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National Security News Content:

1. Lessons from the Philippines: Irregular Warfare in Action
2. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September (August 28 – October 6, 2021)
3. Why China Is Alienating the World
4.  We Must Support Taiwan
5. Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Economic Consequences of Default on National Security and Military Families
6. Navy secretary’s new strategic guidance focuses on deterring China from invading Taiwan
7. How a misguided Vietnam analogy sealed the Afghanistan disaster
8. As China stumbles, the West must ask: what if its rise is not inevitable?
9. Don’t Arm the Afghan Resistance
10. The Fatal Flaw in the West’s Fight Against Autocracy
11. French senators visit Taiwan despite China protests
12. The hidden enemies in Xi’s midst
13. All calm in Taiwan in the face of Chinese threats
14. New Bond Can’t Take On Beijing’s Supervillains
15. Taiwan Says U.S. Commitment Is 'Rock Solid' After Biden Remark on China's Xi
16. FDD | The news from UNGA
17. FDD | An Iraqi Perspective on Israel
18. What’s At Stake In The Indo-Pacific
19. Why the World Can’t Abandon Taiwan
20. Japan, a Sleeping Giant of Global Affairs, Is Waking Up
21. Debate on ‘no first use’ of nukes mushrooms in Washington
22. World War III and IV? Why a U.S.-China War Might Have a Sequel
23. Desperate China backflips on Australia
24. The 9/11 Commission Said National Security Vacancies Were A Problem. Biden’s Pentagon Is ‘Far Worse’

Korean News Content:

1. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: KOREA
2. Korea expected to face reduced military capability: lawmaker
3. N. Korea vows to strengthen friendly ties with China
4. North Korea Exposes Hoarding Among Merchants to Force ‘Voluntary’ Donations
5. FM Chung stresses end-of-war declaration in talks with Blinken
6. Construction Activity Continues at Yongbyon’s Uranium Enrichment Plant
7. Amid coal shortages, Chinese traders on the hunt for more North Korean coal
8. North Korea: New Terminology Portends Ongoing Policy Shift
9. S. Korea launches advanced submarine rescue ship
10. S. Korean NSC discusses ways of reopening talks with North amid restored hotlines
11. Ministry approves 3 requests by civilian groups to provide humanitarian aid to N. Korea
12. WHO says it began shipment of COVID-19 medical supplies to N. Korea
13. Japan reports sighting of missile aboard North Korean ship in its waters
14. North Korea Trying to Hide Uranium Plant Expansion, Group Says
15. North Korea calls out US for ‘systematic racial discrimination’ after Border Patrol incident
16. ‘Two pedals’: North Korea sends conflicting messages with missile tests and hints of outreach
17. Trump's Security Aide Blasts Concessions to N.Korea
18. 26 Korean Words Added to Latest Oxford English Dictionary
19. Belittling Hangeul: Indiscriminate use of borrowed words hurts cultural pride
 

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October 6, 2021 | FDD Tracker: August 28 – October 6, 2021

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

David Adesnik

Senior Fellow and Director of Research

Trend Overview

Edited by David Adesnik

Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they watch. While Americans observed the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the Taliban gave key ministerial posts to U.S.- and UN-designated terrorists, including close allies of al-Qaeda. Iran’s ultra-hardline president also unveiled his Cabinet, which includes terrorists wanted by Interpol as well as a dozen individuals under U.S., UN, or European sanctions. While it seemed that U.S. relations with Europe were destined to improve under President Joe Biden, Paris recalled its ambassador to the United States for the first time in the history of the alliance, outraged by Washington’s disruption of a $66 billion French arms deal with Australia. In contrast, the regime of Bashar al-Assad also made major strides toward diplomatic rehabilitation after Washington signaled its readiness to waive sanctions that would otherwise prevent Syrian participation in regional energy markets. Meanwhile, Beijing employed hostage diplomacy to secure the release of Meng Wanzhou, a top Huawei executive detained in Canada. Washington dropped plans to extradite Meng in exchange for the release of two Canadians held on false charges in China. As a candidate, Biden pledged that he would “rally the free world” and “champion liberty and democracy.” It is proving far more difficult than expected.

