Small Wars Journal

8/16/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 8:40am

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National Security News Content:

1. Putin Is Vulnerable: Western Policy Masks Russian Weakness

2. Excessive U.S. pressure on Taiwan defense spending plays into CCP's hands

3. The Ukrainian August 2024 offensive: Some initial thoughts

4. SOCOM commander calls for ‘convergence’ of Pacific-based special operations forces

5. Mongolia finds ways to align with the West without alarming China, Russia

6. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2024

7. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, August 15, 2024

8. In The Kill Zone: The Life and Times of Willie Merkerson (Part 5)

9. Why China is becoming a top choice mediator for global conflicts

10. As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel

11. Biden ‘open’ to sending long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine

12. Tim Walz’s Military Retirement Was More Complicated Than JD Vance Wants You to Think

13. Lawmakers push Pentagon for clarity on domestic military deployments

14. Pentagon needs to speed up its integrated-deterrence efforts, Joint Chiefs chair says

15. Rewind and Reconnoiter: Are We Entering a New Era of Far-Right Terrorism? with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

16. Russia’s Post-War Military Recruiting Strategy Emerges

17. The Joint Reconnaissance Strike Complex: Marine and Army Experimentation in the First Island Chain

18. Iran is weaker than we think. It’s time to take advantage.

19. What military history tells us about Ukraine’s Kursk invasion By Gian Gentile and Adam Givens

20. Why the U.S. Military Needs to Imitate Ukraine’s Drone Force

21. Ukraine on the Offensive

22. We Need a Real Marine Corps To Fight a Two Front War By Gary Anderson

 

Korean News Content:

1. Yoon calls for ‘freedom-based unification’ with North Korea under ROK rule
2. HRNK's New Website Launch
3. Yoon's new foreign policy adviser visits U.S. to discuss alliance, U.S. election
4. Yoon backs expanded government information operation targeting North Koreans
5. Yoon's 'unification doctrine' aims to reform North Korea
6. Seoul to hold Ulchi civil defense exercise next week
7. N. Korean leader exchanges message with Putin on 79th anniv. of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule
8. Defense minister nominee says open to all means to respond to N.K. threats
9. U.S. official hints at trilateral summit among leaders of S. Korea, U.S., Japan by end of this year
10. Unification minister calls on N. Korea to accept S. Korea's offer for dialogue channel
11. N. Korea's Kim vows to transform backward regions following downpours in border areas
12. North Korea threat still overshadows K-culture: Survey
13. Army brigade with no ‘luxury of time’ rehearses sudden deployment to South Korea
14. Ministry of Unification announces follow-up implementation plan for 'August 15 Unification Doctrine'
15. In Senegal, a rare look inside an abandoned North Korean Embassy
16. <Video Interview>The Voice of a North Korean Woman (2) Confusion over 'Severing Ties with South Korea' Policy, Strengthening Rule by Fear: 'A World Where We Can't Speak Freely...'
17. The Significance and Implications of North Korea’s Garbage Balloon Tactics

8/15/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 08/15/2024 - 8:48am

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National Security News Content:

1. US offers quiet support for Ukraine after Kursk incursion deals Putin a major embarrassment
2. Kursk and the Battle of Wills
3. Incredible tale of Nazi ace who saved American bomber pilot
4. Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Flips the Script on Putin
5. A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage
6. The Little-Known U.S. Agency Behind the String of Coups Against Mexico’s Druglords
7. The Missteps in Washington and Tehran That Brought Middle East to the Brink
8. Ukraine Shocks Russia in Kursk
9. How the Justice Department Is Changing Its Tactics on Cybercrime
10. Hackers may have stolen EVERY American's Social Security numbers
11. Mine Warfare in the Asia-Pacific: Clear and Present Danger
12. White House advisory group blasts US government, DoD inattention to GPS woes
13. America will be more secure if it does less
14. With the Middle East Simmering, U.S. Seeks to Revive Israel-Hamas Deal
15. Did China just demote its defense ministry?
16. Former SEAL Leader Likely to Face Board of Inquiry in Coming Days over Death of Candidate Kyle Mullen
17. Pentagon didn’t get heads up about Ukraine’s Kursk offensive
18. The Geopolitical Opportunity of Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive
19. America’s Missed Chance in Afghanistan
20. The Indomitable IRGC
21. The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic
22. You Can Thank the US Army for Americans Brushing Their Teeth Daily

