defense bill, passed 62 years in a row, faces partisan minefields in Senate, House
 

Korean News Content:

1. Kim's sister rejects US offer of dialogue with North Korea and vows more satellite launches
2. Ex-USFK chief raises prospects of tensions following suspension of inter-Korean military accord
3. US and Allies Impose New Sanctions on Old North Korean Foe
4. Why is North Korea saying it's watching the White House?
5. North Korea bars contact between soldiers and civilians
6. <Inside N. Korea> A year after “Kim Ju-ae“ ’s first appearance, what kinds of things are people saying about her?
7. Is ruling party's reform drive at end of road?
8. S. Korea Set To Launch First Spy Satellite With SpaceX
9. U.S. leaves N. Korea on state sponsors of terrorism list in 2022 report
10. N. Korean leader calls for increased aerial combat posture amid tension over satellite launch
11. N. Koreans must use electronic certificates to make digital payments
12. US, allies impose sanctions on N Korea following satellite launch
13. Korea and Japan re-establish $10 billion currency swap deal
14. South Korea Offers a Chance to Modernize Old Alliances
15. South Korea's population collapse is set to deepen
16. Kim Jong-un’s daughter joins dad in wearing leather trench coats for an air show

11/30/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 7:58am

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National Security News Content:

1. Time to Radically Downsize the West’s Special Forces
2. In Ukraine, Peace Now Means War Later
3. Looks Like ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Back on the Menu
4. As America’s Military Rearms, It Needs Minerals—and Lots of Them
5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 29, 2023
6. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, November 29, 2023
7. Retired Lt. Gen. Julius Becton Dies
8. “Digging ourselves out of a hole.” Some thoughts on the current recruiting crisis
9. How to Avoid Defeat in Ukraine
10. Henry Kissinger, America’s most influential diplomat, dies at 100
11. Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies
12. Taiwan and the True Sources of Deterrence
13. Moscow’s Search for Foreign Recruits Reveals Its Growing Desperation
14. 78-Country Map Rebuffs Claim That US 'Not at War'
15. Poll finds strong support for arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
16. US Air Force Osprey crashes off southern Japan, at least 1 dead
17. Rather than play another year, Utah State QB Levi Williams plans for Navy SEAL training
18. Opinion | Ukraine aid’s best-kept secret: Most of the money stays in the U.S.A.
19. Keep soldiers out of our creek, farm owners tell Fort Liberty
20. Hamas Kills 3 Israelis at Jerusalem Bus Station; Blinken Visits as Gaza Ceasefire Extended With New Hostage Release
21. Is there anything to Learn from Ukraine?
22. The United Kingdom's Indo-Pacific Engagement
23. The Maritime Dimension to the Conflict in Israel
 

 

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea says it will 'never sit face to face' with Washington for talks
2.  U.S. sanctions cryptocurrency mixer used by N. Korea
3. N. Korea says spy satellite took photos of U.S. bases in San Diego, Japan
4.  Kim Jong Un’s daughter has a new lofty title
5. Seoul should come up with targeted approach toward Pyongyang’s stratagem
6. Yoon creates new office for policy, soon to create office for science, technology
7. Yoon creates new office for policy, replaces all 5 senior secretaries
8. N. Korea condemns S. Korea over suspension of military accord
9. U.S. military unveils photos of training near DMZ amid heightened tension
10. S. Korea halts Panmunjom tour again over armed N. Korean troops in DMZ
11. The United Nations Command in South Korea: Navigating complexities for regional stability
12. Experts forecast greater difficulties in inter-Korean relations if Trump reelected
13. What Was in the Now-Scrapped Inter-Korea Military Agreement?
14. The Memorial for the Fallen USFK Soldiers since the Korean War
15. Hanwha Ocean developing submarine stealth technology
16. North Korea's Lazarus Group Rakes in $3 Billion from Cryptocurrency Hacks
17. North Korea’s Kim Gloats Over Spy Satellite Images, Courtesy of Google Maps, as the Peninsula Is Roiled by Breakdown of 2018 Pact Between North and South

11/29/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 11:19am

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National Security News Content:

1. Israel, Hamas seek new deal to extend Gaza truce on final day

2. US military aircraft crashes in sea off Japan killing at least one

3. Why Israel Won’t Change

4. China’s acoustic aggression against a US ally follows a pattern. Military talks won’t help.

5. ‘We’re taking it out of hide’: Pentagon says it has no money for Middle East buildup

6. Xi Is Delegating More Authority in China to His Trusted No. 2

7. AI has a political problem

8. Russia to US: You won’t win the next arms race

9. A key Pentagon data link can now talk to satellites—but not in the USA

10. Putin won't make peace in Ukraine before 2024 US election -US official

11. Top CIA official posted pro-Palestine picture on Facebook two weeks after Hamas' terror attack on Israel as Biden faces mutiny from within

12. Opinion | Vladimir Putin is winning

13. US used its Section 702 spy tool to disrupt Iran’s weapons program

14. Possible Outcomes Of Northern Myanmar Military Conflict And Implications For China – Analysis

15. Preparing for a Long War

16. Don’t Count on Economic Woes to Deter China

17. Taiwan still flashing red despite US-China 'thaw'

18. Does bin Laden get the last laugh?

19. Putin sees Finland as the next Crimea20. 

Korean News Content:

1. Unification minister says inflow of outside information important for N.K. residents

2.  Yoon apologizes to nation for failure to host 2030 World Expo

3. S. Korea mulling restoring disarmed guard post on eastern front: sources

4. U.S. says 'plenty' of White House, Pentagon images available online after N.K. claim on satellite imagery

5. What Would a Second Trump Administration Mean for North Korea?

6 .Modest Beginnings: North Korea Launches Its First Reconnaissance Satellite

7. South Korea Delays Its Own Spy Satellite Liftoff, Days After North's Satellite Launch

8. BAE Systems purchases South Korean charge system for 155mm guns

9. Relatives of N. Korean defectors are now highly preferred marriage partners

10. North Korean special economic zone poised for revival in new Russia trade

11. Fertility rate in S. Korea hits record low in Q3

12. <Inside N. Korea> The Major Changes Surrounding the November 26 Elections(1)  For the first time, multiple candidates on secret ballots for preliminary election…a small change in past elections

13. JCS chairman joins Indo-Pacific security forum