Small Wars Journal

8/20/2021 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 08/20/2021 - 9:25am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1.  Confidential State Department Cable in July Warned of Afghanistan’s Collapse
2. As US military sticks to airport, British and French forces are rescuing their citizens in Kabul: reports
3. Afghan officer who fought with US forces rescued from Kabul
4. U.S. position on Taiwan unchanged despite Biden comment - official
5. How News Organizations Got Afghan Colleagues Out of Kabul
6. Failure in Afghanistan Won’t Weaken America’s Alliances
7. Will Afghanistan Become a Terrorist Safe Haven Again?
8. What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban
9. Evacuation proceeds, but fears of Taliban reprisal soar
10. US struggles to speed Kabul airlift
11. President Biden will speak Friday on the troubled evacuation effort.
12. How a Technology Revolution Powered the Taliban's Return
13. The Panjshir Afghanistan Resistance is No Coincidence
14. Harris' Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse
15. How the Taliban won: They leveraged Afghan history and culture
16. Taliban Takeover: Panjshir Valley Holdouts Offer Peace Deal to Taliban
17. CNN continues hammering Biden over Afghan turmoil: 'If this isn't failure, what does failure look like?'
18. Army Special Forces want to integrate more with other military units on info warfare
19. Lost trust in the US? One country differs.
20. Irregular Warfare is Great Power Competition - Part 2
21. Asymmetric Warfare and Military Modernization in the Philippines
22. Tsai says Taiwan needs to be stronger
23. Taiwan Wants Paladins. Congress Should Say No
24. As Chinese Vaccines Stumble, U.S. Finds New Opening in Asia
25. Opinion | Here’s why the U.S. national security apparatus keeps producing failures
26. Chinese espionage tool exploits vulnerabilities in 58 widely used websites
 

Korean News Content:

1. Biden says S. Korea, Taiwan fundamentally different from Afghanistan
2. Biden administration values alliances as 'profound source of strength': State Department
3. Ongoing S. Korea-U.S. exercise optimal for war preparations: defense chief
4. US struggles to speed Kabul airlift
5. President Biden will speak Friday on the troubled evacuation effort.
6. Biden Sends Nuclear Envoy to Seoul Amid North Korea Threats
7. S. Korean nuke envoy to hold talks with U.S., Russian counterparts on N. Korea
8. WHO to allot 3 million Chinese vaccine doses to North Korea
9. Kimchi's new Chinese name has become the epicenter of a cultural war ... again
10. South Koreans Now Dislike China More Than They Dislike Japan
11. North Korea could be getting ready to test weapons, South Korea report indicates
12. Korean War foundation waits on long-overdue names from DOD for remembrance wall
13. Trump praises his relationship with Kim Jong Un for preventing nuclear war
14. Analysis: What Does Fall of Kabul Mean for North Korea?