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National Security News Content:

1. Biden’s era of ‘strategic competition’
2. China could be ready to mount a 'full-scale' invasion of Taiwan by 2025, island's defense minister says
3. Captured, Killed or Compromised: C.I.A. Admits to Losing Dozens of Informants
4.  CIA admits its informants were executed by Iran and China
5. All DoD security clearance holders are now subject to continuous vetting to keep them
6. Opinion | After the deadly error in Afghanistan, maybe drones shouldn’t be used to kill at all
7. What the War in Afghanistan Could Never Do
8. Gordon Chang: Joe Biden Should Offer A Mutual Defense Treaty To Taiwan
9. Tony Abbott in Taiwan to build support among ‘like-minded countries’
10. Japan’s Authorities in a Taiwan Contingency: Providing Needed Clarity
11. FDD | White House Quiet as U.S. Allies Rehabilitate Assad. Congress Should Not Be.
12. FDD | Lawsuit Alleges Ransomware Led to Baby’s Death in Hospital
13. FDD | A Unified and Capable “Quad” Is Bad News for the CCP
14. Researcher or Spy? Maxim Shugaley Saga Points to How Russia Now Builds Influence Abroad
15. America’s ‘pivot to Asia’ finally shifts into gear
16. Nakasone Now Sees Ransomware, Influence Ops As 'National Security' Threats - Breaking Defense
17. Hostage Diplomacy Is Back. It Require a Forceful Response.
18. What’s Next for the Quad?
19. Yesterday's outage made one thing clear – Facebook needs us a lot more than we need it
 

Korean News Content:

1. Seoul watches on as US corrals allies to counter China
2. S. Korea, U.S. pursue 'fully coordinated' N.Korea policy: foreign ministry
3. Two Koreas hold daily liaison, military calls after restoring communication lines
4. N. Korea waiting to hear U.S. commitment to 'action for action' approach: Andrew Kim
5. Kim Jong-un regime ‘disappointed’ with Joe Biden, former CIA North Korea chief says
6. South Korea to beef up missile detection capabilities against North Korea threats: JCS
7. Vice FM Choi calls for close USFK cooperation on base return
8. Only 44 pct of S. Koreans think unification with N.K. necessary: poll
9. Opinion | South Korea’s opposition tells Biden: Get tougher on North Korea
10. South to strengthen deterrence against North's threats
11. North Korean shot dead near the China-North Korea border last week
12. Singapore's Winson denies UN accusation it supplied oil to North Korea
13. Explained: North Korea's relentless advanced weapons programme
14. Reality Check: Sanctions Hurt North Koreans and Won’t Change Policy
15. The Battle at Lake Changjin (Chosin Reservoir)
16. Former CIA head in South Korea expects Moon and Kim to meet in coming months

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National Security News Content:

1. Chinese detective in exile reveals torture inflicted on Uyghurs
2. WhatsApp outage ‘a nightmare’ for group working to rescue Afghans, American citizens
3. A U.S. Military First: The War in Afghanistan Ended With Zero M.I.A.s
4. Most Americans support resettling Afghans in US: Poll
5. Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan
6. Is Ukraine Really Pivoting Towards China?
7. What we know about the retired Green Beret recently arrested over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
8. Taiwan and the Fight for Democracy
9. A debt limit default looms. Here’s why the Pentagon should be concerned.
10. Congress moves toward requiring women to register for the draft
11. Belt and Road Meets Build Back Better
12. How Not to Build a State
13. History hasn’t ended
14. One of These Things is Not Like the Others: Increasing Diversity Through Recruiting
15. ‘Unease’: NATO faces uncertainty amid Afghanistan withdrawal, China’s rise
16. Hypersonic Missiles: The Alarming Must-have In Military Tech
17. Should America Fight A War with China over Taiwan? Hell No.
18. Quad: A Mini-NATO In Disarray – OpEd
19. Chinese war film about victory over US trounces Bond at box office
 

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea answers phone, world yawns
2. US urges full implementation of UNSC sanctions on North Korea
3. UN report notes North Korea's continued nuclear, missile programs
4. ‘North rehearsed submarine attacks on South during 2018 peace talks’
5. FM Chung says S. Korea committed to global role for post-pandemic era
6. Moon tries to fan flame of warmer relations with North
7. N. Korea bolsters ideological education in military following restart of inter-Korean hotline
8. Teachers in Yanggang Province mobilized for the potato harvest
9. North Korea Trades Scorn for Flattery to Win Benefits From Moon
10. 'Escape from Mogadishu' selected as S. Korea's Oscar entry
11. A renewed chance for peace in Korea
12. Selling Slavery: South Korean investors’ $900,000 Kaesong lobbying campaign
13. When China rules the world
14. Blackouts in China Deprive North Korean Factory Workers of Hot Water and Light

