7/15/2021 Korean and National Security News and Commentary
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Korean News Table of Contents:
1. Ri Yong-gil may be North's defense minister
2. North Korea cites sanctions as obstacles to meeting U.N. development goals
3. Nearly Half of North Korea's Population Is Undernourished
4. North Korea Takes UN Hypocrisy to New Heights
5. N.K. media denounces Japan's wartime sexual slavery as war crime with 'no statute of limitations'
6. Tunnel discovery at the DMZ, a monumental achievement by the Far East District
7. Outgoing acting U.S. ambassador says he takes pride in decadeslong service in Korea affairs
8. NSC checks progress in U.S. military base return projects
9. Border-area Army base accounts for most US military COVID-19 cases in South Korea
10. Ri Pyong-chol fired by Kim for negligence
11. South Korea Seeks to Move Up Its Spot in Global Space Race
12. 'Work from home vulnerable to North Korea's cyberattacks'
13. North Hamgyong Province residents receive a week's worth of rice provisions
14. Mongolia and the Korea Conflict
15. North Koreans with COVID-19 symptoms are dying after being released from quarantine facilities
16. Kim Jong-un holidays on luxury party boat as North Koreans face famine and Covid
National Security News Table of Contents:
1. Leon Panetta: The Afghanistan war lessons that we cannot forget
2. Biden’s nominee for Pentagon weapons chief withdraws
3. As Allied Forces Leave Afghanistan, The Taliban Keep Up Its Surge
4. Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power
5. Huge Military Exercise Kicks Off in Australia Amid Tensions with China
6. Pushing Beyond Sex Assault, Gillibrand Faces Resistance to Military Bill
7. Guard training could be cancelled as political fights delay reimbursement for Capitol Hill mission
8. Statement From Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Welcoming Home General Scott Miller
9. Putting the Sting in the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy: A Vision for the Future of the MAGTF
10. The Uyghur Chronicles: Escaping the Genocide in Xinjiang
11. Biden administration launching operation to help relocate Afghans who helped United States
12. Fact check: Biden's dubious claim that 'the law doesn't allow' Afghan translators to be evacuated to US while they wait for visas
13. The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An 'Urgent Threat'
14. Mapping the Taliban Offensive in Afghanistan
15. Cuba and Haiti upheaval could mean twin migration crises
16. Opinion | After the Cuba protests, a regime shows its true colors
17. Can the Black Rifle Coffee Company Become the Starbucks of the Right?
18. China-US contest will come down to education
19. What Russia’s National Security Strategy Has to Say About Asia
20. The myth of ethical AI in war
21. Pakistan to Host Afghan Leaders for Peace Talks
22. We need a better defense — and tougher offense — to combat Russia's hacks
23. Philippines Thankful For US Resolve To Defend Manilas South China Sea Claims
24. A Navy Admiral Who Reads 100 Books A Year Reveals The Essence Of Leadership
The State of Special Operations Forces: A Conversation with Rep. Stephanie Murphy
Access the CSIS Video on You Tube HERE.
It is worth the 45 minutes to hear Congressman Murphy’s inspirational story of her family’s escape from Vietnam and their subsequent arrival in the US and her remarks about the debt of gratitude her family has for the US and the US military. And in the 45 minute discussion she covers a lot of important ground about USSOCOM and special operations, CT, Afghanistan, great power competition, China, ethics, and information operations.
Below is the question I submitted but it was not asked. Talk amongst yourselves :-)
"Thank you Congressman Murphy for your remarks. I would like to ask you about the Congressional requirement in Section 1299L of the 2021 NDAA (Access it HERE) to establish a Department of Defense Functional Center for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare. Can you provide us Congress’ vision for establishing this center, what you expect of it and the contribution you believe it can make? It is my belief that Irregular Warfare is the military contribution to political Warfare and that Political Warfare is the dominant form of competition and conflict in Great Power Competition. Do you think a DOD IW center is sufficient or should there be a national level integrated effort with a center to focus on developing capabilities employing all the elements of power to solve complex security problems through education, research, assessment, strategy review, and coordination?"
Joint Special Operations University: JSOU Research Topics 2022
Link: https://jsou.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=62236808
The Special Operations Research Topics 2022 publication highlights a wide range of topics collaboratively developed and prioritized by experts throughout the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community. The topics in these pages are intended to guide research projects for Joint Professional Military Education students, JSOU faculty and students, and others writing about special operations during this academic year. This research will provide a better understanding of complex issues and opportunities for growth, and contribute to the evolution of the way SOF leaders think.
