Small Wars Journal

12/31/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 12/31/2023 - 1:33pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:


1. Opinion: ‘Action This Day’ – Churchill’s Lessons for the West
2. War Books: The Best Books We Read in 2023 - Modern War Institute
3. Why China is winning the new espionage Cold War
4. Women Bear the Brunt of Asia’s Climate Failures
5. US Navy sinks three Houthi militant boats in the Red Sea
6. NATO, U.S. Consult With Warsaw After Apparent Intrusion Of Russian Missile Into Polish Airspace
7. ANALYSIS-Sweeping Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen
8. Why is the Gaza war different?
9. China Confronts a New Political Reality in Taiwan: No Friends
10. Opinion: New York Times Editorial Board Very Wrong
11. How Columbia’s President Has Avoided Fallout Over Israel-Gaza Protests
12. Where Was the Israeli Military?
13. NATO needs Russia "ruined" in Ukraine for future peace: Official
14. Retired Flag Officers and Public Political Criticism by Robert L. Caslen
15. Chinese ex-Navy chief, with South China Sea background, named defence minister
16. ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7
17. Israel’s ‘Black Sabbath’: Murder, Sexual Violence and Torture on Oct. 7
18. How ‘Antiracism’ Becomes Antisemitism
19. Ukraine, Stalled on the Front, Steps Up Sabotage, Targeting Trains

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea says it will no longer seek reunification with South Korea, will launch new spy satellites in 2024 
2. N. Korea to launch 3 more military spy satellites, build more nukes next year: state media
3. Sacked N. Korean military official returns to No. 2 post of military
4. U.S. warns N. Korea's space rocket launches flout U.N. Security Council resolutions
5. Yoon to give live New Year's address
6. S. Korean shipbuilders rank 2nd in new global orders in 2023: data
7. N.K. leader says 2 Koreas are 'hostile nations at war' with no chance of unification
8. North Korea's Kim vows to launch 3 more spy satellites and produce more nuclear materials in 2024
9. South Korea's capital records heaviest single-day snowfall in December for 40 years
10. More turbulent inter-Korean relations expected in 2024