5/5/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.05.2025 at 11:00am
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National Security News Content:
1. America’s New Pacific Army Commander Lays Out His China Strategy
2. Exposing Coercion – Philippine response ‘completely upended China’s South China Sea strategy’
3. Lack of Will Prevents Wars from Being Won
4. The case of the Philippines: A masterclass in strategic collaboration
5. My Take | Forget Mao, Clausewitz is a better guide to the real US-Chinese trade war
6. Ukrainian Naval Drones Shoot Down Russian Jets in Military First, Kyiv Says
7. Trump’s Three Steps to Economic Growth
8. How Bad Is China’s Economy? The Data Needed to Answer Is Vanishing
9. Trump Should Try Operation Warp Speed 2.0
10. Teenage Terrorists Are a Growing Threat to Europe’s Security
11. The Wisdom of Trump’s Trade Austerity
12. It actually makes sense that Trump has given Marco Rubio all these jobs — here’s why
13. The U.S.-China Tariff War – and Some Lessons from History
14. A Commander’s Case for Women, Peace, and Security by Mark Hertling
15. Trump Calls For 100% Tariff on Movies Made Overseas
16. Embattled Voice of America’s fate uncertain after brief apparent reprieve
17. Trump Says Third Term Is ‘Not Something I’m Looking to Do’
18. Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked if He Must Uphold the Constitution
19. These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful
20. One Moment That Foretold It All
21. The State Department Makes an Enemies List – And I am on it by Anne Applebaum
22. ‘The Rock’ reboot?: Alcatraz may get new life under President Trump
23. Beyond the Hype: Why Drones Cannot Replace Artillery
24. Why Public Attitudes are important but neglected in Post-conflict Peacebuilding
25. Deep Rivalry or Elite Obsession? Washington’s Search for Dominance Over China (Book Review)
26. Another Last Supper and a New Era of Defense Giants
27. Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels
28. The End of the Global Aid Industry
29. Top NSC official wants to normalize offensive hacking as tool of US might
Korean News Content:
1. Civic, grass-root efforts for Korean unification steadfast
2. America’s New Pacific Army Commander Lays Out His China Strategy
3. DP seen moving to discuss whether to impeach chief justice over ruling against candidate Lee
4. North Korea Watchers are just different
5. How U.S. ally and export powerhouse South Korea is coping with tariffs
6. “America is not an attractive partner to North Korea… Dialogue becomes more difficult due to close ties between North Korea and Russia”
7. Kim Jong Un’s Latest Gift to Russia Is Migrant Workers
8. ‘The Rock’ reboot?: Alcatraz may get new life under President Trump
9. Hanwha Aerospace eyes U.S. Air Force repair hub role to bolster USFK combat readiness
10. Ex-PM Han proposes meeting with PPP presidential candidate Kim Monday
11. DP presidential candidate Lee leads in 3-way race against PPP, minor party candidates: poll
12. DP urges court to postpone presidential candidate Lee’s remanded trial until after June election
13. Crypto crime led by US adversaries; N. Korea worst offender, expert says
14. Kim Moon-soo, critic of North Korea engagement, wins ROK ruling party primary
15. Kim to send top aide to Russia’s Victory Day celebrations to spotlight China-Russia-North alliance, sources claim