Korean News Content:

1. Yoon unveils vision for ‘freedom-based unification,’ proposes dialogue with N. Korea
2. Unification: historical ideal and moral obligation
3. Time is ripe for a new approach: Human rights up front in support of a free and unified Korea
4. We found North Korean engineers in our application pile. Here’s what our ex-CIA co founders did about it.
5. U.S. secretary of state congratulates S. Korea on Liberation Day
6. Republic of Korea National Day (US Department of State)
7. Independence activist groups, opposition parties to boycott gov't-organized Liberation Day ceremony
8. 'Foundation Day' controversy resurfaces
9. Can South Korea, Japan move beyond historical disputes?
10. North Korean defector becomes governor of home province
11. President Yoon: “Liberation is incomplete as long as division persists”
12. Former Pres. Park commemorates 50th anniversary of her mother’s death
13. Int'l tourism to N. Korea's Samjiyon to resume in Dec.: tour agency
14. South Korea’s Yoon Offers Rare Olive Branch to Kim Jong Un
15. Yoon's new unification vision pushes for change within N. Korea: experts
16. Full text of Yoon's Liberation Day speech
17. US expresses frustration that North Korea is blocking efforts to recover remains of American casualties from Korean War
 

8/14/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 08/14/2024 - 9:34am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russia Withdraws Some Forces From Ukraine in Response to Kursk Invasion
2. Meet Philip Gordon: Kamala’s Foreign Policy Guru
3. Biden-Harris appeasement didn't delay Iran retaliation against Israel. Here's what really happened
4. Six Things to Know About the Tim Walz ‘Stolen Valor’ Claims
5. What Is Ukraine Hoping to Achieve With Its Kursk Incursion?
6. Deception and a Gamble: How Ukrainian Troops Invaded Russia
7. Active Duty Navy SEAL Captain alleges Investigation Steering & Mishandling on Shawn Ryan Show
8. Why Are There Fears of War in the South China Sea?
9. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 13, 2024
10. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, August 13, 2024
11. Japan PM Kishida's premiership to end after decision to exit party leadership race
12. In Israel, Support Grows for Offensive Against Hezbollah
13. Liberal Thought Returns to Campus
14. Russia-Iran Ties Are Being Strained by Parallel Conflicts
15. As Gaza Talks Near, Diplomats Try to Keep War From Spreading
16. U.S. plans to sell $20 billion in weapons to Israel over several years
17. Has Zelensky played a masterstroke or fatally poked the Russian bear?
18. Wedge and Hedge: The Political Logic of Ukraine’s Border Incursion
19. Without Talent Agility, America May Lose
20. The ‘Gray Zone’ Comes to Russia
21. Marine who died in Osprey rescue effort awarded top non-combat medal
22. Social-media firms are lowering defenses to foreign disinformation campaigns, researchers warn
23. To avoid history’s mistakes, Taiwan needs unambiguous protection, now
24. China’s Global Public Opinion War with the United States and the West
25. What Was the Biden Doctrine?
26. Fort Liberty soldier will not face charges in killing of Chechen utility worker on his property
27. AUKUS language contains exit clause for the US, but is that a problem?
28. Opinion  The Navy is breaking down. We need our allies’ help to fix our ships. By Rahm Emanuel
29. Semiconductor workforce shortage hits S. Korea, U.S., Japan

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea's 1st spy satellite approved for combat suitability
2. N. Korea slams Kishida's call for nuclear-free world
3. Russia’s Deepening Ties to North Korea: China’s Gateway to the Arctic?
4. S. Korea to stage large-scale military parade in Seoul for 2nd year
5. Sudden reshuffle of national security team baffles diplomats, experts
6. The Legitimacy of the Kim Family regime rests on the myth of Kim Il Sung's Anti-Japanese Partisan Warfare while the ROK seeks a free and unified Korea
7. North Korea issues nuclear 'cannon fodder' warning to US allies
8. Sending balloons with heavy payloads into North Korea poses legal issues: Seoul
9. Too frequent reshuffles of security aides (South Korea)
10. South Korea says North Korean hackers stole technical data on spy planes and tanks
11. Severe floods in N. Korea could cut its 2024 crop output: FAO
12. <Latest Flood Damage Information> Fatalities in Jagang Province...Police Struggle to Confirm Who Survived; Officials Ordered to Self-Criticize; Railway Remains Inoperative
13. Semiconductor workforce shortage hits S. Korea, U.S., Japan
14. Korean Air, L3Harris discuss ways to bolster Air Force's surveillance capabilities
15. Yoon hosts lunch for descendants of independence fighters on eve of Liberation Day
16. Japan's sexual slavery victim urges S. Korean gov't's intervention for compensation
17. The ‘Korean Wave’ already crashed on Cuba
18. North Korean delegation shows interest in engine and communication technologies at Russian military exhibition
19. President Yoon: “I will do my best to treat those who have contributed to protecting freedom and their descendants.”
 

