5/12/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 11, 2023
2. The ‘morale challenge’ facing some special operators in the era of Great Power competition
3. Perspective: Time for a Commission on Information Warfare
4. Special operations role in great power competition needs work
5. U.S. Military Observers And Why They Are Needed In Ukraine
6. Russia denies reports of Ukrainian breakthroughs along front lines
7. Debt-Ceiling Fight Weighs on Defense Industry
8. The U.S. and China Are Finally Talking Again, but Mistrust Clouds Next Steps
9. Ukraine’s Hidden Advantage
10. Why Putin Needs Wagner
11. How Secrecy Limits Diversity
12. China, US Break Diplomatic Deadlock
13. In Defense of Bean Counting: Why Material Measures of National Power Matter
14. Ukraine’s Dogged Effort to Get Weapons to the Battlefield, Not the Black Market
15. Why China cannot be trusted on Ukraine
16. Ukraine’s cultural counteroffensive: The rush to erase Russia’s imprint
17. Child care debate at Camp Bull Simon continues as families struggle (7th Special Forces)
18. Time for a more unified and decisive ASEAN
19. Is Chinese power about to peak?
20. Kissinger at 100: A Legacy with Lessons for Us All
21. What Ukraine Still Needs to Win
22. War Books: Science Fiction and Modern War
***23. A Quintessential Factor in Strategy Formulation: The Unequal Dialogue
24. Only Humility Can Save Us From AI
25. Signals intelligence teams reposition to face China, Russia
26. China slams Japan after deployment of Patriot PAC-3 missile near Taiwan
27. ‘Don’t Kill Me’: Russian Solider Surrendered to a Drone From Ukraine
28. ‘War Is Fun’: The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn’t Stop Fighting
Korean News Content:
1. Special Forces chief in Korea on preparing to fight the mystery that is North Korea
2. If Yoon moved Americans, he can do Koreans
3. N. Korea hands down “shoot on sight” orders to personnel guarding train tracks near border
4. Hanwha Systems wins US$34.5 mln deal to supply combat system to Philippine Navy
5. North Korea Hacks South Korea’s National Election Commission
6. South Korea debates ‘no-kid’ zones and what it means for moms
7. U.S. will continue working with Korea, Japan to maintain rule of order: State Dept.
8. S. Korea, Japan hold working-level meeting on Seoul’s Fukushima inspection
9. ‘Patience, diplomatic skill’ necessary in Korea-Japan talks about Fukushima visit: U.S. amb.
10. Caught in China-US rivalry, South Korea is tempted by military nuclear capacity
11. South Korea rules out conscription of women, longer periods of military service
12. Half of North Korean missile program funded by cyberattacks and crypto theft, White House says
13. S. Korea, Britain sign letter of intent to establish strategic development partnership
14. Meet N Korea’s ‘crown princess’ and possible heir to Kim Jong Un
