Small Wars Journal

9/4/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Opinion  Tomorrow’s Army is here. Can it get past yesterday’s bureaucracy?  
2. ‘Trade steel for blood’ — The Army’s plan to bring soldiers into the 21st century
3. The US Army’s Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company: Weapon of the week
4. U.S. Army eyes drone-soaked Middle East to refine energy weapons
5. Exclusive: US expected to send senior Pentagon official to China military forum
6. The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink
7. To Remain Relevant the Marines Must Adapt to a Changing World
8. The Evolving Context for Deterrence
9. Ukraine's Kursk Offensive: One Giant Blunder?
10. The U.S. Marine Corps Forest Warfare Legacy Intertwines with Finland and the Baltics
11. Commander of Navy Warship Relieved of Duty Months After Backward Rifle Scope Photo Flap
12. The U.S. Navy’s Chief Supplier Is in Peril
13. Warfighting, quality of life prioritized in USMC commandant guidance
14. Analysts: China tests US commitment to Indo-Pacific with maritime operations
15. NEWSFLASH: Zelenskyy shakes up cabinet, ministers resign
16. CISA moves away from trying to influence content moderation decisions on election disinformation
17. Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers
18. The US Should Support the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
19. Operation Neptune Spear: The Most Important American Special Operation
20.  Windows, not Walls: Conceptualizing Air Superiority for Future Wars
21. China’s new global charm offensive: Vocational training for the world, but is there a catch?
22. The War on Excess: The Army Has an Equipment Management Problem and Needs a Culture Change to Solve It
23. A Revolution Begins in Austin, Texas
24. China-linked 'Spamouflage' network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate
25. The Year of Elections Has Been Good for Democracy
26. How to Keep the Peace in Gaza

Korean News Content:

1. More N. Korean elites disillusioned with Kim Jong-un regime: ex-N.K. diplomat
2. Ex-N. Korean diplomat in Cuba proposes paths to regime collapse from within
3. Spy agency monitoring signs of N. Korea executing officials over flood damage
4. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered dozens of officials executed after deadly floods
5. N. Korea begins vaccination program for 800,000 children with UNICEF support
6. Military readiness decreased 'counterintuitively' despite Trump's summitry with NK leader Kim: ex-US envoy
7. Unification council to invite advisers from Americas for policy discussion
8. N. Korea apparently yet to institutionalize its '2 hostile states' policy: new council chief
9. US renews warning against N. Korea's support for Russia's war in Ukraine
10. U.S. may reconsider approach to N.K.-Russia military ties under Harris' leadership: senator
11. Democracy under pressure: unpacking fears of martial law in South Korea
12. Defectors' rise to high posts in Seoul could shake NK elite: Tae
13. N. Korea launches more trash balloons toward S. Korea
14. Rough surf no deterrent to US, South Korean Marines practicing amphibious landings

Dave Maxwell Wed, 09/04/2024 - 11:43am

9/3/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 7:38am

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National Security News Content:

1. In China, Jake Sullivan cements a triumph of quiet diplomacy

2. Putin arrives in Mongolia, a member of the ICC that issued an arrest warrant for him

3. China’s Defense Spending: The $700 Billion Distraction

4. US Navy’s Achilles Heel In Indo-Pacific Gives Edge To China; Pentagon Banks On Asian Allies To Boost Its Navy

5. Unqualified F-35 Pilot At the Controls During Utah National Guard Apache Crash, Investigation Reveals

6. Los Angeles-Class: This Might Be the Navy's Best Submarine Ever

7. 'AI gold mine': NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis

8. Pacific policing deal a masterstroke of Australian diplomacy

9. Saudi game of thrones clearer with new royal order

10. Polish defense show lures global players amid record spending spree

11. Once neglected, Asian Americans now courted in knife-edge election

12. Two Ukrainian Top Guns Lobbied for F-16s. They Won’t Get to See If the Jets Help Fend Off Russia.

13. Beijing-Backed Trolls Target U.S. Voters as Election Nears

14. Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Ailing Economy

15. Putin Begins Meetings in Mongolia in Defiance of I.C.C. Arrest Warrant

16. The Increasingly Front-Line Role of Ukrainian Women

17. Ukraine the Underdog Takes a Risk

18. Pentagon OKs 2-year tours with adult family members at US Army base in Poland

19. NSA’s China-focused ‘innovation pipeline’ targets economic imbalances

20. Inside Ukraine’s Secret Network: Partisans Thwart Occupying Forces

21. Seize the Advantage: Three Models to Improve Security Cooperation Planning

22. From World Champions to State Assets: The Outsized Impact of a Few Chinese Hackers

 