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National Security News Content:

1. China Sends Record Number of Military Aircraft Into Taiwan’s ADIZ
2. Three aircraft carriers train together near Okinawa as China ramps up pressure on Taiwan
3. Afghanistan, China, And The Gray Zone: House Committee Passes Intel Bill
4. Why China sent a record number of fighter jets into Taiwan's defence zone over the weekend
5. Increasing People’s Republic of China Military Pressure Against Taiwan Undermines Regional Peace and Stability
6. 357. The Operational Environment (2021-2030): Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict
7. Inside the CIA’s secret Kabul base, burned out and abandoned in haste
8. Afghanistan Isn't Good Terrorist Real Estate
9. The Battle of Mogadishu 25 years later: How the fateful fight changed combat operations
10. FDD | The Taliban Is Using the Doha Accord to Protect Al-Qaeda
11. Options to Counter Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa
12. Reflections on trust from father of fallen Green Beret on 4th anniversary of deadly Niger ambush
13. The Elusive Quest for Victory in War
14. Pandora Papers: An offshore data tsunami
15. FDD | Biden Brags About Diplomacy. It’s All Spin.
16. Trump’s Exit From Asian Trade Pact Damaged America, Boosted China
17. The Myth that Democracies Bungled the Pandemic
18. He’s Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier. Did He Also Kill Helpless Afghans?
19. Hungary’s Leader Fights Criticism in U.S. via Vast Influence Campaign
20. The coin that could avert a federal debt default
21. Leader of Prestigious Yale Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure
22. Universities Are Shunning Their Responsibility to Democracy
23. Maria Ressa urges world leaders: 'Act now' vs infodemic threatening democracies
24. Biden And The Reality Of Current State Of Democracy In World25. 

Korean News Content:

1. Koreas restore cross-border hotlines 55 days after suspension
2. Unification minister says restoration of cross-border hotlines is a 'restart'
3.  S. Korea congratulates Japanese PM-elect Kishida, pledges active cooperation
4. North bullies South over communication lines
5. S. Korea to seek high-level talks with North this year: unification minister
6. A new logic of cooperation for Japan–South Korea relations
7. S. Korea’s cruise missile much faster than N. Korea’s, says Moon
8. North Korea Missile Claims
9. Is Kim Yo-jong the most powerful woman in North Korea?
10. Afghanistan, Korea and America
11.N. Korea develops enhanced translator using AI technology: propaganda outlet
12. The United States Speaks Out on North Korea’s ‘Hypersonic’ Missile Launch
13. Kim Jong-un has made clear his sister Kim Yo-jong is his de facto No 2, what’s next for her?
14. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ From burglary to farm attacks, rising crime among starving soldiers. Authorities concerned.
 

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National Security News Content:

1. The Failure in Afghanistan Is Worse Than in Vietnam
2. Reports of military planes landing at Bagram air base in Afghanistan
3. Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Is the Dystopian Hit No One Wanted—Until Everyone Did
4. AMMO, Inc. Raises Q2 Guidance To $55 Million; Targets $400 Million In Revenues By 2024 (NASDAQ: POWW, POWWP)
5. The Great Ammo Shortage: Blame the U.S. Government?
6. China's loans leave developing nations with $385 billion in 'hidden debts', reveals study
7. The Information Operations Episode
8. America the Humble: The End of Post-9/11 Militarism
9. New Roles for Civil Affairs Forces in a New World
10. Rodrigo Duterte: Philippine president announces retirement from politics
11. 'Voice behind the violence': English-speaking narrator of ISIS propaganda videos arrested and charged by Justice Department
12.  The idea of the West has always been in motion and in crisis
13.  NY Times: Opinion | Jan. 6 Was Worse Than It Looked
14. H.R.5130 - Consortium To Study Irregular Warfare Act of 2021

