2/13/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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Access Korean News HERE.
National Security News Content:
1. Trump will nominate free speech lawyer to public diplomacy role
2. Trump Writes a New Playbook for Quagmires in Gaza and Ukraine
3. China Tries to Play the Role of Peacemaker in Ukraine
4. Trump Says He and Putin Agreed to Begin Talks on Ending Ukraine War
5. Opinion: God Bless ‘America,’ but God Help Ukraine and Europe Fend for Themselves!
6. Pentagon’s Hegseth sees growth in defense spending despite Musk review
7. Three Steps to Build America’s Naval Power
8. Hegseth didn’t request $137K in military housing upgrades: Official
9. Philippines on Cusp of Major Defense Pacts with New Zealand, Canada
10. The Global South, Not Europe, Should Play Peacekeeper in Ukraine
11. Army enlisted leader sees ‘transformation’ at work in brigade visit
12. Plans to Buy ‘Armored Teslas’ Vanish From Procurement List
13. Wittman ‘Positive’ U.S. Can Maintain Power Balance Between China, Russia
14. Ukraine’s Daunting Choice: Trading Its Land and People for Future Security
15. Europe gasping for air as Trump makes his Ukraine move
16. T-Mobile’s Game-Changing Collaboration with Starlink has begun Nationwide Testing of Satellite-Based Connectivity
17. Taiwan Prepares for Trump’s Tariffs, and a Changed Washington
18. The silver linings in Trump’s trade war storm clouds
19. The Nation Needs a Maritime National Security Strategy
20. Five Ways to Get NATO Allies to Spend 5%
21. Japan goes for broke with $1 trillion Trump bet
22. First Taiwan Strait trip of Trump administration ‘sent the wrong signal,’ China says
23. How America’s Allies Boost U.S. Intelligence
24. Trump closes down federal worker buyout offer after judge lifts hold
25. Actually, the #Resistance is working
26. The Trump Tracker: 36 Notable Moves in 24 Days
27. Now Putin is poised to invade Europe as Trump casts Ukraine aside
28. CSA Sends GEN George’s Articles of the Month
29. Connecting the Force: Building US Military Interoperability for the Modern Battlefield
30. Melpomene Now (Fiction: AI and naitonal security)
Korean News Content:
1. ROK: YOON TROUBLES (John Batchelor Show)
2. Trump will nominate a free speech lawyer to public diplomacy role (And Allison Hooker to Undersecretary for Political Affairs).
3. Trump taps North Korea expert Allison Hooker as under secretary of state
4. T-Mobile’s Game-Changing Collaboration with Starlink has begun Nationwide Testing of Satellite-Based Connectivity
5. Russia, North Korea Boost Their Cooperation Amid Tough Ukrainian Resistance
6. Trump and Kim Jong-un Have Opposing Visions for North Korea on Nuclear Weapons
7. ‘Huge smiles’: Lawmaker sends 500 valentines to US troops near North Korean border
8. The Roots of South Korea’s Political Crisis
9. South Korea Has More Leverage Over China Than You Think
10. Impeached South Korean President Yoon Blames Opposition for Martial Law Decree
11. Did China meddle in South Korea’s election? Concern over claims by Yoon supporters
12. FM Cho to hold 1st talks with Rubio in Munich this weekend
13. S. Korea urges N.K. to ‘immediately stop’ dismantling separated family facility at Mt. Kumgang resort
14. Declassified dossier shows N. Korea demanded South dismantle DMZ barricade in 1990 talks
15. Trump taps ex-NSC official involved in N.K. diplomacy as under secretary of state
16. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Surveillance and Control of Mobile Phones Intensifies: Information Extracted During Repairs, Daily Photography Monitored
17. 41% of Korea’s US exports feared being subject to ‘tariff bombs’
18. US withdrawal from UN human rights body draws mixed reactions
19. US Senate introduces bill to ‘allow allies to build warships’… “Utilizing allies’ comparative advantage”
20. Kim Jong-un’s Choice
21. Korean experts: Social consensus needed before revising ‘unification plan’”
