7/15/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.15.2025 at 01:53pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Shitposting as a National Asset
2. Trump Raises Pressure on Russia With Tariff Threat, Ukraine Weapons Deal
3. Pentagon abruptly withdraws from Aspen Security Forum
4. Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
5. The Battle for Display Dominance
6. Vladimir Putin Awakens Donald Trump’s Reluctant Warrior
7. A military exercise drawing together 19 nations and 35,000 forces begins in Australia
8. Why Russia Recognized the Taliban
9. Tokyo, Manila moves arouse Chinese concerns about Asian mini NATO
10. China’s gray-zone hybrid threats against Taiwan’s Pacific allies
11. Defense Department to begin using Grok, Musk’s controversial AI model
12. A Shift in Tone on Ukraine? Trump’s 50 Day Ultimatum by Mick Ryan
13. Anthropic, Google and xAI win $200M each from Pentagon AI chief for ‘agentic AI’
14. America’s Biggest Rare-Earth Producer Makes a Play to End China’s Dominance
15. Trump Bets Constantly Shifting Tariff Strategy Can Remake Global Trade
16. Trump Adopts Joe Biden’s Ukraine Playbook (For Now)
17. Terrifying spies invading our spies that are the size of MOSQUITOES
18. From Tanks to TikTok: Adapting Article 5 for Graduated Responses to Hybrid Warfare
19. Tailored and Time Constrained: Key Considerations for Military Innovators
20. State Department cuts China policy staff amid major overhaul
21. What Would War with China Look Like—in the US Homeland?
22. The Fragility of U.S. Spacepower in a Multipolar World
23. Drone Warfare Reshaping Defense Strategies | SOF News
24. The Promise and Peril of Recognizing Palestine
25. The Right Way to Wield America’s Economic Power
Korean News Content:
1. S. Korea aims to regain wartime command from U.S. within Lee’s term: defense minister nominee
2. Presidential office quickly nixes defense minister nominee’s remarks on Opcon transfer
3. My two interviews on the John Batachler show last evening.
4. North Korean Hackers Flood npm Registry with XORIndex Malware in Ongoing Attack Campaign
5. Direct flights between Pyongyang and Moscow to begin this month
6. S. Korea ‘strongly’ protests Japan’s renewed claim to Dokdo in defense white paper
7. Pretend tourists, lavish meals, empty beaches: North Korea’s new resort gets first foreign reviews
8. Russian military aircraft arrives in Pyongyang following Lavrov’s visit to North Korea
9. Chung Dong-young’s return signals softening of North Korea policy
10. Top security advisers of S. Korea, Britain discuss defense, trade cooperation
11. N. Korean uranium plant ramps up operations under cover of darkness
12. Steady, prudent OPCON transfer
13. North Korea forced Russian reporters to take COVID tests for Lavrov-Kim talks
14. North Korea now operating three semiconductor plants, ROK minister nominee says
15. Why America and South Korea Need a Combined Multi-Domain Task Force
