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National Security News Content:

1. In a provocative choice, China picks an athlete with a Uyghur name to help light the cauldron.
2. President Biden Announces 3 Key Nominees (including Ambassador to the Philippines)
3. Opinion | How China followed Nazi Germany’s Hollywood playbook
4. ISIS Loses Its Leader as Biden Navigates Global Crises
5. New World Order Or Hidden Power Struggle? Experts Assess The Future Of Chinese-Russian Relations
6.  Michael Flynn Is Still at War
7. U.S. Carrier Group, Two Amphibious Ready Groups Drill in Philippine Sea with Japan
8. Despite Force Redesign, The Marine Corps Says It Still Needs Its Big Amphibious Warships. In Fact, It Needs Over 30.
9. The fight for UNCLOS is back with the Indo-Pacific in mind
10. Biden must learn from the JCPOA's mistakes | Opinion
11. What Will Stop the Islamic Republic of Iran
12. Americans can't get over hating the Russians, ever
13. A war with Russia would be unlike anything the US and NATO have ever experienced
14. Islamic State Leader Killed in US Raid. Where Does This Leave the Terrorist Group?
15. FDD | Turkey a Step Closer to Suspension From the Council of Europe
16. Did killing ISIS’s leader make the U.S. safer?
17. How China’s Growing Clout Led Hollywood to Look for a New Villain
18. G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
19. My secret life as a Mossad operative
20. China Can’t Carry the Russian Economy
21. Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others
 

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea unwilling to give up nuclear weapons, U.S. should consider other options: Bolton
2. US: Former NSA John Bolton asserts North Korea unlikely to give up nuclear weapons
3. North Korea arrests teacher and students for ‘capitalist’ dance moves
4. Top presidential candidates tackle Thaad, North Korea in first debate
5. Beijing Olympics: Depiction of hanbok-clad woman as 'minority in China' angers Koreans
6. US, 8 other countries urge UNSC to condemn North Korean missile test
7. China might supply Iranian crude oil to N.Korea: CRS
8. Diplomacy with North Korea: A Status Report
9. One American Hacker Suddenly Took Down North Korea’s Internet—All Of It
10. North Korea: How the pandemic has helped Kim Jong-Un tighten control of an unvaccinated and starving nation
11. ＜Interview with North Korean Residents＞ "Missile launches are pressure on the U.S. More should be done," People Say.
12. Kim Jong-un’s Weight Loss Noted in New North Korean Propaganda Video
13. Opinion | North Korea’s rogue behavior won’t end on its own
14. Kim returns with threats; & What is to be done?
 

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National Security News Content:

1. U.S. warns China against helping Russia evade Ukraine-related sanctions ahead of Xi-Putin meeting
2. Inside Biden’s decision to target ISIS’s elusive leader
3. Delta Force kills leader of ISIS in counterterrorism raid
4. Foreign Disinformation: What the US Government Can Start Doing Now
5. FDD | IAEA Makes Vital Push for Improved Safeguards
6. Islamic State’s ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him
7. The New Worst Deal in History (Iran)
8. U.S. Says Russia Is Planning to Fabricate a Pretext to Invade Ukraine
9. Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang 
10. Ukraine, Taiwan, and strategic smarts
11. Islamic State’s emir dead after U.S. military raid in Syria
12. U.S. Security Assistance to Burkina Faso Laid the Groundwork for a Coup
13. The Bully in the Bubble: Putin and the Perils of Information Isolation
14. Troop-to-Task: A Russian Invasion of Ukraine
15. Invading Ukraine would be a terrible idea for Putin. He might do it anyway.
16. Russia Couldn’t Occupy Ukraine if It Wanted to
17. Airborne Almighty: Examining the Role of Static Line Jumps in Army Special Operations
18. White House on Ukraine and Syria: If you don’t trust us, then f--k you
19. Learning the Wrong Lessons: Biases, the Rejection of History, and Single-Issue Zealotry in Modern Military Thought
20. The Reason Putin Would Risk War
21. Reds: Russian and Chinese spies under every rockReds: Russian and Chinese spies under every rock
22. The Rise Of A Sovereign Digital Currency In ChinaThe Rise Of A Sovereign Digital Currency In China

