Small Wars Journal

6/1/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 06/01/2024 - 2:01pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 31, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 31, 2024
3. The failed Gaza pier proves our military isn’t prepared for extreme weather  
4. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, May 30, 2024
5. NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users To Turn It Off And On Again
6. Navy’s former second-highest-ranking officer arrested, charged with bribery
7. Hamas, Communism, and the End of America
8. Russia opens a new front: Mapping three key battles in the Ukrainian war
9.  It’s starting to look like the 1930s for all the wrong reasons
10. No breakthrough, no breakdown at Shangri-La
11. Inside a huge U.S. military exercise in Africa to counter terrorism and Russia and China's growing influence
12. Ukraine's special forces have developed new tech that allows drones to fly without GPS, so Russia can't jam them: report
13. Austin: Nations Around Indo-Pacific Uniting Around Shared Values
14. Special Forces veteran turned filmmaker spotlights unsung heroes in new docuseries
15. Get Serious About the Science of Influence
16. Soldier honors Native American heritage after religious accommodation
17. How the World Can Deal With Trump
18. Army chief lays out what he wants from industry for C2 Next
19. More Biden Half Measures for Ukraine

Korean News Content:

1. Statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Historic Japan-ROK Agreement
2. He Lost His Job. His Wife Went to Prison. Now He Wants to Take Down South Korea’s President.
3. Experts say, “North Korea’s waste balloon distribution is a ‘trick’ to block leaflets sent to North Korea”
4. S. Korea, U.S., Japan condemn N.K. launches, reaffirm peninsula denuclearization goal
5. N. Korea sends some 90 balloons carrying trash to S. Korea: Seoul's military
6. Senior diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. condemn N. Korea's offensive rhetoric, provocative acts
7. S. Korea, Japan agree to prevent repeat of 2018 maritime spat over Japanese patrol aircraft
8. 10 countries, EU voice 'resolute' opposition to N.K.-Russia arms transfers
9. N. Korea continues GPS jamming attack for 4th day
10. North Koreans forced to work in Kingdom by Pyongyang regime? (Cambodia)
11. At rock bottom: Moon Chung-in surveys the ruins of North Korea diplomacy
12. Russian gunmaker claims North Korea copied his sniper rifle design
13. The Russia Factor in South Korea’s Arm Sales to Poland
 

 

5/31/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 10:48am

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National Security News Content:

1. Open Source Intelligence Strategy
2. U.S. Allows Ukraine to Carry Out Limited Strikes Inside Russia With American Weapons
3. The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer
4. Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say
5. U.S., Chinese Defense Chiefs Confirm Plan to Reopen Hotlines in First Face-to-Face Meeting
6. Trump is trending on Chinese social media, and many are rejoicing
7. Taking the Fight to Russia: The West Weighs Ukraine’s Use of Its Weapons
8. Behind the scenes of the Pentagon’s race to aid in Taiwan’s defense
9. Stress Test: the April Earthquake and Taiwan’s Resilience
10. This ‘Cowboy’ Wants to Teach Princeton Kids About Greatness
11. US Intel says North Korean missile debris identified in Russian attack on Kharkiv: report
12. Why Trying to 'Defeat' the Chinese Communist Party Could Backfire
13. IDF unearths more tunnels, gains control of Philadelphi Corridor
14. Americans Are Thinking About Immigration All Wrong
15. Off Leash: Inside the Secret, Global, Far-Right Group Chat
16. How Myanmar’s civil war is rippling into the U.S. and around the world
17. US military conducts tunnel warfare exercise in Morocco
18. China's defence ministry condemns US missile deployment in Philippines
19. Five powers plan bigger, deeper Asia military drills
20. Ice Dragon: China’s Antarctic Strategy
21. Myanmar Is Fragmenting—but Not Falling Apart
22.  New Cold War proxy conflict brewing in Myanmar
 

Korean News Content:

