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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 23 (PUTIN'S WAR)
2. As Western Arms Pour Into Ukraine, Zelensky Promises Victory
3. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky Awaits Easter Visit From Top U.S. Official
4. The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia’s attack on Kyiv
5. Claymores: Bringing Russian Convoys to a Dead Halt
6. As Finland considers NATO membership, citizens mobilize for an invasion by Russia
7. Poor Quality Of Russian Officers And Soldiers Makes More Bucha-Type Crimes ‘Inevitable’ – OpEd
8. Leading Strategist Questions Russian Forces’ Ability To ‘Act Like A Western Army’ – Analysis
9. Pandemic chaos proves the world isn't prepared for biological warfare, experts say
10. How Kyiv was saved by Ukrainian ingenuity as well as Russian blunders
11. NATO Membership for Sweden Would Be ‘A Small Step For The Military, But A Giant Leap For The Political System’
12. State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine
13. Lloyd Austin presses hard on Ukraine — but quietly
14. NATO's SFA Operator Profile | SOF News
15. Aid groups helping Ukraine face both cyber and physical threats
16. The Embarrassing Truth Behind Putin’s War Failures
17. Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland
18. The Future of SOCOM’s ‘Killer Egg’
19. Czech companies to repair damaged Ukrainian tanks
20. Biden's escalating aid to Ukraine reflects a sea change in U.S. foreign policy
21. Putin's mighty war machine on the SCRAPHEAP
 

Korean News Content:

1. Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s Prosecutor-Turned-President, Wants a World That Follows the Rules
2. N. Korea likely to hold military parade at midnight, showcase latest ICBM: sources
3. Japan, South Korea look to salve ties that festered under Moon
4. Yoon's delegation arrives in Japan with letter outlining will for 'new relations'
5. N. Korea vows to expand relations with Russia on eve of summit anniversary
6. Yoon to commute to office from private home while official residence is renovated
7. Rethinking the Korea-Japan impasse
8. As world reopens, North Korea is one of two countries without vaccines
9. North Korea boasts of 'invincible power' world cannot ignore ahead of holiday
10. U.S. hasn’t stopped N. Korean gang from laundering its crypto haul
11. Surviving the ‘time machine’: Helping North Korean defectors to the South
12. In North Korea, a soldier’s biggest threat may be the censor
13. Beijing quiet as North Korea turns up the heat with missile tests

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 22 (PUTIN'S WAR)
2. UKRAINE INVASION UPDATE 24
3. Russian War Crimes in Ukraine | SOF News
4. Putin’s Struggles in Ukraine May Embolden Xi on Taiwan by Hal Brands
5. Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine
6. Ukraine now has more tanks on the ground than Russia: US official says
7. Operation Z: The Death Throes of an Imperial Delusion
8. Inside the elite Ukrainian drone unit founded by volunteer IT experts: 'We are all soldiers now.'
9. Army To Test Its Biggest Interactive Drone Swarm Ever Over Utah
10. Foreword—How to Evaluate the Modernized Russian Military’s Performance in Ukraine
11. FAA apologizes for Capitol parachutists incident that led to evacuation
12. Opinion | Can Sanctions Really Stop Putin?
13. Russia's ailing command: 'Bloated and slouching' Putin is seen gripping a table amid cancer battle rumours
14. He Was a Penniless Donor to the Far Right. He Was Also a Russian Spy.
15. Calling all weapons makers: Pentagon seeks new ideas to arm Ukraine
16. The next National Defense Strategy is coming. These seven points are key to understanding it.
17. Spy agency utilizes autistic analysts' unique skills
18. Russia Tried to Hold Ukraine’s Internet Hostage, Then SpaceX Stepped In
19. Pro-CCP inauthentic social media accounts shift focus to the Quad
20. ‘Voice of April’: Chinese netizens get creative to keep censored film on social media
21. Hackers Claim to Target Russian Institutions in Barrage of Cyberattacks and Leaks
22. What I learned in Ranger School helped me through a mental health crisis
23. U.N. Slapped Down Latest Taiwan Outreach Effort, Citing Chinese Talking Point
24. US firm purchases former Navy shipyard in Subic Bay, Philippines
25. Starlink fought off Russian jamming attack faster than the military could

Korean News Content:

1. Policy Experts Call for Strengthening U.S.-ROK Alliance and Korean Reunification 'End Goal' for Regional Security and Development
2. President-elect Yoon mourns passing of U.S. Korean War veteran
3. Yoon Seok-yeol’s rise from rebel prosecutor to president
4. South Korea, Japan need 'strong mediator' to work out differences, says former US ambassador
5. U.S.' approval rating jumps to 59 pct in S. Korea: poll
6. U.S. supports inter-Korean cooperation to create stability: State Dept.
7. North Korea nuclear test may be imminent as Kim amps up pressure
8. Biden to visit South Korea and Japan
9. Analysis: North Korea could ‘go small’ with tactical nukes
10. Departing South Korean Leader Exchanges Farewell Letters With Kim Jong-un
11. Koreans may be about to lose a year from their age. Here’s why
12. S​outh Korea’s Supreme Court ​Issues Landmark Ruling on Gay Sex
 

