7/30/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.30.2025 at 02:23pm
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National Security News Content:
1. ‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Pentagon officials outraged by DOD think tank ban
2. China Sees Gaps in U.S. Defenses, Ousted National Security Official Says
3. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby hands China a gift by blocking Ukraine weapons
4. ‘Brutality over precision’ — What the Army is learning from Russia in Ukraine
5. How Russia Fights – A Compendium of Troika Observations on Russia’s Special Military Operation
6. 21st Century War and Strategy: New “Balances” Required
7. Wargaming is having its ‘Moneyball’ moment
8. SOCOM adds new advanced AI capabilities to tech wish list
9. Russia kills 27 in Ukraine attacks despite Trump threat
10. The Pentagon Against the Think Tanks
11. Pentagon reverses decision to cut off hurricane-tracking satellite data
12. The U.S. military is investing in this Pacific island. So is China.
13. Tsunami Waves Reach U.S. After Powerful Russia Quake Forces Pacific Evacuations
14. How China Is Girding for an AI Battle With the U.S.
15. What Americans think about Israel’s military action in Gaza, according to a new Gallup poll
16. Once the faces of American aid abroad, USAID workers mourn agency’s demise
17. Leadership Infighting Emerges in Chinese Military Mouthpiece
18. Trump Administration Told Taiwan’s President to Avoid New York Stopover
19. The New Model of Privateering
20. From Georgia to Ukraine: Seventeen Years of Russian Cyber Capabilities at War
21. The United States Should Act Now to Mitigate Conflict Escalation on the Moon
22. Reclaiming U.S. Engagement in Latin America: Strategy Beyond Competition
23. Taiwan Is Not Ukraine
24. Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel – Why the Island Should Shore Up its Energy Security and Resurrect its Nuclear Reactors
25. The Time Has Come for Trump’s America-First Realism
26. What Kind of Great Power Will India Be? – Debating New Delhi’s Grand Strategy
27. Army, Marine Corps, Navy have no plan to stop using M18, M17 pistols
28. ‘Taking back what is theirs’ — Ukrainian special forces successfully raid Russian-occupied island in Black Sea
29. The Intoku Code: Delta Forces’ Intelligence Officer-Doing Good in Secret by Wade Ishimoto Reviewed by Professor Nancy E. Blacker
30. Beyond the Melting Point: Exodus, the Sequel (book review)
Korean News Content:
1. An Assessment of North Korea’s Attempts to Destabilize South Korea
2. US cuts leave North Koreans reliant on state propaganda
3. Longer assignments coming soon for troops heading to South Korea
4. The challenges to Korean conservatism
5. North Korea suggests talks with US possible if ‘denuclearization’ demand dropped
6. North Korea breaks silence on Trump’s return, sends message from ‘Rocket Man’
7. North Korea has curtailed GPS jamming since Lee Jae-myung took office: Seoul
8. China, Russia look to bring North Korea on board for communist boat tours
9. N. Korea supplies 6.5 mln shells, 600 weapons systems to Russia: Ukraine
10.S. Korea in trade talks with U.S. over shipbuilding, chips, battery, bio: official
11. State Dept. stresses Trump’s willingness to talk with ‘everyone’ for peace following N.K. statement
12. Kim Yo-jong’s remarks suggest N. Korea sees it has strategic advantage in nuclear diplomacy: spy agency
13. Lee meets ex-Japanese PM Suga to discuss bilateral ties
14. Lee’s special envoys meet top Polish officials, highlight defense cooperation
15. S. Korea in talks to launch NATO defense consultative body in September
16. Tariff deal hindered by ‘excessive US demands’: source
17. US immigration authorities detain Korean green card holder
18. Tariffs on South Korea’s products threaten the ‘K-beauty’ boom in the US
19. Japan moves to expand missile reach near China and North Korea
20. Korea’s AI ambitions at crossroads amid US push for tech dominance
21. ROK soldier of North Korean descent jumped from building due to alleged bullying
22. Populism and democracy in South Korea: Two perspectives, one painting