1. UN Command is investigating North Korean balloons that carried bags of filth over border
2. Microsoft identifies new N. Korean hacker group 'Moonstone Sleet'
3. US Intel says North Korean missile debris identified in Russian attack on Kharkiv: report
4. DPRK (North Korea): Open Briefing (UN)
5. Ukraine War rips veil off of US weapons superiority
6. US military conducts tunnel warfare exercise in Morocco
7. N. Korean leader guides firing drill involving super-large multiple rocket launchers
8. N. Korea conducts GPS jamming attack for 3rd day
9. N. Korea warns of 'unpredictable disaster' over U.S. spy plane's latest flyover
10. 2 Koreas see no cross-border trade last year amid frozen ties: unification ministry
11.  U.S. has no plans to forward-deploy nuclear arms to Korean Peninsula: State Dept.
12.  Analysts see signs of strain in North Korea-China ties
13. International Forum on One Korea - Capitol Policy Forum  - “U.S. Support to a Free and Unified Korea” June 6th, 2024
14. Kim Jong-un's Fears Could Be Exploited
15. After 7-year hiatus, US groups resume humanitarian aid to North Korea
16. Why Is the North Korea Problem So Hard to Solve?
17. Kim a mortal menace or playing mind games?

5/30/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 10:16am

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National Security News Content:


1. How America Inadvertently Created an ‘Axis of Evasion’ Led by China
2. Blinken Signals U.S. May Allow Ukraine to Strike Inside Russia With American Weapons
3. U.S. concerned about Ukraine strikes on Russian nuclear radar stations
4. Israel, Hamas and the Law of War
5. China Is Testing the U.S.-Philippines Alliance
6. Hamas is preparing long-term insurgency in Gaza - analysis
7. The Great AI Challenge: We Test Five Top Bots on Useful, Everyday Skills
8. A timeline of the US-built Gaza pier and the challenges it’s faced
9. Pentagon Opens Ammunition Factory to Keep Arms Flowing to Ukraine
10. Survivors say Russia is waging a war of sexual violence in occupied areas of Ukraine. Men are often the victims
11. Powerful GOP senator eyes ships, jets, nukes in defense spending surge
12. Civil Affairs Assessment and Selection: Everything you need to know
13. Israel’s Claim of Control Over Border Zone Risks Raising Tensions With Egypt
14. What the I.C.J. Ruling Actually Means for Israel’s Offensive in Rafah
15. Turn to American Allies for Shipbuilding Help
16. Vets Want What Trump Refuses to Promise: a Nonviolent Election
17. Palantir lands $480M Army contract for Maven artificial intelligence tech
18. Why Japan and South Korea are rediscovering China
19. Israel, Iran, and the Failure of Irregular (and Conventional) Warfare in Gaza
20. What Does America Want From China?
21. They live on the frontlines. Why won’t they leave? (Ukraine)
22. Is there a Human in the Machine? AI and Future Warfare
23. StratBot vs. Gray: An AI Analysis of the Theory of Grand Strategy
24. Opinion | How an outrageous smear of U.S. troops wound up in history books

Korean News Content:

1. How America Inadvertently Created an ‘Axis of Evasion’ Led by China
2. North Korea launches waste-filled balloons to taunt the South
3. S. Korea condemns Kim Yo-jong's statement on N. Korea's sending of balloons carrying trash
4. N. Korea fires around 10 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS
5. N. Korea stages GPS jamming attacks after sending hundreds of balloons into S. Korea
6. N. Korea bans people from naming children with words of unification, unified Korea
7. N. Korea raps U.N. chief's condemnation of Pyongyang's botched launch of spy satellite
8. S. Korea to push for reusable space rocket development, L4 exploration: KASA
9. Why Japan and South Korea are rediscovering China
10. FM Cho: N. Korea's Nuclear, Missile Threats and Human Rights Abuses 'Two Sides of Same Coin'
11. Ex-US nuke negotiator says normalizing relations with NK should come before denuclearization talks
12. Defense chief to meet with US, Japanese counterparts in Singapore
13. UN Security Council to meet Friday on failed North Korea satellite launch
14. North Korea likely has ‘expertise’ to steal more NFTs to fund regime, US says
15. Music by South Korean singer beloved by Kim Jong Il is now banned

5/29/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 9:30am

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National Security News Content:

1. The obscure federal intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right
2. The International Criminal Court’s Appalling Misstep
3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 28, 2024
4. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 28, 2024
5. Pentagon suspends aid deliveries via Gaza pier after repeated mishaps
6. Japan reports first sighting of new PLA combat drone over East China Sea
7. White House says Rafah strike does not violate Biden’s warnings to Israel
8. Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use its missiles to hit Russia
9. Sweden to donate $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine
10. Why NATO matters By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.
11. AFSOC Put 15 CV-22 Ospreys in Storage to Increase Mission Readiness for Rest of Fleet
12. Opinion - Do We Still Understand How Wars Are Won?
13. A new breakthrough could deepen US troops' dependence on Chinese batteries
14. Blacklisted Chinese Companies Rebrand as American to Dodge Crackdown
15. Across the Army, units lean into drone experimentation
16. Washington needs to tell China — attacking Taiwan means war with the US
17. Veterans should volunteer to train soldiers in Ukraine
18. America Needs More Predator Submarines to Stop China
19. Rare Earth Mining Taking Heavy Toll in Myanmar’s Kachin, Groups Say
20. Staging the Comeback of Mao in Xi Jinping's China
21. American Globalism Versus ‘America First’
22. Opinion - America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace
23. Escaping the Zero-Sum Trap in Strategic Competition with China
24. How Ukraine Can Do More With Less
25. From the Shadows to the Social Sphere: Ukraine’s Strategy of Engagement
26. The 80th Anniversary of D-Day: An Opportunity to Seize
 

Korean News Content:

1. Joint Declaration of the Ninth ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Summit
2. China Courts U.S.’s Top Asian Allies on Trade, but Will It Succeed?
3. Why NATO matters By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.
4. North Korea drops balloons carrying trash in South
5. Quick Take: North Korea Jabs at China in Reaction to Trilateral Summit
6. Rare spat shows China, North Korea still at odds on nuclear weapons
7. Another Failed Satellite Launch at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station - Beyond Parallel
8. The North Korean and Chinese Threats Are Growing. But so Is the Trilateral Response.
9. Beijing’s nearest security threat isn’t in Taipei – it’s in North Korea
10. South Korean province awakes to North Korea ‘air raid’ alarm
11.  N. Korea sends over 260 balloons carrying trash into S. Korea: Seoul military
12. <Inside N. Korea> Regime hands out rice to rural food-short households, “Pay back in the fall with 30% interest”
13. N. Korean leader slams S. Korea's show of force against Pyongyang's satellite launch
14. S. Korea mulls suit against N. Korea in case of Pyongyang's full-scale use of Kaesong complex
15. Young N. Koreans want to watch hit S. Korean movie "Exhuma"
 

5/28/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 9:24am

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National Security News Content:

1. Undergraduate Commencement Address by Ken Burns
2. After Ali Khamenei, What's Next in Iran?
3. U.S. lawmakers ignore China’s warning, meet with Taiwan’s new leader
4. Tanks reach Rafah's centre as Israel presses assault
5. Marine Corps Stand-In Forces: A House of Cards By Anthony Zinni & Jerry McAbee
6. Today’s Generals and Admirals, Children of a Lesser God By Gary Anderson
7. Departing Afghanistan A poem for Memorial Day By William H. McRaven
8. This Memorial Day, we should recognize a different top 1% – those who serve and sacrifice
9. Remarks by President Biden at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance | Arlington, VA
10. Marines say no more ‘death by PowerPoint’ as Corps overhauls education
11.  US Army vessels supporting Gaza aid break free, beach on Israeli coast
12. Cold War-Era Bradley Fighting Vehicle Dominates Ukrainian Battlefield - More May Come
13. The US defense secretary will visit Cambodia, one of China's closest allies, after regional talks
14. Remarks by President Biden in Commencement Address to the United States Military Academy at West Point
15. Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the United States Naval Academy Commencement (As Delivered)
16. Return to Reforger: A Cold War Exercise Model for Pacific Deterrence
17. Is the Quad becoming a Potemkin alliance?
18. What Do I Owe the Dead of My Generation’s Mismanaged Wars?
19. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 27, 2024
20. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 27, 2024
 

Korean News Content:

1. ROK-US alliance and Trump's possible return
2. North Korea’s Fiery Spy-Satellite Test Shows More Than Failure
3. ROK-US alliance and Trump's possible return
4. China, Japan and South Korea Hold Regional Summit Overshadowed by U.S.
5. Seoul says N. Korea's next spy satellite launch likely to take 'considerable' time
6. N. Korea apparently voices complaint against China via rebukes on trilateral summit: Seoul
7. U.S. condemns N. Korea's rocket launch, warns its isolation will only intensify
8. Yoon asks for China's cooperation on N.K. defector issue
9. Chronology of North Korea's space vehicle launches
10. Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan condemn N.K. spy satellite launch attempt
11. S. Korea, U.S. stage joint air drills amid tension over failed N.K. satellite launch
12. S. Korea seeks educational support for N. Korean defectors' children born abroad
13. Return to Reforger: A Cold War Exercise Model for Pacific Deterrence
14. It’s time to rethink US military ties with South KoreaIt’s time to rethink US military ties with South Korea
15. North Korea blames ‘new-type engine’ for satellite launch failure
16. Serious misconduct in Kim Jong Un's personal guard unit leads to personnel reshuffle
 

5/27/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 11:14am

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National Security News Content:

1. do we understand enemies? reflection on Memorial Day by Cynthia Watson
2. A Memorial for Those We Lost in the Long Wars by Douglas Ollivant
3. Memorial Day: ‘Make It Matter’ by Mark Hertling
4.  ‘Never Been Done Before’: A True Investigation of a Failed American War
5. The high-speed X-plane that could revolutionize warfare
6. Biden Administration Presses Allies Not to Confront Iran on Nuclear Program
7. AI Is Driving ‘the Next Industrial Revolution.’ Wall Street Is Cashing In.
8. The New Theory of Ukrainian Victory Is the Same as the Old
9. An “America First” World – What Trump’s Return Might Mean for Global Order By Hal Brands
10. Memorial Day 2024: A soldier’s extraordinary speech on a somber day | Analysis
11. Low percentage of Americans in military is "deeply problematic as a democracy," Rep. Pat Ryan says
12. China preparing armada of ferries to invade Taiwan
13. Ukrainian strike on Russian nuclear radar system causes alarm in West
14.  US remains a ‘true believer’ in Asean, say top Biden diplomats
15. Despite fatigue and setbacks, 'Ukrainians mobilized on the front have no intention of laying down their arms'
16. Book Review: ‘The Art of Diplomacy,’ by Stuart E. Eizenstat
17. CT-based Colt's Manufacturing awarded $57 million contract for Army weapons
18. Myanmar’s Surprising Rebels Deserve a Shot
19. An Ominous Precedent for the Left’s Politicization of the Military

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea launches unidentified projectile southward over Yellow Sea: S. Korean military
2. Opinion  The U.S.-Japanese-South Korean relationship deepens, as does China’s threat By Max Boot and Sue Mi Terry
3. Experts call NK's satellite announcement attention-grabbing political maneuvering
4. North Korea say it plans to launch another satellite within a week
5. China silent on North Korea’s satellite launch plans at Seoul trilateral summit
6. Exclusive: From poison pens to suicide lipsticks, North Korean spy weapons on display in U.S.
7. South Korea flies fighters near border over North Korean spy satellite alarm
8. Editorial: China must commit to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula
9. Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo reaffirm Korean Peninsula denuclearization commitment
10. U.S. calls on N. Korea to refrain from 'unlawful' space rocket launch
11. Leaders agree to revive 3-way cooperation, reaffirm security efforts (ROK, Japan, China)
12.  Korea ushers in new space era with KASA launch (South Korea)
13. N. Korea decries S. Korea's commitment to 'denuclearization' after trilateral summit
14. S. Korea, U.S, Japan to hold vice foreign ministerial talks in Virginia this week
15. The truth behind Kim Jong Un's "anti-reunification" policy

5/26/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 05/26/2024 - 11:19am

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National Security News Content:

1. I CARRIED OUT THE STRIKE THAT KILLED SOLEIMANI. AMERICA DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE LESSON OF HIS DEATH.
2. What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters
3. The masterpiece of our time On The Gulag Archipelago at fifty.
4. Don’t Cede Historic American Symbols to Bad Actors
5. America’s New Island Fighters Are Preparing for Conflict—a Stone’s Throw From Taiwan
6. Losing hearts and minds: The desperate state of US influence operations
7. Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Could Restart as Pressure Increases on Israel
8. Should Cyber Force become the next service?
9. Optimistic About the War in Ukraine, Putin Unleashes a Purge at Home
10. Russia Steps Up a Covert Sabotage Campaign Aimed at Europe
11. Three Times Faster and Cheaper: Russia Outpaces West in Artillery Shell Production
12. PRC Military Drills near Taiwan (State Department Press Statement)
13. War Correspondence while Asian
14. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 25, 2024
15. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 25, 2024
16. U.S. and allies move to tap frozen Russian funds despite Kremlin threats