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea’s Renewed Trajectory: Kim’s Priority Is Status As A Powerful Nuclear State
2. Readout of Japan, Republic of Korea and U.S. Defense Trilateral Call
3. U.S. closely engaged with allies, partners to denuclearize Korean Peninsula: State Dept.
4. North Korea cracks down on ‘vicious capitalist’ loan sharks
5. Moon's peace initiative becomes elusive as Beijing Games begins
6. A botched peace process
7. North may restore rail commerce with Russia to boost trade
8. North Korean Olympics message may signal halt to missile tests: analysts
9. Anti-epidemic task force conducts surprise inspection in Saebyol County
10. North Korea orders the construction of specialized hospitals to combat viruses
11. N. Korea to hold major parliamentary session this weekend after missile volley
12. Kim Jong Un Gallops on White Stallion in Ludicrous Video
13. South Korean presidential candidates spar over need for more THAAD missile defense
 

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National Security News Content:

1. US forces launch raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead
2.The Untold Story of the Ukraine Crisis
3. The Wagner Group Is Heading Closer to Ukraine: Who Are They?
4. Russia's Putin accuses the U.S. of trying to drag him into war
5. On Taiwan invasion, China taking notes from Putin
6. The West Has Responded to Russia’s Ultimatum. Is It Enough?
7. How Would the American Public Respond to a Russian Invasion of Ukraine?
8. Solid-Propellant Motor Test Proves Iran’s Continuing Missile Advancement
9. Germany helps Putin with its double standard on arms exports
10. Is the Future of the Persian Gulf Chinese?
11. FDD | Canada must hold Iran accountable for downing of Ukrainian airliner
12. Opinion | Europe Thinks Putin Is Planning Something Even Worse Than War
13. Biden to meet with 'Quad' leaders during trip to Asia amid rising tension with China
14. The World Shrugs and the Games Go On
15. How China views the Ukraine crisis
16. Russia and China's private internets are the ideal forts for cyberattacks
17. Russia-U.S. Standoff Over Ukraine Raises Questions About Endgame
18. China's biggest Lunar New Year release is another Korean War propaganda movie
19. A Blast from the Past? The Role of Maritime Sabotage in Strategic Competition
20. Biden defense nominations: A disappointing first year status report
21. Islamic State Leader Killed During U.S. Raid in Syria, Biden Says
22. Why Ukraine Matters to the U.S.
23. Handling a Hybrid War in Ukraine
24. The US Army's Best: Why You Have No Shot In Joining Green Berets

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. focused on joint defense readiness with S. Korea: Pentagon
2. U.N. panel OKs yearlong sanctions waiver for S. Korean civic group's COVID-19 aid to N. Korea
3. Seoul keeps close eye on possible messages from N. Korea at parliamentary meeting: official
4. North Korea is Using Time to Perfect its Nuclear and Missile Programs
5. Biden Must Recalibrate Policy on North Korea
6. North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
7. Wendy Sherman denounces N. Korean missile tests in talks with S. Korean, Japanese counterparts
8. North Korea documentary makes rare admission that country is in the midst of ‘food crisis’
9. North Korea Is Becoming an Asset for China
10. South Korea’s Pursuit of an End of War Declaration Amidst the Unfinished Task of POW and Abductee Repatriation
11. Conventional forces a threat as dangerous as North Korea’s missiles, expert warns
12. North Korea mocks US overtures for diplomacy in wake of January missile tests
13. N.Korea Goes Missile-Crazy
14. S. Korea detects no notable sign of N.K. preparation for ICBM launch
15. High demand for illegal Chinese phones in North Korea as trade resumes

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National Security News Content:

1.  Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February
2. Taiwan Can't Wait - What America Must Do To Prevent a Successful Chinese Invasion
3. Putin accuses U.S. of trying to lure Russia into war
4. Russia Confronts Ukraine With Upgraded Military Rebuilt After Soviet Collapse
5. FBI Director Wray says scale of Chinese spying in the U.S. 'blew me away'
6. Chandran Nair on White Privilege in International Relations
7. Ukrainians building up resistance in case Russia attacks
8. Keeping Pace in the Gray Zone: Recommendations for the U.S. Intelligence Community
9. If Putin wins, it’s not only Ukraine that loses
10. U.S. Sends Top Security Official to Help NATO Brace for Russian Cyberattacks
11. When Redlines Fail - The Promise and Peril of Public Threats
12. Ukraine: China’s Burning Bridge to Europe?
13. Secret air defense system downs Houthi ballistic missile
14. Read the Books That Schools Want to Ban
15. Ukrainian democracy is under threat — why every American should care
16. What happened to the drone war?
17. Olympics poll: A diplomatic boycott is fine, but sponsors’ withdrawal would be better
18. Thousands Of Russian Intellectuals, Activists Urge Kremlin To Avoid 'Immoral' War With Ukraine
19. Another Flotilla Of Russian Warships Is About To Enter The English Channel
20. Why Americans should care about the Russia-Ukraine standoff
21. The fractured diplomacy of countering terrorism
22. The US and NATO must act forcefully against Russian aggression