Korean News Content:

1. US prioritizes deterrence over denuclearization on North Korea, experts say

2. Kim Jong Un Abandoned Unification. What Do North Koreans Think?

3. RFA Insider #14b: North Korean escapee interviews: Life after Pyonghattan part 2

4. It’s Texas 60 miles from the DMZ: The US military’s largest overseas base

5. Why are Britain’s diplomats virtue-signalling to South Korea?

6. Once neglected, Asian Americans now courted in knife-edge election

7. Gov't designates Oct. 1 Armed Forces Day as temporary holiday

8. Ex-U.N. chief Ban voices need to 'persuade' China to understand benefit of Koreas' unification

9. Trump says his talks with N. Korean leader Kim prove 'real change' is possible

10. What is South Korea's new unification policy?

11. N. Korea earned over US$6 bln through illicit activities over past 7 years: report

12. Japan's outgoing PM Kishida to visit South Korea

13. U.S. nuclear umbrella against N.K. threats may weaken under second Trump term: senior security official

14. Survivor of DMZ crossing: The man behind South Korea's 'Escape' film

15. Mobile menace: North Korea flexes nuclear muscle in TEL drills

9/2/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 12:35pm

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National Security News Content:

1. The Resurrection of the Jedburgh Team Concept in Ukraine
2. U.S. Department of State Concludes $200 Million Settlement Resolving Export Violations by RTX Corporation
3. U.S. Soldiers Could Fly into Combat on Powered Paragliders
4. China’s One Belt One Road is a spectacular domino of failed projects
5. Ukraine's Bradley Fighting Vehicle Dilemma Won't Go Away
6. Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine: Russia's Strategic Playbook with China, Iran, and North Korea
7. China Is Playing Games With the US in the Pacific
8. 100 days into the job, Taiwan’s new leader is cutting mainland ties by reframing history
9. Ex-UNSC chief backs bid for permanent seat by India, ‘world’s third-most powerful country'
10. Analysts Say Ukraine Strikes On Russian Power Plants Hurt Putin’s War Effort
11. Analysis: China's economic malaise seen accelerating obesity rates
12. The danger of AI in war: it doesn’t care about self-preservation
13. US Navy Brings Big-Deck Amphib to Protect Philippines
14. Ukraine Takes War to Russia With Drone Strikes but Struggles to Inflict Pain on Putin
15. ‘Moving in the Dark’: Hamas Documents Show Tunnel Battle Strategy
16. Gao Zhen, Artist Who Critiqued the Cultural Revolution, Is Detained in China
17. ‘Dark’ tanker crash exposes dangers of China’s thirst for cheap oil
18. Why the Free Market Is Hard to Defend
19. Ukraine’s Gamble
20. Peacekeepers Need Peacemakers

Korean News Content:


1. Defense minister nominee says he is open to idea of S. Korea's nuclear armament
2. N. Korean leader stresses 'quality' over 'speed' in regional development project
3. Korea Announces 'Cyber Security Plan'... Actively Responding to North Korea's 'Influence Operations'
4. S. Korea to host 2nd int'l forum on responsible use of AI in military next week
5. S. Korean, U.S. Marines hold major amphibious landing drills
6. New Security Design on the Korean Peninsula or just a Rotation of the Guard?
7. North Korean Olympian Selfies Spotlight Rights Crisis
8. South Korea's Defense Minister Nominee: "We Will Respond Firmly to North Korean Provocations"
9. Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine: Russia's Strategic Playbook with China, Iran, and North Korea
10. How Putin’s war is ‘golden ticket’ for Kim with ‘holy grail’ of nukes
11. Questions arise over U.S. will, ability to defend the Philippines from China
12. Olympic shooter Kim Ye-ji does Louis Vuitton photo shoot with Magazine W Korea