8/13/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 08/13/2024 - 8:31am

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National Security News Content:

1. Israel Puts Military on High Alert as U.S. Sends Assets to Middle East
2. Why Ukraine’s Surprise Incursion on Russia Should Give Hope By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, William Taylor, Barry McCaffrey, James Clapper and Stephen Henriques
3. How China and North Korea could reunite as comrades in war
4. Tim Walz Has Always Been Consistent on China
5. All troops to get baseline cognitive testing in bid to treat traumatic injuries: Dept. of Defense
6. Love the army, defend the motherland: how China is pushing military education on children
7. The one policy conservatives across the world say will fix men: mandatory military service
8. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, August 12, 2024
9. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12, 2024
10. Is the Deal Between Palantir Technologies and Microsoft a Game-Changer?
11. Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation
12. The CIA Sent Him Deep Undercover to Spy on Islamic Radicals. It Cost Him Everything
13. The US tried to fix its foreign military sales system. Did it work?
14. Progressives jostle for nat sec jobs under Harris
15. Foreign investors pulled record amount of money from China in second quarter
16. China Overproduction Surge Gives Global South Pneumonia
17. Ukrainian Soldiers Describe Rapid Offensive Across Border as Russians Fled
18. National-security workforce needs young people, former NSA chief says
19. China Is in Denial About the War in Ukraine
20. Beyond Fusion: Preparing for Systems Rivalry (China)
21. The Hard Power Behind Olympic Triumph
22. Nuclear sub captain armed with doomsday weapons made sex tape with junior sailor at sea

Korean News Content:

1. How China and North Korea could reunite as comrades in war
2. The Challenges Faced by Resettled North Korean Escapees in South Korea
3. Sanctioned N. Korean official handling missile programs attends arms exhibition in Moscow: report
4. Hanwha Aerospace's K9 Thunder successfully tests US M982 Excalibur 155mm precision shells in Arizona
5. US Army conduct swift deployment drill in South KoreaUS Army conduct swift deployment drill in South Korea
6.  Sent to flood-ravaged areas, North Korean soldiers steal supplies, townspeople say
7. The issue of North Korean defectors being repatriated by surprise will be discussed at the UN later this month
8. White House: “Cannot Confirm Reports That North Korean Missiles Were Involved in Russian Attack”
9. Germany's membership in UN Command signals commitment to Indo-Pacific  
10. N. Korea slams top U.S. officials' op-ed on Biden's diplomat feats
11. Russia sends hundreds of goats to N. Korea amid deepening bilateral ties
12. Yoon voices frustration over 'national foundation day' controversy
13. Pres. Yoon replaces defense minister and NSO chief
14. North Korea reports 'fierce' heat as peninsula bakes
15. What Uganda has that North Korea does not
16. Chinese authorities warn of possible North Korean landmine displacement due to floods, notify residents "Do not go to the riverbank”
17. Wildfire erupts in Paju with North Korean trash balloon suspected as cause
18. Enact a Korean version of FARA
 

8/12/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 08/12/2024 - 9:56am

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National Security News Content:

1. Ukraine’s Russia Incursion Faces Dilemma After Quick Gains

2. In Syria’s Hinterlands, the U.S. Wages a Hidden Campaign Against a Resurgent Islamic State

3. Iran Emerges as the Most Aggressive Foreign Threat to U.S. Election

4. Kremlin Downplays Ukrainian Operation Inside Russian Territory

5. Philippines to file protest with China over South China Sea air incident

6. Australia, US, UK sign nuclear transfer deal for AUKUS subs

7. AUKUS partners demonstrated 'real-time' AI tests at US Army's Project Convergence

8. Good news, bad news in Japan’s military reawakening

9. The Hacking of Presidential Campaigns Begins, With the Usual Fog of Motives

10. Kursk invasion looks like WWII's Battle of the Bulge

11. Kursk shows it never pays to underestimate Ukraine

12.  What's Behind U.S. Navy's Worst Warship Production in 25 Years?

13. The Gloves Are Off. Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia.

14. US announces $125 million military aid package for Ukraine

15. Biden, Harris and Trump should issue a joint statement on the risks of World War III

16. U.S. Funding $32M Upgrade to Air Base in the Philippines

17. Three Visions for NATO Air and Missile Defense

18. The Undoing of Israel: The Dark Futures That Await After the War in Gaza

19. How Everything Became National Security

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, U.S. to begin key summertime military exercise next week

2. ROK-US, UFS exercise on 19th-29th… “Focus on responding to North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction”

3. UNICEF∙FAO: “No Request for North Korean Flood Relief”

4. N. Korean leader seen with new Mercedes-Benz SUV in defiance of sanctions

5. Arms agency test-deploys multi-legged counter-terrorism robot

6. Commentary: North Korea faces a troubled succession as Kim grooms daughter to be his likely heir

7. N. Korea slams S. Korea to divert public attention over flood damage: unification ministry

8. Yoon names new national security adviser, defense minister in surprise reshuffle

9. North Korea stole technical data about key ROK military spy planes: Ruling party

10. North's escalating rhetoric is a strategy to 'minimize internal unrest,' South says

11. N. Korea turns flooding into opportunity for spreading propaganda

12. Yoon names new defense minister, national security adviser

13. Hyesanites ordered to donate to flood relief campaign

14.  Overachieving S. Korea ties own gold medal record to finish 8th

15.  North Koreans celebrate Kim Jong Un winning every Olympic gold medal

8/11/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 08/11/2024 - 11:10am

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National Security News Content:

1. Four Warnings About the “Dark Quad”
2. US colonel claims Israeli special forces, American legionaries killed in Yemen
3. China’s Great Wall of Villages
4. How the culture wars poisoned American politics — and how to fix it
5. As Ukrainian Forces Grab Russian Territory, the Kremlin Maintains It’s No Big Deal
6. The State Department's Gaza Policy Has Failed
7. What Harris Learned Investigating Russian Interference
8. Trump Campaign Says It Was Hacked
9. Policy study calls for increasing US Marine force in northern Australia by 8 fold
10. Power Politics - United States vs. China
11. Palantir: Two Reasons Why I Believe It Is Just Getting Started
12. NATO states should abandon treaty banning the use of cluster munitions by John Nagl and Daniel Rice
13. How Ukraine’s incursion into Russia could change the war
14. Wartime need for drones would outstrip US production. There’s a way to fix that
15. In Secret Talks, U.S. Offers Amnesty to Venezuela’s Maduro for Ceding Power
16. Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away
17. New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights
18. Navy SEALs dropped in on a nuclear-powered submarine in the Pacific, drilling for a higher-end fight
19. Walz’s China ties garner attention, provoke GOP criticism
20. China’s Nightmare: A Second Trade War With Trump

Korean News Content:

1. Roadmap To Korean Reunification
2. Missiles, chemical weapons & nuke secrets… How Kim is arming the West's enemies
3. Department Disrupts North Korean Remote IT Worker Fraud Schemes Through Charges and Arrest of Nashville Facilitator
4. N. Korea names 4 new ambassadors in less than 10 days
5. S. Korea's memory chip exports to Taiwan up 225 percent in H1 on solid HBM demand
6. South Korea's nuclear dilemma and India's role
7. North Korean missiles fired on Kyiv in deadly Russian attack: Zelensky
8. Daunting tasks lie ahead for new Chinese envoy to South Korea
9. Yoon to meet former president Lee Myung-bak next week
10. Who silenced N. Korean boxer?
11.  Koreans need to be more confident about modern history
12. “North Korea’s ‘Divorce Literature’ is a Means of Promoting Communist Unification”
13. Donald Kirk: How Seoul secretly paid for a summit with North Korea
14. North Korean IT workers disguised as Americans are active in China
15. Yoon expected to unveil new unification vision in Liberation Day speech