Korean News Content:

1.  Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February KOREA
2. South Korea’s ‘Doves’ Seek Peace Through Strength
3. A Primer on North Korea’s Hwasong-12 ‘Guam Killer’ Ballistic Missile
4. N. Korea renews call for U.S. to end 'hostile policy'
5. North's barrage of missile tests raises alarm bells
6. US asks UN to meet on North Korea’s long-range missile test
7. Why the Kim regime just won’t die: a primer
8. Kim Jong Un's wife Ri Sol Ju makes first public appearance in five months
9. N. Korean leader Kim attends concert glorifying his power
10. Why did Egypt choose to buy South Korea’s K9 howitzer?
11. Yearly ‘battle’ begins in North Korea over human waste for fertilizer
12. Blinken condemns N. Korean missile launch in call with Japanese counterpart
13. U.N. secretary-general condemns N. Korea's latest missile launch: statement
14. What North Korea’s Missile Testing Means for the Korean Peninsula
15. Opinion - North Korea, Perpetual Victim of the US Military-Industrial Complex
 

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February 1, 2022 | FDD Tracker: January 12, 2022-February 1, 2022

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February

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National Security News Content:

1. Bomb shelters, guerrilla war: Building Ukraine's resistance
2. Gross Misinformation: we have no idea what we're doing or what we did
3. China eyes 'armed unification' with Taiwan by 2027: key academic
4. How Russia conducts false flag operations
5. Over 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials killed since US pullout: UN
6. Russia's one-sided reporting and blatant disinformation
7. How Irish Fishermen Took on the Russian Fleet and Won
8. Much Ado About Competition: The Logic and Utility of Competitive Strategy
9. Navy prepares F-35C recovery op in South China Sea as Japan issues salvage notice
10.  If Red Hill Crisis Drags On, Hawaii May Not Renew Military Base Leases
11. Powell’s Fed has Asia bracing for a crash
12. US military drills with Pacific allies send a message to China, expert says
13. The United States must put the Navy first
14. The Problem with Permitting Putin’s “Sphere of Influence”
15. The Betrayal (Afghanistan) by George Packer
16. Both the Right and Left Have Illiberal Factions. Which Is More Dangerous?
17. Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan vs. Spotify
18.  Biden Administration Backs Levant Energy Deal That Violates Bipartisan Caesar Sanctions
19. What the Ukraine Crisis Looks Like from Beijing
20. 'No war pls' — Gen Z is spamming Putin's Instagram asking him not to start World War III
21. FBI chief: Threat from China 'more brazen' than ever before
22. America Is Stronger Than It Looks
23. Opinion | How Do You Respond When an Anti-Vaxxer Dies of Covid?
24. What Are Hypersonic Missiles and Who’s Developing Them?
 

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. says it is seeking diplomacy, other measures, over N. Korea's missile launches
2. Korean Unification: What Would It Actually Take?
3. North Koreans forced to attend lectures to solidify personality cult of Kim family
4. North Korea documentary shows limping Kim as he tackles 'worst-ever hardships'
5. Cyber-hacking as a Means of “Self-reliance”
6. North Korea's Kim Jong Un blasts his way onto Biden's foreign policy agenda
7. 'Big dates, big fireworks': North Korea signals more launches as anniversaries loom
8. Kim Jong Un Is Ready to Exploit U.S. Distraction in Ukraine
9. North Korea Tests Longest-Range Missile Since 2017
10. North Korea ranks 174th among 180 countries on corruption index: report
11. What Mandate Will South Korea's Next President Have?
12. Biden mulls visit to S. Korean in late May: news report
13. (South Korea) Air Force creates 'future planning center' for tech-based defense strategy
14. Politically Isolated North Korea Garners Support From Two Nuclear Powers At UN – OpEd
15. How to Get North Korea to Negotiate over Its Nuclear Weapons and Missiles
 

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National Security News Content:

