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2/8/2022 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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Phantom Power: Russia’s Neo-Covert Operations in the 2008 Georgian and 2014 Ukrainian Conflicts Dave Maxwell Mon, 02/07/2022 - 9:27pm

This research develops a novel concept about how external actors utilize a new form of power. Joseph Nye’s Hard and Soft power provides valuable concepts as to how countries use various tools to achieve their objectives. However, Nye’s hard power concept doesn’t illustrate Russia’s recent aggression in Georgia (2008) and Eastern Ukraine (2014). In both conflicts... Читать дальше...

Back to the Future: Next Generation Forest Brothers Dave Maxwell Mon, 02/07/2022 - 8:58pm

The Forest Brothers refers to the organized armed resistance fight in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.[The movement arose in 1944 at the end of World war II and lasted until 1956. This article will explore the relevance of the Latvian Forest Brothers to the modern Latvian National Armed Forces and attempt to draw lessons from the historical experience of the 20th century movement. Читать дальше...