9/1/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 09/01/2024 - 2:16pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Putin: 'A Very Savvy Gangster' Who Won't Stop at Ukraine, Says Former US Envoy to Russia John Sullivan
2. Diplomatic Dexterity - United States vs. China - A Great Power Competition Report
3. Has High Tech Made Artillery Obsolete?
4. How the CIA tries to recruit Russians to spy on their country
5. How Do You Change a Command's Culture? This General Tried Being Direct About War with China.
6. Selling America: The Army’s fight to find recruits in a mistrustful, divided nation
7. Harris Could End America’s Era of Hubris Abroad
8. Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russian energy infrastructure
9. Nuclear Weapons Always Stopped Invasions. Then Ukrainian Troops Poured Into Russia.
10. Ukraine Strikes Moscow Oil Refinery in Massive Drone Barrage
11. Putin, cash and guns prompt ‘explosive’ rethink of Swiss neutrality
12. ‘Moneyball’ for gun crews: Surprising data have Army division reshaping its gunnery training
13. America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops
14. Foreign Nationals Indicted for Swatting Attacks and Bomb Threats Against U.S. Victims
15. Israel’s Strategic Dilemma—and Iran’s
16. Why the U.S. isn't ready for wars of the future, according to experts
17. The Challenges of Next-Gen Insurgency
18. Among America’s “Low-Information Voters”
19. Nazis demanded to know if ‘The Hobbit’ author was Jewish. He responded with a high-class burn.

Korean News Content:

1. President Yoon's unification doctrine: maybe too audacious?
2. North Korea breaks pattern, stays calm after South Korea-US joint drills
3. S. Korea to bolster cybersecurity measures against hacking, disinformation
4. N. Korea imports breed of horses loved by leader Kim from Russia
5. S. Korea, Japan in last-minute arrangements for visit by PM Kishida: presidential office
6. Russia's 'Lancet' copycat North Korea's 'suicide drone' one-two punch to stop it
7. North Korea fascinates many people. For South Koreans, its threat is just part of life
8. S. Korea announces 'offensive cyber defense' strategy
9. South Korea’s Exports Grow for 11th Straight Month
10. Netflix Is Trying to Get You Hooked on More Reality TV With Better Dubbing
11. Is Seoul ‘sucking all the good’ from South Korea? Here’s why rural areas are emptying out
12. Patriarchal values lose hold: Korean fathers want to change but lack role models
13. This tank commander fought off 250 enemy troops in the Korean War
14. 40 Nations Join US and South Korea in Combating North Korean Crypto Crimes
15. North Korean diplomatic delegation to attend UN General Assembly: Sources

8/31/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 2:05pm

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National Security News Content:

Korean News Content:

1. Voice of America:[Washington Talk] Fading 'North Korea Denuclearization'... South Korea Should Keep Nuclear Storage Facilities and Tactical Nuclear Weapons
2. Activists join US, NYC officials in effort to name street outside North Korea's UN office after Otto Warmbier
3. U.S. stresses push for 'timely, accurate, unbiased' reporting on N.K.-related UNSC resolutions noncompliance
4. S. Korea, U.S. to hold high-level talks on N. Korea deterrence next week
5. Male-dominated gov't-funded forum rushes to add female speakers over UK ambassador's boycott
6. Rust Belt senators call on U.S. gov't to reduce import quota for S. Korean oil country tubular goods
7. 'Defector Literature' Showing the Inside of North Korea
8.  Westinghouse’s behavior (nuclear power competition between the ROK and US)
9. S. Korea, U.S. to hold high-level talks on N. Korea deterrence next week
10. Trump says getting along with Kim Jong-un is 'good thing' |
11. Hyesan buzzes with anticipation as N. Korea revives state-sanctioned smuggling
12. North Korean woman punished for spying after talking to Chinese husband in China
13. State Department: “Supports approval of South Korean government’s civilian group’s flood relief assistance to North Korea”
14. Dispute over border telecom plan further strains China-North Korea ties
 

