8/22/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.22.2025 at 10:56pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Trump Gives Familiar Two-Week Deadline for Next Steps to End War in Ukraine
2. “Innovations saved Ukraine, now industry must take the lead” – Major General David Grange on defence, Armed Forces transformation, and aviation
3. FBI Raids Home, Office of Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton
4. With Putin, ‘Ultimately, Trump Holds the Cards’
5. Trump Says U.S. Will Take Nearly 10% Equity Stake in Intel
6. The Tragedy of Interwar Thinking
7. ‘Flying Blind’: Trump Strips Government of Expertise at a High-Stakes Moment
8. Donald Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts
9. Trump’s intelligence chief ordered halt to intelligence sharing on Russia-Ukraine peace talks among ‘Five Eye’ allies, CBS reports
10. Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
11. JD Vance’s Tour in Iraq Taught Him His Government Lies
12. Putin’s Ukraine Summitry Was a Big Con
13. Army looking to inject more cyber capabilities into formations at the division level
14. Intelligence and Reconnaissance Brigades Give PLA Theater Commands Unprecedented Reach
15. Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War
16. Smuggling for the Motherland? Using Ukraine’s Criminal Organizations Against Russia
17. Quantum Leap for the Alliance: Europe’s Tech Drive Strengthens Transatlantic Security
18. Where the Arctic meets the Pacific: America’s overlooked frontline
19. The Pentagon plan to Americanize drone warfare
20.Mahan, Mackinder, and the New ‘Problem of Asia’
21. What America Can Learn from the Hamas Propaganda War
22. By Land or by Sea: Continental Power, Maritime Power, and the Fight for a New World Order
23. How a Multi-Domain Command in Japan Would Reshape US Alliances in the Indo-Pacific
Korean News Content:
1. The Variables of OPCON: The Sovereignty Narrative
2. South Korea’s Lee to Urge US-North Korea Talks at Trump Summit
3. North Korea: Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong says war games show South Korea has ‘dual personality’
4. Dennis Rodman parties with Vladimir Putin and makes bold claim about Kim Jong-un
5. South Korea must navigate the ‘Trump risk’ at key summits in Japan and US
6. Opinion | Why military independence from US could be Seoul’s best chance for peace
7. How a Multi-Domain Command in Japan Would Reshape US Alliances in the Indo-Pacific
8. Army reactivates intelligence company with Korean War lineage
9. Trump’s New Import Rules Create Ripples: Korea Post Suspends All US-Bound Mail And Parcels, Other Nations Make Similar Moves
10. Lee set to embark on key diplomatic trip for high-stakes summits with Trump, Ishiba
11. S. Korean, U.S. top diplomats discuss alliance advancement ahead of Lee-Trump summit: State Dept.
12. N. Korea berates S. Korea for firing warning shots at its troops in border area this week
13. North Korea reinforces “two hostile states” narrative in police briefing
14. Foreign language fever sweeps North Korea as students eye better-paying overseas work
15. Korea’s Early Export Lifted by Chips Despite US Tariffs Toll
16. Why Kim Jong Un Needs ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command to Conduct Exercises
