1/24/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Neither Ironman nor the Hulk: Human Enhancements for Military Purposes
2. John Ratcliffe Sworn in as CIA Director – CIA
3. The Great Power Threat is Back: Why America Needs a National Security Reset
4. Reimagining American Grand Strategy for Today’s Complex World
5. The Need for a Taxonomy of Hybrid Warfare: Population-Centric vs. Enemy-Centric Approaches
6. White House to Old Staff: Go Home. Don’t Call Us. We’ll Call You.
7. Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt After Trump Shock Therapy
8. The Dangerous Rise of Hybrid Warfare
9. Retired Taiwanese general indicted for collusion with China
10. How Taiwan Could Turn a Chinese Invasion into a Costly Nightmare
11 . America has an imperial presidency
12. Pete Hegseth has seen the enemy and it is American liberals
13. Trump Tells Davos: Make Your Product in America—or Pay Tariffs
14. Securing Ukraine May Require Western Forces
15. Asia Sees Trump in a Surprising Way—as a Steady Pair of Hands
16. Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars
17. Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths
18. Pentagon orders global social media pause, with exceptions for border operations
19. Trump signs executive order to release more JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files
20. Donald Trump pulling US troops from Europe in blow to NATO allies: Report
21. The Arquebus Era of Information Operations
22. Harding Project #ArmyAuthor Profile: Bill Mauldin—Reflections on a Stirrer-Upper
23. The Limits of Madman Theory
24. Don’t Let Geopolitics Ruin Syria’s Transition
25. Peering Into the Dawn of Disinformation
26.How ‘ironclad’ is US commitment to Philippines? Analysts say it all depends on Trump
27. 2 soldiers killed, 12 others wounded in Basilan clash
Korean News Content:
1. Trump’s inaugural signals South Korea not a priority in U.S. foreign policy shift
2. Donald Trump says he will reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again
3. Expert Q&A: North Korea and Russia – ‘Fighting and Dying’ Together
4. Analysts: China normalizing its claims to maritime zone shared with South Korea
5. Mother of North Korean abductee hopes Trump can progress stalled kidnapping issue
6. The president, who is the body of the national constitution, cannot commit internal rebellion, and there is no example of a president being punished for internal rebellion in any country in the world
7. North Korea set to send 150 ballistic missiles, more troops to Russia: Kyiv
8. Ukraine intel chief says North Korean weapons are flooding into Russia
9. North Korea Hid Rocket Launchers In Civilian Box Trucks. Now The Incognito Launchers Are Rolling Into Battle Against Ukraine.
10. Court denies prosecution’s request for extension of Yoon’s arrest
11. Trump’s indication of reengaging N. Korea’s Kim raises specter of another summit, but in different theater
12. N. Korea suspected of preparing for additional troop deployment to Russia: JCS
13. S. Korea strongly protests Japan’s renewed claim over Dokdo
14. North Korea Has All the Leverage: But for How Long?
15. Russian firm begins attracting tourists to N. Korea’s new Kalma tourist zone
16. N. Korea reports on impeachment trial against Yoon