8/29-30/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 8:19am

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National Security News Content:

1. This exercise is shaping the long-term future of Army brigades
2. Army puts its 'transforming in contact' concept to biggest test yet
3. Green Berets use disruptive cyber technology during Swift Response 2024
4. U.S.-Made F-16 Crashed in Ukraine, Killing Pilot
5. C.I.A. Warning Helped Thwart ISIS Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna
6. In new guidance, top Marine says 'righteous' Force Design will guide the money
7. Army Just Signed $1B Deal For Massive Order Of Switchblade Kamikaze Drones
8. Every War Must End (Ukraine Edition) by Chase Metcalf, John Nagl
9. In Brief: Why the Gaza Peace Talks Have So Far Failed
10. What is an Italian Carrier Strike Group Doing in the Indo-Pacific?
11. Rewind and Reconnoiter: A Europeanized NATO? The Alliance Contemplates the Trump Era and Beyond with Sten Rynning
12. Haiti’s Window of Opportunity
13. Army’s upcoming Project Convergence billed as early test for ‘C2 Next’ plans
14. The Peril of Ignoring the Legitimacy of Violent Non-State Actors
15. The Limits of Diplomacy With China
16. Neither Narrow nor Nice: Economic Warfare, Disinformation, and Civil Society
17. How Irregular Warfare Can Find—and Exploit—the Vulnerabilities in China's Defense Industrial Base
18. Distressing Global Report on Civil Freedoms
19. The Fall and Fall of Mahmoud Abbas
20. Challenges of the Gaza humanitarian aid pier offer lessons for the US Army
21. When the US left Kabul, these Americans tried to help Afghans left behind. It still haunts them
22. US carrier drought in Western Pacific is telling but no security threat, expert says
23. Don’t Downplay Risks of AI for Democracy
24. NSA's China specialist: US at a loss to deter Chinese hackers
25. ‘Range of options’ ready for South China Sea aggression: US admiral
26. Army’s blunt trauma tests on pigs, cadavers may aid body armor designs

Korean News Content:

1. John Batchelor Show ROK 8.15 Unification Doctrine Interview
2. The Growing Threat from North Korea by The Hon. Michael Kirby
3. Human Security Risk: Tired Mountain Syndrome
4. North Korean floods again: Will the Kims ever learn?
5. North Korea orders all students abroad to return home for ideological education
6. S. Korea, U.S. stage joint special operations drills
7. Premier US military CBRNE command participates in Ulchi Freedom Shield in South Korea
8. S. Korea, U.S. wrap up key summertime military exercise against N. Korean threats
9. Yoon says S. Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation to continue despite leadership changes
10. Hanwha Ocean wins maintenance deal for U.S. Navy
11. Families of victims of N. Korea's abduction, detention urge int'l solidarity to address issue
12. S. Korea to expand support for civic groups' radio broadcasting projects for N. Koreans
13. Sullivan stresses U.S.' commitment to 'complete' Korean Peninsula denuclearization1
14. [Exclusive] 13 North Korean Submarines Registered for the First Time in IMO… “Intention for Overseas Operations”
15. China Reminds South Korea That Time Isn’t On Its Side
16. If South Korea Goes Nuclear, So Will the World
17. Putin and Kim Jong Un's new alliance is proving to be a win-win
18. North Korea fires missiles in demonstration for Russia
19. Unification Ministry pledges more female speakers after British envoy withdraws from male-dominated forum
20. Kim’s significant change should come before another Washington-Pyongyang summit
21. South Korea gets closer to NATO in the Indo-Pacific
22. Unification ministry issues English version of report on N. Korea's economic, social situation
23, S. Korea, US to hold high-level talks on N. Korea deterrence next week
24. Gov't tracks 4,071 perpetrators, victims in N. Korean human rights probe
25. Unification ministry approves civic groups' bid for N. Korean contact over flood damage relief