Small Wars Journal

9/22/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 09/22/2024 - 11:52am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. On Ukraine’s Snake Island, the Heart of the Battle for the Black Sea

2. In the Shadow of War: The Promise and Peril of Covert Action

3. Back to the Cold War: Russia uses Mexico as a hub for spying on the U.S.

4. Biden hosts his final Quad summit at his Delaware home, high school

5. Did Shohei Ohtani just play the single greatest baseball game ever?

6. The National Guard is in the crosshairs. Congress can save it

7. How a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War

8. I Survived Hamas Captivity, but I’m Not Yet Free

9. Ukraine Hits 2 More Russian Munition Depots, Aiming to Disrupt War Effort

10. From Crisis to Comeback: The Army is Turning the Tide on Recruitment

11. As Taliban starts restricting men too, some regret not speaking up sooner

12. Fact Sheet: 2024 Quad Leaders’ Summit

13. The Wilmington Declaration Joint Statement from the Leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States

14. Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

15. Who's Afraid of Vladimir Putin? by Sir Lawrence Freedman

16. Volodymyr Zelensky Has a Plan for Ukraine’s Victory

17. How Does the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ End?

18. Report:  Hezbollah pagers were detonated individually;  attackers knew who and where the target was

19. Xi Jinping’s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ risks driving his bullied neighbours into enemy hands

20. New Zealand’s Army Chief: Pacific Nations Need Tailored Military Training

21. World leaders are gathering in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. The outlook is gloomy

22. Why Meta is now banning Russian propaganda

23. Chief of Naval Operations Discusses Navigation Plan 2024

24. The weaponization of everything has begun

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong Un Will Have His October Surprise

2. Kim Jong Un Offers Tepid Praise to China as He Cozies Up to Russia

3. N. Korea's Kim vows to develop friendly ties with China

4. Yoon returns home from Czech trip focused on nuclear energy cooperation

5. Yoon recommends watching Netflix's 'Officer Black Belt'

6. Editorial: Commander-in-chief should lead with caution on North Korea's nuclear threat

7. South Korea expands Middle East defense exports with $2.63B Iraq deal

8. Quad denounces North Korea's nuclear pursuit in Wilmington Declaration

9. Quad leaders decry N.K. missile launches, reaffirm 'complete' Korean Peninsula denuclearization goal

10. Video shows enormous explosion at Russian ammunition depot that Ukraine says housed munitions from North Korea

11. N. Korea's top diplomat says will not overlook any hostile acts

12. The iconic democracy fighter’s last words