8/10/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 08/10/2024 - 1:31pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Winning the First Fight: Experimenting with Army Special Operations Forces’ Contributions in Large-Scale Combat Operations

2.  ‘The US Needs to Learn a Great Deal From What Ukraine Has Done’ – Gen. David Petraeus

3. Surprise Attack in Kursk by Mick Ryan

4. Magyar's Birds Destroy 22 Howitzers in Under a Week

5. Defense Dept. Contractor Arrested With Dozens of Classified Documents

6. What Do Terrorists Have Against Taylor Swift Fans? Everything.

7. Top UN official tells Security Council that Islamic State group, affiliates gaining power in Africa

8. The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism

9. Chinese loans and projects turn problematic for Laos

10. Opinion  Surprise Ukraine offensive pokes Russia’s soft underbelly by Max Boot

11. The Doctrine Smart Book (Army)

12. Iran Is Better Positioned to Launch Nuclear-Weapons Program, New U.S. Intelligence Assessment Says

13. Freed Russian Dissidents Confront New Reality: Fighting Putin From Exile

14. America’s Anti-Terror Exit From Niger

15. 'Don't Whine': Coming Of Age At A 'Patriotic' Summer Camp In Ukraine's Heartland

16. Unlocking Victory: The Vital Role of Data Superiority on the Battlefield of the Future    

17. US Warns of 'Gray Zone' Conflict With China, Russia, North Korea

18. Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia Could Bring a Quicker End to the War

19. How the Red Cross failed Ukraine.

Korean News Content:

1. Voice of America [Washington Talk] “In the event of a sudden change in Taiwan, Korea and Japan have different roles… Korea should focus on suppressing North Korean threats”

2. N. Korean delegation to attend defense expo in Russia

3. GPY Summer CAMP 2024 - Korean Unification

4. N. Korean leader rejects international aid for flood damage

5. S. Korea, U.S. to hold 6th round of defense cost-sharing talks in Washington next week

6. Diplomats of S. Korea, U.S., Japan call for China to use influence to address N.K. threats

7. What we've learned from Joseph Kim, North Korean escapee and our friend and colleague

8. No North Korean Refugees Entering the U.S. for More Than 2 and a Half Years… “Rapid Changes in the Environment for North Korean Refugees”

9. N. Korea launches suspected trash-carrying balloons toward S. Korea again

10. South Korea could take ‘years to rebuild’ spy networks after leak exposes undercover agents

11. South Korean Nuclear Weapons Warning Amid North Provocation

12. US Warns of 'Gray Zone' Conflict With China, Russia, North Korea

13. North Korea expert, missing for months, detained in Switzerland for espionage

14. New chief of Independence Hall of Korea accused of being ‘pro-Japan’

8/9/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 08/09/2024 - 1:15pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Putin’s New Agents of Chaos
2. Iranian brothers charged in smuggling operation tied to SEALs’ deaths
3. As the Gaza Pier Is Packed Up, Experts Worry About What It Portends for a War in the Pacific
4. A Post-American Europe
5. Army fellowship offers paid degree, editor jobs to revitalize journals
6. Perception Warfare as Both Threat and Opportunity in Israel’s Post-October 7 Existential War
7. Irregular warfare: How fascist leaders use people willing to betray their own country
8. Cheap first-person-view drones now hunting larger prey in Ukraine
9. Disinformation Effort Key to Houthi Red Sea Campaign, Says 5th Fleet Commander
10. DNA on weapons implicates ex-U.S. Green Beret in attempted Venezuelan coup, federal officials say
11. 'Zero Day': New 10-Part Series Imagines What a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Might Actually Look Like
12. Japan's 'megaquake' warning explained
13. New bodycam video shows moment police officer saw Trump shooter just before assassination attempt
14. “Shadow Reserves”: China’s Key to Parry U.S. Financial Sanctions
15. Keep Generational Labels Out of Army Talent Management
16. As Three to One: The Moral Significance of Ukraine’s New F-16s
17. With the world on edge, defense stocks soar
18. Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft Without Panic -
19. How to Fix the Secret Service Before It Fails Again
20. Palmer Luckey’s Defense Startup, Anduril, Raises $1.5 Billion to Produce AI-Powered Weapons

Korean News Content:

1. More info needed on link between loudspeaker broadcasts, N. Korean's defection: military
2. No sign of North Korean missile launchers arriving on southern border: Seoul
3. North Korea threat update released by South
4. Tennessee man arrested for allegedly using IT worker scheme to raise money for North Korea’s weapons program
5. Some US soldiers in South Korea will now serve 2-year tours
6. Yoon visits military headquarters on last day of summer vacation
7. U.S. amphibious assault ship arrives in Busan for replenishment
8. IOC: North Korean athletes never received sanctions-violating smartphones
9. <Latest Information on Flood Damage>Railways Stopped in Northern Region, Continued Power Outages Food Shortages Lead to Increase in Robberies
10. Kim Jong Un BULLDOZES mansion that belonged to his hated step-grandmother whose bloodline was seen as a threat to his rule
11. Police to refer Korean American pastor to prosecutors over alleged illegal electioneering
12. N. Korea hacking groups hack S. Korea defense contractors
13. Footage of Kim Yo-jong bowing signals NK leader's daughter as heir
14. N. Korea's frequent mine collapses due to production push, wood shortages
15. Prosecutors inspect market offices in S. Pyongan Province
16. N. Korea prioritizes Kim portraits over flood victims
 

8/8/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 08/08/2024 - 10:47am

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National Security News Content:

1. The U.S. Must Prepare to Fight China and North Korea at the Same Time
2. Campus Protests Embolden Terrorist Groups By David Fridovich & Kim Cole , Jacob Olidort
3. Critique of FY25 NDAA Section 1254: A Critical Misdirection for a Counter-PLA Strategy
4. Ukraine pierces Russian border, triggering fierce clashes
5. Pilots, Family Members Say Crew Is Being Unfairly Blamed for November's Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash
6. Kinmen Is Unlikely to Become Taiwan’s Crimea
7. Paul Nitze: A Career of Thinking About the Unthinkable
8. The New National Defense Report Misses the Point
9. Enhancing Military Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific: A US Foreign Area Officer’s Perspective
10. Kyle Balzer, “Knowing Your Enemy”:  James Schlesinger and the Origins of Competitive, Tailored Deterrence Strategies
11. Wu Yongping: An Emerging "Western Bloc" on the Taiwan Question
12. The Will and the Power: China’s Plan to Undermine Pax Americana
13. National Character and Wartime Abuses
14. Analysis: Alleged Taylor Swift terror plot fits a worrying pattern as ISIS targets teens online
15. The Annexation Of Taiwan In Xi Jinping’s Timeline
16. Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft Without Panic
17. How to Prevent a Spiral of Political Violence in America
18. The Ukrainian prisoners going into combat
19. Can Ukraine Get Back on the Offensive? By Mick Ryan
20. Where is U.S. Foreign Policy Headed?
21. Army's Top Sergeant on Modern Warfare & Recruiting Tactics (Jedburgh Podcast)
22. The Link Between Two Wars
 

Korean News Content:

1. The U.S. Must Prepare to Fight China and North Korea at the Same Time
2.  1 N. Korean defects through 'neutral waters' between 2 Koreas: military sources
3. U.S. extends N.K. travel restriction by another year, cites 'serious' risk of arrest, long-term detention
4. Growing defections by high-ranking NK officials suggest possible regime collapse in near future, says defector
5. Samsung phones for NK Olympians may violate UN sanctions, Seoul says
6. N. Korea appoints new ambassador to Cuba
7. Military intelligence official referred to prosecution over alleged leak of 'black agents' info
8. North Korea’s Missile Gamble: A Dangerous New Chapter In The Korean Peninsula Crisis
9. Kim Ju Ae is unlikely to ever reign as North Korea's queen
10. South Korea tops China for shipbuilding orders as competition heats up
11. To Save His Shrinking City, a Mayor Turns to Koreans Uprooted by Stalin
12. State Dept. notes 'near consensus' against N.K. actions, for return to diplomacy
13. Exclusive: South Korean nuclear weapons would fracture US ties, defence chief says
14. N. Korea continues to install mines, barriers inside DMZ despite downpours
15. <Video Interview> The Voice of a North Korean Woman (1): 'Only Officials Thrive, Others Struggle'...Facing starvation due to the border closure, people sell off their homes to survive
16. North Korea punishes students and officials for watching banned Korean War film
17. They’re hidden from the world by a brutal regime. In Paris, they’re swapping pins