Small Wars Journal

12/18/2021 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 12/18/2021 - 9:41am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Readout of Defense Policy Board Meeting
2. Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm
3. Foreign Disinformation Stokes Fears of Violence in US
4. Veterans and bi-partisan group of lawmakers look forward to Afghan war commission
5. Keeping the Wrong Secrets
6. Intel: Final defense bill gives Congress more oversight of US Syria policy
7. Xi and Putin’s Summit for Autocracy
8. The Solomon Islands Crisis Shows America Needs a New Pacific Strategy
9. The real trouble with Ukraine | Hew Strachan
10. Opinion | We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe
11. Russia Ukraine: Moscow lists demands for defusing Ukraine tensions
12. Agreement On Measures To Ensure The Security Of The Russian Federation And Member States Of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
13. Chinese Spies Accused of Using Huawei in Secret Australia Telecom Hack
14. This Army Reservist’s Formula Predicts the Inside Layout of Buildings from Satellite Photos
15. US accuses Chinese tech firms, research institutes of weaponizing biotechnology, creating 'brain-control weaponry'
16. The End of the Afghanistan War Was Even Worse Than Anyone Realized
17. At Least 458 U.S. Crimes Tied to Extremism Involved Veterans, Active Duty Troops
18. The American People Want Realism And Restraint
19. Navy: No Honorable Discharge for Maverick Marine Scheller
20. Opinion | 3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection
21. The March of the New American Leninists
22. Obituaries in Fayetteville, NC - Renay Mandel Corren

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong Un’s decade in power: Starvation, repression and brutal rule – just like his father and grandfather
2. Any change to USFK troop levels will be subject to joint decision with S. Korea: Pentagon
3. U.S. seeks step-by-step approach to denuclearization of N. Korea: Sullivan
4. What Kim Jong Un's decade in power means for North Korea and the world
5. North Korea is like a time-bomb set into motion
6. Kim Yo-jong, sister of N. Korean leader, believed to have been promoted
7. Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing
8. After 10 years, Kim III faces multiple Catch-22s
9. Allies Need More Diplomatic Dialogue To Peacefully Denuclearize The Korean Peninsula – Analysis
10. New Jersey Monk, a Revered War Hero, Is Candidate for Sainthood