Small Wars Journal

2/20/2022 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 02/20/2022 - 12:24pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Biden and Putin are live-blogging a pre-war
2. How ten false flag narratives were promoted by pro-Kremlin media
3. A new era of transparent warfare beckons
4. Does the U.S.-Russia Crisis Over Ukraine Prove That the Cold War Never Ended?
5. American Self-censorship (appeasing China)
6. Opinion | Biden has rebuilt the Western alliance
7. Who needs an invasion? Putin's offensive against Ukraine has been underway for a long time
8. Russian troops will remain indefinitely, says Belarus, as fears rise of Ukraine invasion
9. West plans to arm resistance if Russian forces occupy Ukraine
10. Mysterious ‘Z’ Painted on Russian Tanks Closing in on Ukraine Border
11. Russian State TV Is So Ridiculous Right Now It Looks Like a Farce
12. Perspective | Evacuating U.S. embassies in a crisis just leaves us uninformed
13. What Nato is doing to prevent a Russia-Ukraine war and what it could do if there is an invasion
14. Putin is forcing the West to confront a 'new normal.' He may not like it.
15. Former top Trump Russia adviser details the sharp contrast between the former President and Biden
16. Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history
17. Mainers among them, ‘Ghost Army’ tricked Nazis to give Allies an edge
18. Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints
19. Don't slip into the 'lazy analogy' of referring Quad as Asian NATO, says Jaishankar
20. Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing question whether Pentagon distorted investigation findings
21. Is NATO A Dead Man Walking? – OpEd
22. The Key to Blunting Russia’s Strategic Victory in Ukraine and Beyond? Irregular Warfare

Korean News Content:

1. A 91-year-old North Korean loyalist’s lonely battle against a long-dead U.S. general
2. Yoon says N. Korea could carry out provocations while U.S. is focused on Ukraine
3. Three Potential Whistleblowers Drop Dead in Vicious Presidential Race in South Korea
4. Chinese blogger charged with insulting Korean War dead
5. Kim Jong Un besieged by crowd of North Korean soldiers at farm opening
6. Japan and South Korea in row over mines that used forced labour
7. North Korea’s accelerated nuclear ambitions
8. We must not allow North Korea's crimes to slip off the radar
9. UN special rapporteur meets with relatives of victims of North
10. Calls growing to embrace nuclear energy amid surging energy costs, Ukraine uncertainty
11.  China Has Nurtured Dangerous North Korea
12. Why North Korea's Missiles Are a Growing Threat to US Military Bases