2/27/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. U.S. and Ukraine Prepare to Sign Minerals Deal—With Critical Details Unresolved
2. Trump Team Tried to Drop Security Guarantees from US-Ukraine Resources Deal
3. U.S. Foreign-Aid Halt Is Making Scrutiny of China Even Harder
4. Why Is the U.S. Paying Officers to Leave the Military?
5. How Charging Chinese Ships Could Ripple Through the Economy
6. Iran Has Enough Highly Enriched Uranium for Six Nuclear Weapons
7. Iran, the Nuclear Program, and Trump 2.0
8. Expert Q&A: DOGE May Be a Cybersecurity Nightmare
9. 3 thoughts on Trump’s foreign policy from an expert critical of U.S. intervention
10. Taiwan Faces China Threats From Sea and Cyber
11. Trump signals more firings of military leaders
12. Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line
13. Special ops commanders say adversaries outpacing US in tech advancement
14. USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled
15. Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system
16. The Rise of the Fake Tech Workforce: State-Sponsored Infiltration of U.S. Technical Supply Chains
17. Deterring Chinese Aggression: Theoretical Approaches for the South China Sea
18. The Pentagon’s joint requirements process must go
19. Rewind and Reconnoiter: Soft Power Shouldn’t Be Taken Lightly
20. Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments
21. The Collapse of Assad’s Regime: A Major Blow to Iran’s Influence
22. Hezbollah’s Defeat and Hamas’s Dogged Resistance: Israel’s Two-Front War and the Perils of Prewar Assumptions
23. The Taiwan Fixation: American Strategy Shouldn’t Hinge on an Unwinnable War
24. In Focus with Curtis Fox: Bureaucracy Limits Special Ops’ Effectiveness
25. Hegseth: DoD doing ‘complete review’ of Afghan withdrawal
26. Some US allies contribute, some loaf. Here’s a numerical assessment
Korean News Content:
1. KOREA ON THE BRINK: GENERAL JOHN WICKHAM AND POLITICO-MILITARY CRISIS MANAGEMENT (DUSTY SHELVES)
2. Some US allies contribute, some loaf. Here’s a numerical assessment
3. S. Korea, U.S. agree to use expression, ‘denuclearization of N. Korea,’ not ‘of Korean Peninsula’: Seoul envoy
4. Allies’ choice of term ‘denuclearization of N.K.’ crystallizes regime’s irregularities: Seoul
5. U.S. official dismisses concerns over ‘Korea passing’ if N.K. talks resume under Trump
6. North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea Says
7. State Department: “China is spreading false information” in response to Chinese Ambassador to Korea’s remarks that “forces that promote anti-China sentiment”
8. Secretary of State Rubio: “We will not abandon Korea and Japan… We must strengthen our ‘military capabilities’ to respond to China”
9. S. Korea, India to bolster ties as ‘strategic partners’ in Indo-Pacific region
10. Acting defense chief urges loyalty to the people at military academy graduation
11. Trapped North Korean soldiers in Russia may surrender after rescue fails
12. In shift, South Korea’s top diplomat says nuclear armament ‘not off the table’
13. In final defense, Yoon insists martial law was needed to counter North Korea
14. Ruling parties of N. Korea, Russia agree to expand cooperation: KCNA
15. UN envoy warns funding cuts will impair work of North Korean human rights NGOs
16. North Korea’s Ukraine war dead on ice as Kim regime considers options
17. Lawmaker asks US to grant S. Korea ‘grace period’ from ‘America First’ policy
18. President Yoon’s final statements drive political strife
