Small Wars Journal

8/13/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 08/13/2024 - 8:31am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Israel Puts Military on High Alert as U.S. Sends Assets to Middle East
2. Why Ukraine’s Surprise Incursion on Russia Should Give Hope By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, William Taylor, Barry McCaffrey, James Clapper and Stephen Henriques
3. How China and North Korea could reunite as comrades in war
4. Tim Walz Has Always Been Consistent on China
5. All troops to get baseline cognitive testing in bid to treat traumatic injuries: Dept. of Defense
6. Love the army, defend the motherland: how China is pushing military education on children
7. The one policy conservatives across the world say will fix men: mandatory military service
8. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, August 12, 2024
9. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12, 2024
10. Is the Deal Between Palantir Technologies and Microsoft a Game-Changer?
11. Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation
12. The CIA Sent Him Deep Undercover to Spy on Islamic Radicals. It Cost Him Everything
13. The US tried to fix its foreign military sales system. Did it work?
14. Progressives jostle for nat sec jobs under Harris
15. Foreign investors pulled record amount of money from China in second quarter
16. China Overproduction Surge Gives Global South Pneumonia
17. Ukrainian Soldiers Describe Rapid Offensive Across Border as Russians Fled
18. National-security workforce needs young people, former NSA chief says
19. China Is in Denial About the War in Ukraine
20. Beyond Fusion: Preparing for Systems Rivalry (China)
21. The Hard Power Behind Olympic Triumph
22. Nuclear sub captain armed with doomsday weapons made sex tape with junior sailor at sea

Korean News Content:

1. How China and North Korea could reunite as comrades in war
2. The Challenges Faced by Resettled North Korean Escapees in South Korea
3. Sanctioned N. Korean official handling missile programs attends arms exhibition in Moscow: report
4. Hanwha Aerospace's K9 Thunder successfully tests US M982 Excalibur 155mm precision shells in Arizona
5. US Army conduct swift deployment drill in South KoreaUS Army conduct swift deployment drill in South Korea
6.  Sent to flood-ravaged areas, North Korean soldiers steal supplies, townspeople say
7. The issue of North Korean defectors being repatriated by surprise will be discussed at the UN later this month
8. White House: “Cannot Confirm Reports That North Korean Missiles Were Involved in Russian Attack”
9. Germany's membership in UN Command signals commitment to Indo-Pacific  
10. N. Korea slams top U.S. officials' op-ed on Biden's diplomat feats
11. Russia sends hundreds of goats to N. Korea amid deepening bilateral ties
12. Yoon voices frustration over 'national foundation day' controversy
13. Pres. Yoon replaces defense minister and NSO chief
14. North Korea reports 'fierce' heat as peninsula bakes
15. What Uganda has that North Korea does not
16. Chinese authorities warn of possible North Korean landmine displacement due to floods, notify residents "Do not go to the riverbank”
17. Wildfire erupts in Paju with North Korean trash balloon suspected as cause
18. Enact a Korean version of FARA