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National Security News Content:

1.  RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 21 (PUTIN'S WAR)
2. The Return of Statecraft – Back to Basics in the Post-American World
3. Ukraine Endgame: Putin’s Bad Options
4. North Korea’s sanctions evasion points way for Russians to bypass the west
5. White House appoints Ukraine security aid coordinator
6. Putin's Ukraine Nightmare Is Getting Worse: America Is Sending More Arms
7. How Ukraine's mud became a secret weapon in its defense against Russia
8. After 20,000 Dead Troops Putin Suddenly Claims to Care About Their Lives
9. Opinion | The only plausible path to keep the pressure on Russia
10. US Navy shoots down drone with electric-powered laser in historic first
11. Putin’s price for ending his war? A way to sell it as a victory – no matter the truth
12. Remarks By President Biden Providing an Update on Russia and Ukraine
13. Exclusive: Ex-CIA analyst says she ‘got bloodied’ in tangled U.S. war on Al Qaeda
14. 1st Special Forces Group Soldiers Experiment with Unmanned Battle Systems
15.  Remarks by President Biden Before Meeting with the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Combatant Commanders
16. What Does Joe Biden Hope to Achieve in Ukraine?
17.  NATO Must Welcome Ukraine
18. What Does the West Want in Ukraine?
19. Ukraine Can Win – The Case Against Compromise
20. What the PLA Is Learning From Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
21. The Endless War in Ukraine By Douglas Macgregor
22. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Why America Must Ensure Taiwan Is Included
23. Next Phase of War Will Be Pivotal for Russia and Ukraine, U.S. Says
24. FDD | China’s COVID-19 Crisis Threatens to Derail Xi’s Ambitious Economic Agenda
25. Ukraine War News - April 22, 2022 | SOF News
26. FDD | New State Department Report Admits Iran May Be Hiding Nuclear Activities
27. Israel has a KC-46 problem. Here’s the solution.
28. FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (FTO) DESIGNATION AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORIST (SDGT) DESIGNATION 
29. How Israel’s Minority Government Can Stay in Power
30. USSOCOM Invests $10M in Jet Boots Dive Propulsion Systems
31. Lawsuits against Alex Jones are a new strategy in curbing conspiracy theories
32. Civic Education Requires Liberal Education
 

Korean News Content:

1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Exchanges Letters with S. Korean President
2. N.K. leader exchanges letters with President Moon: state media
3. S. Korea successfully test-launched two SLBMs earlier this week: gov't sources
4. Fire detected at Kaesong industrial complex in N. Korea
5. South Koreans don’t care much about Ukraine war?
6. Reducing military exercises for dialogue with N. Korea a proven path to failure: Harris
7. US only seeks 'peaceful' denuclearization of Korean Peninsula: State Dept.
8. Military to resume reserve forces' field training on eased COVID-19 rules
9. Veterans minister to attend funeral of decorated US Korean War hero
10. Japan's foreign ministry keeps Dokdo claim in annual policy report
11. Mystery drone: How the Air Force fast-tracked a new weapon for Ukraine
12. Why are Koreans obsessed with 'elevating national prestige?'
13. North Korea’s security agency hands down measure in response to US-ROK military exercise
14. Missives and missiles fly as Korea’s Moon fades away
15. EU sanctions those linked to North Korean nuclear arms program
16. Cooking oil prices in North Korea remain high despite more imports
17. #N. Korean leader commends Moon’s efforts in rare letter. What’s behind it?
18. North Korea's Kim offers rare praise for South's departing Moon

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 20 (PUTIN'S WAR)
2. Ethics In Special Operations - Special Warfare Magazine
3. "I'm a former Marine training Ukrainians—the Russians are worse than ISIS"
4. 5 covert actions that could turn the tide for Ukraine, according to a former CIA officer
5. First American howitzers bound for Ukraine arrive in Europe as US troops begin training Ukrainians on the cannons
6. WAS SUN TZU AN INEPT STRATEGIST?
7. US Army document details plan to update WWII-era ammo plants and depots
8. Putin claims victory in Mariupol, leaving Ukrainian defenders holed up
9. The absence of an off-ramp – A diplomatic end to Putin’s war is becoming unlikely
10. Ukraine war shows America could be outgunned without investing in energetics
11. Russian Offensive Bears Down on Donbas as West Races to Supply Ukraine With More Weapons
12. US Army veteran: Fighting in Ukraine ‘more dangerous than Afghanistan was’
13. Army Golden Knights demo at Nats Park causes brief Capitol evacuation
14. Russia’s ‘Satan 2’ missile changes little for U.S., scholars say
15. 3,000 of Russia’s feared Wagner mercenaries have already been killed in Ukraine after 8,000 were sent in
16. Pentagon chief speaks for 1st time to Chinese counterpart
17. A Tale of Two Bears: Russian Experience in Syria and Ukraine
18. Cyber Signaling and Nuclear Deterrence: Implications for the Ukraine Crisis
19. Among Lithuanian fighters in Ukraine: 'it's our chance to crush them here'
20. Ukrainian official tells Grid: ‘Without the U.S., we’d be dead’
21. How Putin Conned the American Right
22..Germans, SEALs, JSOC, and One Soldier's First Jump | SOF News