1. Russia’s choice on Ukraine narrows to war or humiliation
2. Ukraine to the world: keep calm and stop spreading panic
3. Russia, US, Ukraine to square off at UN Security Council
4. F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and Explored Hacking U.S. Phones
5. Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.
6. Opinion | My Young Mind Was Disturbed by a Book. It Changed My Life.
7. US sends Osprey to South China Sea on crashed F-35C jet salvage mission, Chinese think tank says on Twitter
8. How to Solve the Three Problems With Getting Our Afghan Allies Out
9. FDD | Terrorists Benefit from Qatar’s Goodwill and Charity
10. Can America Rebuild Its Power in Asia?
11.  Keep NATO’s Door Open to Ukraine
12. Master of Deterrence
13. Iran’s regime executed two men based on anti-gay charges
14. Chinese State Media’s Global Influence(r) Operation
15. Britain warns Russia of sanctions on oligarchs if Ukraine is invaded
16. LET’S TWEET, GRANDMA – Weaponizing the Social to Create Information Security
17. Hackers for Hire: Proxy Warfare in the Cyber Realm
18. Stuck without housing, Afghan evacuees languish inside D.C.-area hotel rooms
19. China’s Real Challenge Is Not Military
20. Cyberattacks increasingly hobble pandemic-weary US schools
21. The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin’s Ear
22. Biden releases new statement on Navy SEAL vet held hostage by Taliban - here it is
23. State Department rebuffs Chinese propaganda on U.S. undermining Olympics
24. Pro-Moscow separatists once marched in this Ukraine border city. Now it’s standing against Russia.

Korean News Content:

1.​ N. Korea confirms test of missile capable of striking Guam​
2. Hwasong-12 Ground-to-Ground Intermediate-range Ballistic Missile Held for Evaluation (north Korea official statement)
3. North Korea missile tests: Photos from space released
4. Kim Jong Un wants the world to know he still matters. Seven missile tests in a month may prove it
5. N.K. missile frenzy highlights 'go-it-alone' drive for weapons buildup: analysts
6. North Korea's Hwasong-12 IRBM Missile Test: The Road Back to 2017?
7. US worried North Korea could return to nuclear and ICBM tests
8. Tank attached to famous North Korean armored division suffers serious accident
9. How Kim Jong Un runs the world’s most successful failed state
10. Defense minister visits Army missile command to check combat readiness
11. Korea urged to explore ways to reduce China reliance
12. Korea Has Surpassed Japan in Per Capita GDP
13. North Korea's IRBM Missile Test: What Is Kim Jong Un's Goal?
14. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Plummeting Won Causes Market Confusion; Panicked Authorities Crack Down on Black Market Money Changers. There are fears of inflation too.
 

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National Security News Content:

1. The Army in 2022: Not Ready for Major Theater War
2. American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Charged with Providing Material Support to a Terrorist Organization
3. FDD | Administration Urges Congress to Fund Semiconductor Production Amid New Data on Shortages
4. Iran nuclear talks in Vienna won't result in a better deal | Opinion
5. IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers
6. The Russia-Ukraine Crisis Need Not Spiral Into War
7. Is the Biden administration seeking to rejoin controversial UN agency accused of aiding Iran and North Korea
8. In Eastern Ukraine’s Largest City, Pro-Russia Sympathies Wither as War Looms
9. Biden aides have Situation Room fight about China policy
10. On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in Kabul
11. In eastern Ukraine, war-weary soldiers and civilians await Russia's next move
12. Stopping Putin Means Hitting Him Where It Really Hurts
13. U.S. Isn’t Ready for Nuclear Rivalry With China and Russia
14. China Closely Watching Western Handling Of Ukrainian-Russian Tensions
15. "Military Conflict": China Just Threatened the US with War over Taiwan
16. From Washington to Trump to Biden, new presidents meet unwanted foreign crises
17. Russian Force Posture around Ukraine in BTGS as of January 25, 2022

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea fires intermediate-range ballistic missile toward East Sea: S. Korean military
2. North Korea Fires Medium-Range Missile, Its Most Powerful Test in Years
3. North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Appears to Be Its Boldest in Years
4. North Korea fires its longest-range missile since 2017, the latest in a string of test launches
5. Moon says North Korea inches closer to scrapping ICBM moratorium
6. China-Russia drills near Japan hint at burgeoning military ties (note Korea relationship)
7. Yoon pledges additional THAAD deployment after N.K. launch
8. S. Korean nuke envoy holds phone talks with U.S., Japanese counterparts over N.K. missile
9. U.S. condemns N. Korean missile launch, urges Pyongyang to refrain from further provocations
10. Moon says North Korea’s latest missile launch ‘breach of UN security council resolution’
11. Women in the Workplace in North Korea
12.  North Korea Is Preparing to Confront the US in 2022
13. North Korean officials import luxury foods ahead of Lunar New Year
14.  ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Many people are released from prison under the Great Amnesty.
15. How do N. Koreans celebrate Lunar New Year?