8/19/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.19.2025 at 10:40pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Trump Plans to Get Putin and Zelensky Talking. That’s Not Even the Hard Part.
2. Top Air Force general to exit in Hegseth’s latest shake-up of Pentagon
3. White House Officials Have Had It with Laura Loomer
4. Trump’s Stunning Foreign Policy By Walter Russell Mead
5. The Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
6. Trump Could End the Ukraine War, But America Might Not Like the Price
7. AI is about to reshape command structures that haven’t changed much since Napoleon
8. Russia launches largest attack of August on Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
9. Army moving out with cheaper Robotic Combat Vehicle competition, but with a new name
10. Army revamping hypervelocity cannon plan, eyeing new competitions
11. New Ukrainian Cruise Missile With Claimed 1,800-Mile Range Breaks Cover12.
12. In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield
13. Hamas Accepts Temporary Cease-Fire Deal After Rejecting Offer to End War
14. America’s Counterattack on China’s Growing Influence in the Pacific Islands
15. The US Navy’s Shipbuilding Crisis Is Real
16. US seeks shipbuilding expertise from South Korea and Japan to counter China
17. DeepSeek, Taiwan, and the Knights Who Say ‘Ni’
18. Pentagon moves AI office under R&D, raising fears it’s ‘demoting AI’
19. The urgent need to procure more THAAD interceptors
20. Rebuilding Combat Electromagnetic Warfare for U.S. Ground Forces
21. The Real China Model: Beijing’s Enduring Formula for Wealth and Power
22. Lessons in Counterterrorism in Saudi Arabia’s Expulsion of Al-Qaeda in the Kingdom and Challenges Going Forward
Korean News Content:
1. Has Russia Abandoned the Eurasian Dream? (And the relation to Korea)
2. JCS chief, USFK commander inspect combined command amid joint drills
3. The Lee administration scrapped the August 15th Doctrine, stating, “Restoring trust between North and South Korea is a priority.”
4. This 95-Year-Old Dreams of Walking Home to North Korea
5. US seeks shipbuilding expertise from South Korea and Japan to counter China
6. Kim Jong Un inspects warship, says US-ROK drills show ‘will to provoke war’
7. KHNP denied access to power plant projects in N. America, Europe under Westinghouse deal: sources
8. Chinese man given 8 yr prison term in U.S. for exporting firearms, ammunition to N. Korea
9. (URGENT) N. Korean leader’s sister says President Lee Jae Myung unfit to change course of history
10. Kim vows ‘rapid’ nuclear buildup, rebuffs Seoul’s outreach
11. Wartime OPCON transfer seen as key leverage for S. Korea at Lee-Trump summit
12. Presidential office calls NK leader’s criticism of S. Korea-US drills ‘repetitive response’
13. Eroding public support for Lee
14. North Korean defector-turned-restaurateur paints bitter portrait of 1990s famines
15. Ambassadors stress solidarity, diplomacy in face of North Korea’s role in Ukraine conflict
16. The Key To Ukraine Peace? A Korean-Style Buffer Zone
