12/21/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. The Global Hunt for Putin’s ‘Sleeper Agents’
2. How a Routine Spending Bill Turned Washington Upside Down
3. What the Glorification of Luigi Mangione Reveals About America
4. The Big Five – 21 December edition by Mick Ryan
5. The Father of Chinese Authoritarianism Has a Message for America
6. STRATEGY CENTRAL Proudly Presents The Must-Read Book Recommendations for 2024!
7. The Spanish Civil War and George Orwell: A Powerful Transformation of a Once Naive Man
8. Ukraine Is Using Millions of Hours of Drone Footage to Train AI for Warfare
9. Ukraine: The Inflection Point in the China-Russia Axis
10. Trump, Lenin and the world-revolutionary moment
11. Massive explosion near Russia’s Arctic naval base sparks theories
12. Is Trump’s Nobel Prize Waiting in Kyiv?
13. CALL FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS PAPERS ACADEMIC YEAR 2025
14. The Command Sergeant Major of U.S. Army Special Operations Command Recommends these 5 books for your Christmas Stocking
15. Russia Taps Soviet-Era Stockpiles as Armored-Vehicle Supply Dwindles
16. U.S. Reduces Samsung’s Grant for Texas Chip-Making Project
17. The Combined Action Platoon
18. Opinion: Europe Should Be Afraid if Putin Accepts US-Proposed Peace Plan
19. Happy Holidays From SWJ!!
20. Report: US Special Operations Forces leading the charge against China and Russia in global power competition.
21. The Swedes Tried to Warn Us
22. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Touts Growing Importance of Irregular Warfare
23. Transforming in Contact: Army Assessing What Success Looks Like
24. Trump wants NATO members to increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP: FT
25. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 20, 2024
26. Iran Update, December 20, 2024
27. Interview with Matt Pottinger
Korean News Content:
1. Rival protests take place in downtown Seoul over Yoon impeachment
2. South Korea’s Crisis Is Nowhere Near Over
3. High body count may not deter North Korean forces fighting for Russia in Ukraine
4. Why North Korean troops are proving a nightmare for Russia
5. S. Korea successfully launches 3rd spy satellite into orbit
6. N. Korea slams S. Korea-U.S.-Japan talks on Indo-Pacific as ‘insult’ to peace
7. U.S. Reduces Samsung’s Grant for Texas Chip-Making Project
8. Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. agree on holding in-person meeting at ‘early date’
9. Hanwha completes US$100 mln acquisition of Philly Shipyard of U.S.
10. Editorial: Democratic Party’s reckless impeachment tactics undermine justice
11. South Korea wins €1.9 billion nuclear renovation deal in Romania
12. First public appearance of fake ID cards of North Korean troops deployed to Russia
13. N. Korean leader calls for stronger rural economies
14. ‘The Republic is in Hibernation’ Middle School Graffiti Shocks North Korea
15. North Korean Soldiers Confused by Ukrainian Drones: “Keep Flying, Keep Flying… Boom, Boom”
16. Smoke and secrets: Inside the North Korean Embassy’s hasty flight from Damascus