7/14/2021 Korean and National Security News
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Korean News Table of Contents:
1. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July - Korea
2. Cheong Wa Dae reports 1st coronavirus infection among its staffers
3. N. Korea says its food production down to 10-year low in 2018
4. N.K. propaganda outlets decry calls to abolish gender ministry, keeps mum on scrapping unification ministry
5. Labor union of unification ministry voices 'strong regret' over calls to scrap ministry
6. Moon still hoping for summit with Suga: Blue House
7. Gov't leaflet defense is pooh-poohed abroad
8. Monument in Benin has North Korean fingerprints
9. Reserve training canceled on COVID-19 surges
10. No signs that North Korea plans to demolish South Korean structures at the Mt. Kumgang tourism zone
11. Kim Jong Un grapples with the worst crisis in his reign so far: A crippled economy, no COVID-19 vaccines and food shortages
12. Coronavirus Has Arrived in North Korea: Pray You Never See That Headline
13. North Korea Is a Chemical Weapons Superpower Thanks to VX
14. China’s Overrated Role in Korean Peninsula Problems
15. In Seoul center, N Korean defectors find solace with locals
16. North Korea is making married women build cement blocks so it can complete a border wall with China in the next 3 months, report says
17. Is South Korea Going Global? New Possibilities Together With the Biden Administration
18. Lessons from South Korea’s approach to tackling disinformation
19. An Uprising of Despair in Cuba
National Security News Table of Contents:
1. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July
2. A dozen of Biden’s national security nominees are on hold in the Senate
3. Warren Extracts Agreement for Nominees to Refuse Defense Industry Work for 4 Years
4. Ending Chaos in Haiti Is Not a Job for U.S. Troops by James Stavridis
5. JSOC’s former top enlisted soldier is one of 60 ‘Black Hawk Down’ award upgrades
6. Information Warfare Looms Larger in Russia’s New Security Strategy
7. Japan’s new defense whitepaper issues warnings over Taiwan’s security, climate change
8. Kristi Noem’s National Guard Deployment Is America’s Future
9. On the Eve of Destruction
10. Give combatant commanders the tools to innovate
11. Interpreting Sun Tzu: The Art of Failure?
12. China’s Belt and Road won’t readily reach Afghanistan
13. Cuba Doesn’t Know How to Handle the New Protests
14. Opinion | The War That Made Our World
15. Israeli tech sets yet another record, raising $11.9 billion in H1 of 2021
16. Iranian intelligence agents plotted brazen abduction of Brooklyn dissident journalist, U.S. prosecutors say
17. A new US-Europe rare earths supply chain is using a “very Chinese model” to counter China
18. FDD | Matthew Pottinger Named Chairman Of China Program At Foundation For Defense Of Democracies
19. National security and cybercrime: This is not your grandpa's battleground
20. Is the internet the most potent radicalization tool ever invented?
21. Xinhua Commentary: U.S. poses gravest threat to peace in South China Sea
22. Why has Cuba exploded in protests? It goes beyond the U.S. embargo and the pandemic
23. ‘The White House is finally paying attention’: Cuba’s protests force Biden’s hand
24. ‘There’s No Turning Back:’ Cuban Dissidents Feel Emboldened Despite Crackdown
25. An Uprising of Despair in Cuba
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July
The FDD Foreign Policy Tracker can be accessed HERE.
July 14, 2021 | FDD Tracker: July 1 – 14, 2021
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July
David Adesnik
Senior Fellow and Director of Research
Trend Overview
Edited by David Adesnik
Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker, where FDD’s experts and scholars assess the administration’s foreign policy every two weeks. As always, they provide trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they study. Russian cybercriminals launched a ransomware attack of unprecedented size in early July, just weeks after President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “responsible countries need to take action against criminals who conduct ransomware activities on their territory.” Moreover, if Russia fails to act, the United States may step in. Meanwhile, Chinese leader Xi Jinping marked the centennial of the Chinese Communist Party by warning that any attempt to subjugate his country would result in “heads bashed bloody against a Great Wall of steel.” In Iraq and Syria, Iran-backed militias attacked U.S. bases to show they were not intimidated by recent U.S. airstrikes. In Afghanistan, the Taliban continued to expand their control rapidly following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Check back in two weeks to see how the White House dealt with these challenges across the globe.