7/18/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.18.2025 at 01:50pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Building Taiwan’s Resilience – Insights into Taiwan’s Civilian Resilience Against Acts of War
2. Why the Establishment Fears Elbridge Colby
3. Why isolationism is the wave of the future
4. Trump’s new Ukraine strategy — A welcome shift, but more is needed
5. Marine General to Lead Naval Academy, a First
6. From Minerals to Microchips: What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine
7. Trump’s ‘Sheriffs’ Can’t Keep the Peace With China
8. Iran Is Moving to Rearm Its Militia Allies
9. ‘Salt Typhoon’ hackers infiltrated National Guard, had 9 months of access: Memo
10. Israel’s Red Lines in Syria Are Drawing It Deeper Into Conflict
11. The Return of Transactional Military Alliances in a Multipolar World
12. Disinformation as a Strategic Weapon: A Review of Active Measures by Thomas Rid
13. Harvard to launch new service fellowship for veterans, federal workers
14. House NDAA would deepen Pentagon involvement in domestic, border operations
15. Army Bullseyes Maritime Target with Portable Launcher
16. The Army has a novel solution to its drone problem: Shoot them with tanks
16. Factories First: Winning the Drone War Before It Starts
18. Lessons from the Army Reserve’s First Operational Data Team
19. Is China’s Military Ready for War?
20. Nuclear Powers, Conventional Wars
21. One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others
22. Trump urged to aid Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces as terror group escalates attacks on shipping
23. National Security Elites (Yes, That’s What They Are) Say Trump Team Needs to Talk to Them
24. Why Japan Might Be America’s Most Frustrated Ally
25. A new type of rifle bullet in Ukraine could give infantry a better way to survive unjammable drone attacks
26. The post-Cold War world is finally clear
27. US to build fast boat base near South China Sea
28. Rethinking the Napoleonic Staff
Korean News Content:
1. RFA broadcasts targeting North Koreans go radio silent after Trump cuts
2. U.N. report cites ‘flagrant’ violations by Russia and North Korea
3. S. Korea, U.S., Japan reaffirm ‘strong’ N.K. deterrence in high-level diplomatic talks
4. Defense ministry to reward soldiers who defied ‘unjust’ orders during martial law bid
5. US Senate defense policy bill calls for maintaining USFK troop level
6. Troops from 6 countries take part in K9 howitzer, K2 tank training in S. Korea
7. N. Korea releases water from dam without prior notice
8. No abnormality found in contamination tests over suspected N.K. uranium wastewater discharge
9. Manufacturing partnerships: Korea’s ‘win-win’ counter to proposed U.S. tariffs
10. North Korean hackers unleash new malware in campaign targeting IT workers
11. North Korea’s $1.5B Bybit heist drives crypto crime to record high in first half
12. North Korea denounces Japan white paper for labeling it an ‘imminent threat’
13. S. Korean progressive lawmaker labels US Rep. Young Kim ‘anti-Korea’
14. North Korea-China trade corridor regains momentum amid signs of thaw
15. Korea may be able to reduce tariffs to 15 to 18% with the right deal: former US trade official
16. From beggar to boy band: North Korean escapee debuts as leader of new group 1Verse
17. N. Korean military launches ‘month of fumigation’ to combat bedbug infestation
18. N. Korea’s rural youth program fails as workers abandon farm posts
