2/19/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 18, 2023

2. In China, a Web of Actors Weave Foreign Policy
3. Putin Doesn’t Have a Plan to Win
4. Blinken Has Tense Meeting With Chinese Official Amid Spy Balloon Furor
5. US warns allies at Munich that China may increase support for Russia
6. US, Syrian forces capture ISIS official in helicopter raid
7. The Blind Spot: How a gap in Climate Security Strategy leads to opportunities for maligned actors in Strategic Competition.
8. Asia’s coming great demographic divide
9. Aging Societies (Asia)
10. A controversial idea: Jets for Ukraine in exchange for treaty talks with Moscow
11. Kirby: No timeline for end of US support to Ukraine
12. Blinken: Determination that Russia committed crimes against humanity ‘starkly clear’
13. Putin Is Angry: Russia Has Suffered 200,000 Dead or Wounded in Ukraine
14. Axis of Convenience
15. Russia’s military planners in Ukraine muddled by anachronism
16. US troops capture ISIS official tied to attacks on prisons
17. ‘Russia thinks they can just wait us out’: US must be ironclad on defending Ukraine, security experts say

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, U.S. hold joint air drills after N. Korea's ICBM launch
2.  N. Korea says it fired Hwasong-15 ICBM at lofted angle
3. Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S., Japan condemn N. Korean missile launch
4. South Korea’s Enduring Restraint Toward China
5. North conducts 'surprise launching drill' of ICBM, vows tit-for-tat responses to South
6. First team of rescue personnel return to Korea from Turkey
7. [Editorial] Useless firing of an ICBM by North
8. [Interview] Last 'Imjin Scout' brings DMZ warriors to light
9. EU condemns 'reckless' North Korean missile launch
10. Defense white paper: 2 Koreas become official enemies once more
11. South Korea’s First Attempt at Going Nuclear
12. Tensions simmer on peninsula after NK launch, allies’ drills