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, China agree to establish diplomatic security dialogue
2. North Korea accuses US, South Korea of ‘military espionage’, warns of ‘immediate action’
3. N. Korea warns of military action over alleged sea border incursions
4. Large number of Russian experts enter N. Korea to help spy satellite launch efforts: source
5. Yoon meets ex-US Secretary Pompeo, discusses Korean Peninsula issues
6. Yoon calls for joint efforts with Japan to make 'historic leap' in relations
7. Yoon calls for joint efforts with Japan to make 'historic leap' in relations
8. Korea asks China to become ‘bastion of peace’ in UN, raises Line issue with Japan
9. [KH Explains] US crackdown on Chinese connected vehicles unsettles Korea
10. Nerve agent powder discovered in passenger's bag at Incheon Airport
11. Capital Defense Command to run annual defense drills from Monday to Wednesday
12. Reactivating a safety net in Northeast Asia
13. Capital Defense Command to run annual defense drills from Monday to Wednesday
14. AI's impact on baseball and beyond changes the world
 

5/25/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 05/25/2024 - 11:58am

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National Security News Content:

1. China's military isn't just putting on a show of force. It's rehearsing for the real deal, an assault on Taiwan.
2. Taiwan Must Control Its Own Destiny
3. International Criminal Court Prosecutor Threatens United States Senators
4. Revolutionizing National Security: Unleashing the Power of Nested Objectives
5. Can the U.S. Defend South Korea and Taiwan Simultaneously?
6. Wreck of America’s most lethal World War II sub found near the Philippines
7. Names of special ops soldiers killed in Black Hawk crash added to Fort Liberty memorial
8. China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan
9. Foreign fighters training anti-regime forces in Myanmar
10. Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control: An Army of Eyes and Ears
11.  It’s Not Just Ideology: Why The US Is Hard-Wired To Be Hostile To Autocratic Regimes
12. Moral bankruptcy: The world chooses to sustain Hamas monsters - opinion
13. Campus Protests Reflect Impatience With U.S. Foreign Policy
14. Regaining Our Standing as a Maritime Nation
15. Ukrainian Echoes From America’s War for Independence
16. The U.S. Built a $320 Million Pier to Get Aid to Gazans. Little of It Has Reached Them.
17. Gen. Mattis on foreign influence operations: The US has never been 'more vulnerable'
18. ‘Four services and four arms’ lifts CCP control over information warfare
19. U.S. Intelligence Deserves the Distrust It Is Generating
20. Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicts AI data centers will be ‘on military bases surrounded by machine guns’
21. Plans for China's invasion of Taiwan could be thwarted by a leading European chipmaker's "kill switch," which can remotely deactivate sophisticated chipmaking equipment
22. Call For Papers: Second Annual Irregular Warfare Colloquium
23. Mysterious shooting outside Army Special Forces residence in North Carolina raises questions
24. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, May 24, 2024
25. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 24, 2024
26. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 24, 2024
27. STRATEGY CENTRAL EXCLUSIVE: Wedemeyer's “20 Laws of Military Planning” Discovered During Recent Pentagon Remodel

Korean News Content:

1. Are Russia and North Korea planning an ‘October surprise’ that aids Trump?
2. Can the U.S. Defend South Korea and Taiwan Simultaneously?
3. Ex-U.S. diplomat notes Trump's apparent distrust toward N. Korean leader in FP interview
4. Austin to attend trilateral talks with South Korean, Japanese counterparts in Singapore: Pentagon
5. Trade, not N. Korea nukes, on agenda for talks between China, South Korea and Japan
6. S. Korea completes development of L-SAM defense system
7. U.S. girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
8. Seoul to host series of summit meetings with Beijing and Tokyo
9. N. Korea to convene key party meeting next month
10. Korea-Japan-China summit Monday could be ‘turning point’ to normalized ties in Northeast Asia
11. [Wang Son-taek] Limits and chances from the limitless alliance (China- Russia)
12. Debate over S. Korea's nuclear option resurfaces amid NK's continuing threats