Korean News Content:

1. Biden likely to visit S. Korea from May 20-22: sources
2. N.K. propaganda organs slam ongoing S. Korea-U.S. military drills
3. N. Korea increasingly relies on cyber crimes to fund weapons programs: U.N. expert
4.  It will likely be a long time before Russia is conducive to international business and may never be as long as Putin remains in power.
5. Moody's keeps 'Aa2' rating on S. Korea with stable outlook
6. Unification minister nominee negative about resuming inter-Korean tour program amid U.N. sanctions
7. FDD | North Korean Hackers Stole $620 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency, FBI Finds
8. China exports to North Korea surge with edible oil, wheat flour in demand as trade resumes
9.  North Korea's Kim Jong Un's Hollywood makeover highlights new propaganda push
10. Is this Kim Jong Un's unseen sister? Mysterious woman is seen shadowing North Korean leader
11. “Main Enemy”—concept ignored by Moon, but revived by Yoon
12. N. Korea urges effort to attain economic goals 'at all costs' during Cabinet meeting
13. North Korea orders wartime readiness during joint U.S.-South Korean military drills
14. ＜Inside North Korea＞ Outer walls of the special tourism zone pushed by Kim Jong-un have collapsed and cracks are occurring one after another.
15. My interview with John Batchelor and Gordon Chang last evening.
16. How Will President-Elect Yoon Manage The South Korea – U.S. Alliance And North Korea?
 

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Ethics In Special Operations - Special Warfare Magazine

6 | Developing SOF Moral Reasoning

Preparing Humans for Hard Wear on the Moral Terrain

BY CAPTAIN BENJAMIN ORDIWAY

12 | Ethics is Leader Business

BY DR. JOSEPH E. LONG AND DR. KARI A. THYNE

31 | All Training is Ethics Training

BY MAJOR BART KENNEDY

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 19 (PUTIN'S WAR)
2. By now it’s clear: Sanctions are not stopping Putin
3. Mechanisms of Coercion: Strategic Bombing Lessons for Economic Sanctions
4. A View of Past and Future Wars on Taiwan
5. US a ‘co-belligerent’ in Ukraine war, legal expert says
6. Sanctions Are Strangling Russia's Weapons Supply Chain
7. Ukraine's Ability To Withstand Russian Artillery Critical To Fight For Donbas
8. Pentagon: Russia has lost about 25% of its combat power originally used in the Ukraine invasion
9. Who has the advantage in the war for eastern Ukraine?
10. Biden’s cybersecurity budget good start; Congress needs to fill the gaps
11. How U.S.-Saudi Relations Reached the Breaking Point
12. Garuda Shield: Indonesia tilting to US against China
13. Analysis | Does Russia sell nearly $1 billion in uranium to the U.S. a year?
14. Guest Opinion: Another Ukraine crisis in Asia-Pacific?
15. Biden vows to send Ukraine more artillery as Congress pushes for military aid czar
16. Russia’s latest military failures polarise society even more
17. How Ukraine Won the Battle for Kyiv
18. Sweeter Carrots and Harder Sticks: Rethinking U.S. Security Assistance
19. Land Navigation Is Coming Back to the Army's Basic Leader Course
20. Russia's War on Ukraine - April 20, 2022 | SOF News
21. Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Role in Ukraine
22. U.S. 'strategic ambiguity' over Taiwan must end
23. Bring the Reforger exercises back to Europe
24. The Last Chapter in Putin's War
25. What If the War in Ukraine Doesn’t End?
26. Made in the Alliance
27.  Fahrenheit 2022: A Spasm of Book Banning
28. How Diverse Democracies Can Protect Their Citizens
29. AOC Running for President in 2024? Here's Why It Could Happen
 

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea is committed to an 'alarming change' in its nuclear policy, professor says
2. Why are tensions rising on the Korean Peninsula?
3. How Can S.Korea Counter Kim Jong-un's Nukes?
4. Subdued Celebration of Kim Il-Sung’s Birth Stuns Western Officials
5. After Kim’s missile test, South Korea-US drills kick off
6. N. Korea uncooperative on Seoul's bid to confirm fate of Mount Kumgang facilities: ministry
7. S. Korea to set up task force on new U.S.-led economic framework
8. Locals mobilized to work on construction projects following Kim Jong Un’s visit to satellite launching station
9. N. Korea's massive military parade seems imminent, satellite imagery suggests
10. FM nominee meets U.S. nuclear envoy to discuss N. Korea policy
11. S.Korea's incoming president meets U.S. envoy on North Korea
12. Yoon holds private meeting with visiting US nuclear envoy
13. What will be South Korea's stance on Taiwan?
14. Working-level U.S. delegation due in Seoul to discuss potential Yoon-Biden summit: official
15. FM's residence emerges as key candidate for presidential residence
16. It’s Time for K-pop Stars to Speak Out on Human Rights
17. N. Korea tightens regional travel amid official warnings about COVID-19 “stealth variant”