7/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.16.2025 at 01:35pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Soft power for a tough world: America needs more than tanks and aircraft carriers. By William H. McRaven
2. US-China spy wars intensify under Trump 2.0 as tech competition heats up
3. In the Indo-Pacific, US defense industrial partnerships go much deeper than AUKUS submarines
4. U.N. ambassador nominee Waltz downplays ‘Signalgate’ controversy
5. Pentagon yanks speakers from Aspen Security Forum, blasts its values
6. House NDAA draft mandates database of contractors used in covert operations
7. The Secret Service Failure at Butler, Pa., a Year Later
8. Through Trial and Error, Iran Found Gaps in Israel’s Storied Air Defenses
9. Regime Change in Tehran Isn’t Worth the Risk
10. The Right’s 1939 Project
11. Australian Leader’s Bonhomie in China Belies Delicate Balancing Act
12. Is This ‘What They Signed Up For?’ New Military Missions Ignite Interest in Conscientious Objectors
13. Senate confirms controversial vet to lead Pentagon personnel office
14. Lawmakers want details on plans to privatize military stores
15. Pacific Military Balance Tilting in China’s Favor, Says New Defense of Japan Report
16. Mike Waltz pledges to make UN ‘great again’ in confirmation hearing
17. Senate committee seeks safeguard against US troop reductions in South Korea
18. Information Management Driving Decision Supremacy
19. The Limits of Putin’s Balancing Act
20. How India Can Placate America
21. Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran
22. To build ‘peace through strength,’ restore this pillar of US power
23 A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
24. Commander’s Intent for Machines: Reimagining Unmanned Systems Control in Communications-Degraded Environments
25. Development or Dependence? Rethinking China’s Economic Playbook in the Americas
26. The Curious Case of Slife the Knife
27. Carlyle ‘Smitty’ Harris, Vietnam POW Who Originated ‘Tap Code,’ Dies
28. The US Army’s second rebirth: From post-Vietnam to post-GWOT
Korean News Content:
1. VIdeo From HRNK – White Horses and Absolute Power: Inside Kim Jong Un’s Equestrian Life
2. My Interview with John Batchelor on the Future of ROK policy toward north Korea
3. Human Rights Activists Attend Captive Nations Summit
4. South Korea’s post-American Finlandization
5. Senate committee seeks safeguard against US troop reductions in South Korea
6. USFK commander stresses alliance during S. Korean drills in Australia
7. Retrial of ex-President Park Chung-hee’s assassin begins
8. Ex-national security adviser calls for early return of wartime operational control from U.S.
9. AMCHAM hosts cybersecurity seminar, urges global cooperation amid rising digital threats
10. North Korea claims leap in AI capabilities11.
11. Farmers threaten collective action against possible opening of agro market to U.S. amid tariff talks
12. Senior diplomats of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks in Japan this week
13. N. Korea cracks down on officials selling public goods for private profit
14. N. Korean smartphone app evolved from simple ID tool to permanent surveillance platform
15. N. Korea orders flood prevention work but leaves locals to pay for materials
16. Ex-US diplomat alleging vote fraud in S. Korea barred from meeting Yoon Suk Yeol
17. N. Korea unveils Pyongyang-Beijing rail schedules amid report of service resumption
18. ‘Back to the Line’: Why American Soldiers Should Be on the Korean DMZ
19. America First, Allies Always: securing the Asia-Indo-Pacific together