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea blasts U.N. Security Council for convening meeting on its missile launches
2.  S. Korea, US differ over NK sanctions
3. Seoul strives to resuscitate inter-Korean peace momentum
4. Commentary: Could Kim Jong Un’s sister be the first woman leader of North Korea?
5. Underwater Missile Trucks? South Korea's New Submarine Is Special
6. North Korea Is Weaponizing the Naval ‘Gray Zone’ Against the South
7. Moon says S. Korea should take pride in latest missiles
8. How to turn away from an ally
9. North Korea’s Foreign Policy: A Revisionist State, an Alliance with China or a Third Way?
10. Standing on their own: North Korean refugees test startup dreams
11. North Korea Increases Fines for Quarantine Violations to Exorbitant Levels
12. North Korea Forces Hungry Citizens to Pay for Propaganda Murals
13. Success of 'Squid Game'
 

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National Security News Content:

1. What is America's role in the world?
2. A U.S. Military Base Needs to Make 13,000 Afghan Evacuees Feel at Home
3. Private groups aiding thousands in Afghanistan worry about dwindling funds
4. Special ops soldiers evade late-night ninja attack at California airport
5. Soldiers after War
6. The U.S. Military's Biggest Enemy Isn't Russia or China Anymore
7. Our International Institutions Are Failing Us (Or Are We Failing Them?)
8. Those Left Behind in Afghanistan
9. The CCP’s Culture of Fear
10. Why Havana Syndrome is a 'global experiment in mass suggestion'
11. How Xi Jinping lost Australia
12. How We Fell into the Terrorist Trap and Have Yet to Find Our Way Out
13. How a Divided U.S. Views Its Armed Forces and Their Role
14. We Now Know Why Biden Was in a Hurry to Exit Afghanistan
15. From Our Files 09/30/21 (UW, terrorism, and guerrilla conflicts)
16. ‘Black Hawk Down’ Rangers receive Silver Stars 28 years after Mogadishu heroics
17. All-female guard change at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier makes history
18. System Rivalry: How Democracies Must Compete with Digital Authoritarians Artificial Intelligence
 

Korean News Content:

1. Chung’s comment on incentives for N. Korea is under criticism
2. ‘Squid Game’ is No. 1 on Netflix and South Koreans are using the survival drama to talk about inequality
3. U.S. remains prepared to discuss 'full range of issues' with N. Korea: Psaki
4. Senior defense officials from S. Korea, U.S., Japan discuss N.K. missile launches
5. Civic group calls for lifting anti-N. Korea sanctions, resuming Kaesong complex
6. One last embrace for Kim and Moon
7. NK's threat and S.Korea's success
8. Moon voices strong confidence in defense posture after N.K. missile test
9. EXPLAINER: Kim's sister leads N. Korea's pressure campaign
10. Why North Korea Unleashed a Flurry of Missile Tests
11. UN Security Council Fails To Agree On Statement On NKorea
12. South Korea’s Formal Membership in the Quad Plus: A Bridge Too Far?
13. HRNK REPORT LAUNCH: North Korea’s Political Prison Camp, Kwan-li-so No. 25.
14. North Korea's Kim Yo-jong fast becoming world's most dangerous woman
15. South Korea looks to Germany for reunification pointers
16. North Korea Sends Confusing Signals: Dialogue or Tension?
17. SLIM SHADY Kim Jong-un sleuths claim he’s using a body double as ultra-svelte figure appears in public after health fears
 

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National Security News Content:

1. Here’s how the new continuing resolution will frustrate the Pentagon
2. Generals Were Blindsided by the Afghan Army's Big Quit, But Enlisted Troops Saw it Coming
3. China, US in talks on military relations amid strained ties
4. Opinion | Inside the CIA’s desperate effort to rescue its Afghan allies
5. American weakness on China
6. Video and written testimony: FDD's Thomas Joscelyn testifies on Afghanistan
7. FDD | US Should Sanction The New Head And Businesses Of Iran’s Martyrs Foundation
8. FDD | Tehran views the rise of the Taliban with both glee and suspicion
9. The Quad Enters the Ring With China
10. The Taliban's Social Media Presence Is a Clear Danger to America
11. Opinion | Can we please stop obsessing over America’s ‘credibility’?
12. The Age of America First: Washington’s Flawed New Foreign Policy Consensus
13. Al-Qaeda Could Flourish With New Strategy Under Taliban Rule
14. Senator Calls for Massive Investigation into What Went Wrong in Afghanistan
15. The Forever War is Over. Its 2001 Authorization Lives On.
16. Another Win for China’s Hostage Diplomacy
17. U.S. Military Concedes It’s Unready to Fight Terrorism From ‘Over the Horizon’
18. India won’t host NATO strikes into Afghanistan
19. Japan’s defense awakening is not woke enough
 

