Small Wars Journal

10/29/2021 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 9:36am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:


1. Facebook is changing its name to Meta as it focuses on the virtual world
2. Don’t Assume the US Will Fight China and Russia One at a Time
3. Vulnerabilities Grow as Utilities Link Control Systems to the Internet
4. Army Expects Fierce, Close Combat In Next War Despite Advanced Tech
5. The Fight for Taiwan Could Come Soon
6. Four U.S. Intelligence Agencies Produced Extensive Reports on Afghanistan, but All Failed to Predict Kabul’s Rapid Collapse
7. Nuclear-Powered Submarines for Australia? Maybe Not So Fast.
8. ‘How would we know when it was over?’ – Perspective is power in forever wars
9. Pentagon Reexamining How It Addresses Chem-Bio Threats
10. Exclusive Front-Line Report: Modern Trench Warfare in Eastern Ukraine
11. Tajikistan Approves Construction Of New Chinese-Funded Base As Beijing's Security Presence In Central Asia Grows
12. Guarding Against an Exclusive Warrior Class
13. How China spreads misinformation around the world
14. China's Hypersonic Weapons Tests Don't Have to Be a Sputnik Moment
15. How Facebook Failed the World
16. FDD | The joystick intifada
17. 'Lightning Carriers' Could Be Lightweights in an Asian War
18. For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at C.I.A. Black Sites
 

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea demands sanctions relief before discussing end-of-war declaration: NIS
2. N. Korea issues "emergency order" to arrest locals who violate nighttime curfew
3. U.N. committee approves draft resolutions calling for N. Korea to give up nukes
4. S. Korea, U.S. envoys hold phone talks on N.K. nukes, end-of-war declaration
5. N. Korea seen preparing to reopen border with China amid economic woes
6. Kim Jong-un Inherits Grandfather's 'Great Leader' Title
7. US conducting in-depth review of Korean War's end declaration: US official
8. North Korea’s Food Shortage Is a Lesson for US Policymakers
9. North Koreans drafted to harvest rice are strip searched to stop grain theft
10. Australia’s continued commitment to sanctions enforcement against North Korea
11. U.S. benefits from stronger bond between Seoul and Tokyo
12. ‘You Live With a Degree of Paranoia’ (north Korea sanctions evasion)
13. Cheong Wa Dae official rejects notion of S. Korea-U.S. rift over end-of-war declaration
14. Harry Kazianis: Joe Biden's North Korea policy is a disaster. Now is the time to get serious
15. Another ROK-North Korea Summit Won’t Make a Difference
16. US policymakers can't seem to figure out how to deal with South or North Korea