12/9/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. The 11-Day Blitz by Syrian Rebels That Ended 50 Years of Assad Rule
2. The Syrian Regime Collapsed Gradually—And Then Suddenly
3. Biden Is Ceding Presidential Influence to Trump, and Some Democrats Are Furious
4. At the Top of Trump’s Team: Angry Vets Who Want to Upend U.S. Foreign Policy
5. What led to the fall of Syria’s Assad?
6. The Syrian People Finally Have a Reason for Hope
7. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2024
8. Iran Update, December 8, 2024
9. The Day After Assad
10. Simon Sebag Montefiore: After Assad
11. U.S. Scrambles to Shape Post-Assad Syria but Has to Overcome Years of Disengagement
12. Israeli Troops Occupy Syria Buffer Zone in Defensive Step
13. Congress to boost junior enlisted pay by thousands of dollars in 2025
14. Taiwan reports 14 Chinese warships and 4 balloons near the island
15. A day in the diplomatic life of America’s defense secretary
16. China-Russia cooperation poses rising threat in Arctic, Pentagon warns
17. Former Trump Acting SECDEF Talks About The Future Of Big Ticket Defense Programs
18. Mother of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, says new information proves her son is alive
19. US, Japanese and Australian troops team up for warfighting drills across the Pacific
20. Prosecuting Putin’s Proxies: How Prosecutions Are Reshaping the Fight Against Russian Irregular Forces
21. 62 Years After the ’62 War, Where Do China and India Go From Here?
22. Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently?
23. ‘The Common Defence’: Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Reagan National Defense Forum (As Delivered)
24. New NATO Chief Wants Less Talk About Peace And More Weapons For Ukraine
25. How Alex Karp helped turn Palantir into the West’s AI arms dealer
26. The Return of Realpolitik
27. Amphibious Warfare Dead, or Is It?
28. Washington Needs a New Approach to NATO
29. Vietnam quiet, firm and resilient in the South China Sea
Korean News Content:
1. South Korea’s President Yoon to resign, will not be involved in state affairs before stepping down: Ruling party
2. Defense ministry says control of military currently lies with Yoon
3. South Korean opposition plans new impeachment push
4. Special forces unit chief says his soldiers are victims used by ex-defense minister
5. Civic groups to stage another candlelight vigil calling for Yoon’s impeachment
6. Why South Korea Should Resist New Digital Platform Laws
7. President under investigation as ‘suspect’ for treason, abuse of power
8. Tables turned? Korean firms now tasked with reassuring US partners
9. Ex-defense minister ordered drone infiltration to Pyongyang in Oct.: lawmaker
10. Drillship for East Sea gas exploration project arrives in Busan
11. Viable roadmap needed (South Korea)
12. [News Analysis] How will North Korea react to South Korea’s political crisis?
13. Conflict erupts over ruling camp’s takeover plan
14. [ANALYSIS] Why Park Geun-hye was impeached, but Yoon Suk Yeol isn’t
15. [Wang Son-taek] Why is democracy of South Korea so strong?
16. Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says
17. Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan vow coordination against N.K. threats amid martial law turmoil
18. Yoon placed under travel ban amid martial law probe as political turmoil deepens
19. N. Korea deploys hundreds of intelligence agents to aid Russian war effort
20. Let us not forget about North Korea (View from the Netherlands on Israel-north Korea)