Korean News Content:

1.  N. Korea test-fires new anti-aircraft missile: state media
2. Blinken says N. Korea increasing instability, insecurity
3. N. Korea remains unresponsive to Seoul's calls after Kim's offer to restore hotlines
4. FM Chung dismisses Pyongyang's call for withdrawal of hostile policy as 'unilateral'
5. Kim Yo Jong expected to lead negotiations with S. Korea and US
6. A foolish and sad war (Korea)
7. What does Kim Yo-jong's SAC appointment mean?
8. What Would an End-of-War Declaration Mean for the United Nations Command?
9. N.Korea Dismisses U.S. Calls for Talks - North Korea
10. Navy SEAL takes command of US naval forces in South Korea
11. South Korea to Biden administration: North Korea is ‘strengthening’ its missile program
12. As North Korea Escalates, Biden Plays It Cool
13. N.K. leader vows support for China's fight against 'hostile forces'
14. Unification minister calls for Europe's role in peace process, humanitarian assistance to N.K.
15.  North Korea’s missile tests fuel nuclear weapons talk among Seoul, Tokyo conservatives
16. N. Korea makes steady development on hypersonic missiles since establishing research institute and college earlier this year
17. Joint Message for ROK Armed Forces Day
 

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National Security News Content:

1. Opinion | The Pentagon’s ‘deterrence’ strategy ignores hard-earned lessons about the balance of power
2. Milley privately blames State Department for botched Afghanistan evacuation
3. ‘Speed equals safety’: Inside the Pentagon’s controversial decision to leave Bagram early
4. Milley says resigning would be 'incredible act of political defiance,' under Cotton pressure
5.  Biden Paints Himself Into a Corner on the Iran Nuclear Deal
6. Army Shifting Training Priorities, Investments for Multi-Domain Ops
7. How Could the U.S. Deter Military Conflict in the Taiwan Strait?
8. Covert Operations Fail More Often than Not, so Why Do Leaders Order Them? (book review)
9. Robert Gates: How civics education became a national security issue
10. #Reviewing The Character Gap
11. Book Launch: “Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran, and the Rise of Irregular Warfare" with Seth Jones
12. What you should know about ‘Bitskrieg: The New Challenge of Cyberwarfare’
13. How the U.S. Debt Ceiling Battle Threatens the Global Economy
14. The Timing of Terrorism: The Obsessions with Dates
15. Adapting Intelligence to the New Afghanistan
16. China’s factory activity in shock slowdown as energy crisis hits home
17. America’s Revolving-Door Politics Behind The Fall Of US-Sino Ties – Analysis
18. The west is the author of its own weakness
19. Defense Business Board Relaunches After Pentagon Review
20. Readout of U.S. - PRC Defense Policy Coordination Talks
 

Korean News Content:

1. Explainer | What is a hypersonic missile, and has North Korea aced the technological know-how?
2. North Korea's New 'Hypersonic Missile': Not a Game Changer Just Yet
3. N.K. leader says inter-Korean communication lines will be restored in early Oct.
4. Military closely monitoring N. Korea amid concerns over additional missile launch
5. Scrap the bill (South Korean "fake news')
6. US denies hostile intent, reiterates willingness to talk with North Korea
7. North Korea does not seek improved relations with South Korea: US official
8. Japan's new leadership unlikely to resolve ties with Korea: experts
9. N.Korea's Kim offers to reopen hotline with South; denounces 'hostile' U.S.
10. North Korea's Kim says US offer of talks a 'petty trick'
11. Does North Korea Really Want To Talk to South Korea?
12. Hwasong-8: Does North Korea Really Have a Hypersonic Missile?
13. Programme of Work | United Nations Security Council
14. North Korea: the rise and rise of ‘first sister’ Kim Yo-jong
15. North Korean Missiles, Gestures Toward Seoul Seen as Latest Bid for Sanctions Relief
16. Security Situation on The Korean Peninsula