5/29/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.29.2025 at 02:22pm
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National Security News Content:
1.Special Forces Does Not Have an Identity Crisis. SOF Has a Special Forces Identity Problem: A Response to Colonel Croot
2. Reimagining Irregular Warfare: The Case for a Modernized OSS 2.0
3. On Russia, Trump Is More of the Same
4. No clear plan for supporting Guam missile defense system, GAO finds
5. Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government
6. Venezuela’s Gray War: A Criminal Army, a Migrant Wave, and the US ‘Invasion’?
7. CIA chief faces stiff test in bid to revitalize human spying
8. Disasters, Conflict, and Myanmar’s Uncertain Future
9. Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission
10. Navy SEAL Veteran Is First GOP Candidate for Tuberville’s Alabama Senate Seat
11. The Electromagnetic Spectrum for Golden Dome To Succeed
12. Pentagon sunsets Elon Musk’s “what did you do last week” email requirement
13. Trump says he believes US is close to reaching a new Iran nuclear deal as he confirms he told Israel not to disrupt the talks
14. Putin’s demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement, sources say
15. Trump Downplays Prospect of New Sanctions on Russia
16. U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says
17. Leadership at the Tip of the Spear – Reflections from SOF Week in Tampa
18. Why Putin Believes He Can Win His ‘Civilizational War’ Against the West
19. Make Them Fight! If You Want a More Lethal Military, Have Generals Compete in Wargames
20. Bookshelf: Preserving the US technological republic
21. Lessons Learned from Pakistan’s Use of Chinese-Provided Weapons
22. Women in the Ranks, but Not in the Clear
23. China pushes for a new ‘Asian alliance’ as it signs deals with Asean, Gulf states
24. These historians oversee unbiased accounts of U.S. foreign policy. Trump fired them all.
25. As U.S. Retreats on the Global Stage, Is China Winning?
Korean News Content:
1. U.S. looks to ‘calibrate’ USFK posture to deter China: senior official
2. Rethinking South Korea’s Naval Strategy for a Taiwan Strait Contingency
3. The Risky ‘Side Launch’ That Doomed Kim Jong Un’s New Warship
4. USFK commander rejects speculation on troop cut in Korea, reaffirms commitment
5. Crash of Navy aircraft in Pohang leaves crew of four dead
6. Reimagining the Role of U.S. Forces in Korea
7. South Korea reports unintentional gunfire at DMZ; no response from North
8. South Korean students warned over social media posts amid Trump administration crackdown
9. US shouldn’t reduce troops in South Korea without consulting Seoul, senator says
10. Get Ready for a Big, Bold, and Very Bad North Korea Deal
11. An intransigent North Korea slips from the spotlight in ROK presidential race
12. War Game suggests North Korea could survive nukes
13. Shoigu praises North Korean troops for defending Kursk as if ‘own motherland’
14. 62 Chinese students arrive in Pyongyang to study at North Korean universities
15. Who will make Korea great again?
