2/18/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Evolving the OODA Loop for Strategy
2. The Superpower Has Left the Building: Munich 2025
3. Will it be Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow?
4. Senior Trump officials rally as pick for Pentagon policy post faces flak
5. Tom Cotton under scrutiny for alleged ties to anti-Trump NGO funded by USAID
6. JD Vance intervenes as Republican feud over Pentagon nominee Elbridge Colby’s Iran views spills into the open
7. Who’s Running the Defense Department?
8. Is Scrapping USAID Prudent or Pernicious?
9. The Death of Government Expertise
10. FACT CHECK: Telegraph’s NATO-Ukraine Report Full of Misleading Claims
11. Planned U.S.-Russia Talks Over Ukraine Throw Europe Into Crisis
12. CIA Security Breach: How A Government Efficiency Order May Have Exposed Operatives
13. The Bolduc Brief: The Department of Government Efficiency – A Misguided Endeavor
14. In Focus with Curtis Fox: Rethinking the Special Forces Mission
15. Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance Picked a Fight in Germany. Will He Get One in China?
16. The False Promise of Strategic Bombing
17. China Doesn’t Want to Lead an Axis
18. The Army and the New Paradigm of Ground Combat: Lessons from Ukraine’s Failed 2023 Counteroffensive
19. Armed Neutrality for Ukraine Is NATO’s Least Poor Option
20. Munich Insider: If US Throws Ukraine Under a Bus, Others Will Stand Alongside Kyiv – Bill Browder
21. Trump’s gamble
22. (UK) Special Forces blocked 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos, MoD confirms
23. China Says US Has ‘Gravely Backpedaled’ on Taiwan
24. The ‘Everything Is Broken’ Administration
25. Is China’s military really built for war? New report questions Beijing’s arms buildup
26. Clarifying Language for Victory
Korean News Content:
1. North Korea vows to bolster nuclear force as US, allies push for denuclearization
2. Donald Trump And North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program – Analysis
3. Close communication ongoing after China protests S. Korea’s support for Taiwan’s int’l participation: gov’t
4. S. Korea vows stern response against Japan’s repeated Dokdo claims
5. S. Korea says ‘closely’ monitoring developments on negotiations to end Ukraine war
6. Prosecutors raid office of defense ministry in martial law probe
7. DeepSeek sent S. Korean user data to China’s ByteDance: regulator
8. South Korea deploys new missile to counter North Korean artillery threats
9. N. Korea to keep bolstering nuclear force, criticizes U.S. for pursuing ‘outdated’ denuclearization goal
10. S. Korea aims to recover remains of 220 soldiers killed during Korean War in 2025
11. Yoon supporters hold protest rallies outside of judge’s alleged home
12. U.S.-based Direct Relief wins Seoul Peace Prize
13. Military deploys new homegrown bunker buster missile amid N.K. threats
14. Families of abductees pressure Japan for stronger action against North Korea
15. Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korean lawmaker
16. National Assembly speaker meets acting U.S. envoy to discuss China, bilateral ties, Trump
17. Differing approaches to denuclearization: US and NK perspectives
