1/10/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. I served with Matthew Livelsberger in Afghanistan. He awed us (From a Marine)
2. Congress Didn’t Ban TikTok: The Supreme Court should uphold the law I wrote, which requires only finding a new owner.
3. 1,200,000 Drones: Ukraine’s Unmanned Weapons are Transforming Warfare
4. Behind the Curtain: The information gods
5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 9, 2025
6. Iran Update, January 9, 2025
7. Arab States Race Turkey for Influence in New Syria
8. Taiwan’s Lock-Kneed Soldiers Kick Up a Fuss Over Tabooed Tradition
9. Trump’s Greenland bid is about race with China for Arctic control
10. The great paradox: strategic thinking in an unstrategic world (Review essay)
11. The Danger Posed by Today’s Angry Vets
12. Taiwan hypersonics aim for deep strikes on the mainland
13. The Pentagon finessed its pivot to Asia. Can it last during Trump?
14. Soldiers are turning to social media when the chain of command falls short. The Army sees it as a nuisance.
15. Trump, the ‘America First’ candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism
16. Can Trump buy Greenland? Technically, yes. Here are his options.
17. Surge of Female Enlistments Helped Drive Army Success in Reaching 2024 Recruiting Goal
18. DOGE is dispatching agents across U.S. government
19. U.S. Ambassador Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’
20. Trump vs. the Military
21. Mending Fences: Strengthening Homeland Defense through Integrated Civil-Military Air Surveillance
22. China takes aim at Philippine democracy
23. Urgent Defense Recommendations for the Trump Administration
24. America Cannot Surrender Its AI Dominance
25. New POTUS, New Policies: A Forecast of Five Futures for the Russia-Ukraine War
26. It’s Time to Rethink DoD’s Civil Harm Mitigation and Response
27. America Cannot Surrender Its AI Dominance
28. The US Army needs less good, cheaper drones to compete
29. Kellogg wants to broker Russia-Ukraine peace deal within 100 days of Trump inauguration
30. The Quad Plus the Philippines
31. Who’s Afraid of America First?
31. Trump plans to rebuild the US Navy in Korean shipyards. We already know this works well
Korean News Content:
1. South Korean lawmakers seek independent probe as Yoon’s lawyers warn detention may spark ‘civil war’
2. Trump allies weigh in on South Korea’s political unrest, regional impact
3. North Korea’s Position on the Turmoil in South Korea
4. Parliamentary subcommittee passes new special counsel bill against Yoon’s martial law bid
5. Acting president says no solution to standoff between gov’t agencies over Yoon’s arrest
6. Police convene field commanders ahead of 2nd attempt at detaining Yoon
7. Acting president accepts presidential security chief’s resignation offer
8. Head of abolished N.K. party organ on inter-Korean affairs appears to retain political status
9. N. Korea includes Russian language in official postal stamp description for 1st time
10. The Pentagon finessed its pivot to Asia. Can it last during Trump?
11. ‘Stop the Steal’ becomes protest slogan in Seoul
12. Who will represent Korea at Trump’s inauguration ceremony?
13. Korean democracy upgrade: Goodbye public sentiment, hello law
14. The true cost: North Korean soldiers’ deadly reality in Russia’s war
15. N. Korea’s digital leap: Examining the ‘Mirae’ wi-fi network
16. Commentary: South Korea needs to move on from this crisis
17. South Korea presidential security chief warns against violent attempt to arrest Yoon
18. Food shortages and skyrocketing prices… North Korean residents ‘cry out’
19. North Korea remains silent despite casualties among soldiers dispatched to Russia… 70% of South Koreans say “North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia threatens the situation on the Korean Peninsula”
20. Trump plans to rebuild the US Navy in Korean shipyards. We already know this works well
