4/11/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. SASC: Open/Closed: To receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program
2. Senate Confirms Dan Caine to Lead Joint Chiefs of Staff
3. China acknowledges its role in years of cyberattacks against US over support of Taiwan: report
4. INDOPACOM CO Paparo Outlines Risk of Western Pacific Conflict
5. Actions create consequences: Public support and tariffs – that nationalism thing by Cynthia Watson
6. A Strategy to Protect Taiwan From China
7. China and America Aren’t Just in a Trade War. It’s a Fight for the 21st Century. By Matt Pottinger and Liza Tobin
8. How drones, data, and AI transformed our military—and why the US must follow suit
9. Japan’s Ishiba and NATO chief vow to deepen security ties as regional threats rise
10. Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies
11. Seeking reset, Hegseth affirms Panama’s sovereignty over canal
12. Beyond Strategy: Executing Economic Security Policy
13. It’s time for a reckoning at Defense Health Agency over Tricare
14. Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion
15. Space Force Colonel fired after astonishing email about JD Vance
16. The Case for a “Trump to Tehran” Strategy
17. Ukraine Accuses Russia of Systematically Recruiting Soldiers From China
18. Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts
19. No Such Thing as Disorder: A Review of States of Disorder, Ecosystems of Governance
20. Brush Fire to Inferno: The Angolan Civil War and Inadvertent Escalation
21. The U.S. and China Are Going to Economic War—and Everyone Will Suffer
22. From Duct Tape to Penicillin, GPS to Superglue: Thank the DOD
23. SOCOM leader warns of information operations ‘void’
24. Trump Team Races to Cut Piecemeal Tariff Deals With More Than 70 Countries
25. Does Trump Have a China Trade Strategy?
Korean News Content:
1. SASC: Open/Closed: To receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program
2. INDOPACOM CO Paparo Outlines Risk of Western Pacific Conflict
3. US Commander in India(INDOPACOM): “If US Forces in Korea are reduced, there is a high possibility of North Korea invading”
4. US Forces Korea commander defends troop levels amid talk of cuts
5. Seoul Prefers Investment, Not Confrontation On Tariff War
6. Top General Says North Korea Continuing Weapons Development, Becoming More Isolated
7. U.S. military leaders negative about USFK troop reduction
8. Trump says U.S. may buy ‘top-of-the-line’ ships from ‘close’ countries
9. U.S. shows willingness to handle tariff talks smoothly with S. Korea: trade minister
10. South Korea establishes ties with Syria, a longstanding North Korea ally
11. Yoon continues to wield influence on party, election
12. “Single Guardianship System Centered on Choe Ryong-hae Could Cause ‘North Korean Regime Instability’”
