8/16/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Putin Is Vulnerable: Western Policy Masks Russian Weakness
2. Excessive U.S. pressure on Taiwan defense spending plays into CCP’s hands
3. The Ukrainian August 2024 offensive: Some initial thoughts
4. SOCOM commander calls for ‘convergence’ of Pacific-based special operations forces
5. Mongolia finds ways to align with the West without alarming China, Russia
6. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2024
7. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, August 15, 2024
8. In The Kill Zone: The Life and Times of Willie Merkerson (Part 5)
9. Why China is becoming a top choice mediator for global conflicts
10. As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel
11. Biden ‘open’ to sending long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine
12. Tim Walz’s Military Retirement Was More Complicated Than JD Vance Wants You to Think
13. Lawmakers push Pentagon for clarity on domestic military deployments
14. Pentagon needs to speed up its integrated-deterrence efforts, Joint Chiefs chair says
15. Rewind and Reconnoiter: Are We Entering a New Era of Far-Right Terrorism? with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
16. Russia’s Post-War Military Recruiting Strategy Emerges
17. The Joint Reconnaissance Strike Complex: Marine and Army Experimentation in the First Island Chain
18. Iran is weaker than we think. It’s time to take advantage.
19. What military history tells us about Ukraine’s Kursk invasion By Gian Gentile and Adam Givens
20. Why the U.S. Military Needs to Imitate Ukraine’s Drone Force
21. Ukraine on the Offensive
22. We Need a Real Marine Corps To Fight a Two Front War By Gary Anderson
Korean News Content:
1. Yoon calls for ‘freedom-based unification’ with North Korea under ROK rule
2. HRNK’s New Website Launch
3. Yoon’s new foreign policy adviser visits U.S. to discuss alliance, U.S. election
4. Yoon backs expanded government information operation targeting North Koreans
5. Yoon’s ‘unification doctrine’ aims to reform North Korea
6. Seoul to hold Ulchi civil defense exercise next week
7. N. Korean leader exchanges message with Putin on 79th anniv. of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule
8. Defense minister nominee says open to all means to respond to N.K. threats
9. U.S. official hints at trilateral summit among leaders of S. Korea, U.S., Japan by end of this year
10. Unification minister calls on N. Korea to accept S. Korea’s offer for dialogue channel
11. N. Korea’s Kim vows to transform backward regions following downpours in border areas
12. North Korea threat still overshadows K-culture: Survey
13. Army brigade with no ‘luxury of time’ rehearses sudden deployment to South Korea
14. Ministry of Unification announces follow-up implementation plan for ‘August 15 Unification Doctrine’
15. In Senegal, a rare look inside an abandoned North Korean Embassy
16. ＜Video Interview＞The Voice of a North Korean Woman (2) Confusion over ‘Severing Ties with South Korea’ Policy, Strengthening Rule by Fear: ‘A World Where We Can’t Speak Freely…’
17. The Significance and Implications of North Korea’s Garbage Balloon Tactics
