10/14/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.14.2025 at 01:41pm
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National Security News:
1. Putin’s theory of victory by Lawrence Freedman
2. Soldiers should fight with tech as good as they ‘use at home,’ Army secretary demands
3. How the U.S. Army and defense industry will build new generation of counter-drone weaponry
4. Shotgun Defense: Weekly Drone Report
5. How China and the U.S. Are Racing to De-Escalate the Trade War
6. Driscoll goes scorched earth on Army buying inertia
7. Inside the US Army’s new modernization mega-command
8. Trump’s Big Gamble on Tackling the Middle East’s Intractable Problems
9. Eighth Army commander eyes generative AI to inform how he leads
10. Fresh From Middle East Victory, Trump Sets His Sights on Peace in Ukraine
11. Can Shotguns, Spy Planes and Lasers Protect Europe From the Next Drone Incursion?
12. Major Media Outlets Rebuff New Pentagon Press Policy
13. Homeland pivot isn’t affecting troops in South Korea, so far: commander
14. Sig Sauer’s M7 Rifle For The Army Is Now Lighter After Controversy
15. Russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains
16. Russia is in ‘phase zero’ of WW3 as Putin’s tentacles spread across Europe
17. Human-Machine Planning: AI Lessons from the Marine Command and General Staff College
18. ISWAP’s Strategic Resurgence in Nigeria Signals Emerging Trends in Insurgents’ Sophistication and Limited Statehood
19. Lessons from U.S. Army Special Ops on Becoming a Leader
20. Foreign Aid Is Mostly Gone. It’s Being Replaced With Something Better.
21. Failure Bias in Air Advisory Missions
Korean News:
1. Eighth Army commander eyes generative AI to inform how he leads
2. Homeland pivot isn’t affecting troops in South Korea, so far: commander
3. Xi–Kim Meeting Signals Shift in China’s Role in the Asian Trio
4. N. Korea’s Kim, Trump could meet on occasion of APEC summit in S. Korea: unification minister
5. Is Jong-un North Korea’s most successful Kim?
6. ‘South Korea can’t afford to lose China’: Seoul urged to stay ‘pragmatic’ amid US pressure
7. South Korea says it flagged concerns over Hyundai’s US investment plan
8. USFK says U.S. gov’t shutdown does not affect pay, status of S. Korean workers
9. S. Korea to revive foundation supporting suspended inter-Korean factory complex
10. N. Korea erects 10 km-long anti-tank barriers along inter-Korean border: lawmaker
11. Unification minister reaffirms initiative to end hostility, pursue dialogue with N. Korea
12. Unification ministry disbands North Korean human rights office in overhaul
13. Dozens of flights forced to abort landings due to North Korean GPS jamming
14. US, ROK forces did not carry out delayed drills last month as planned: JCS chief
15. N. Korea possibly received Russian aid for Hwasong-20 ICBM: JCS chairman
16. Palantir CEO Sees Korea as Crucial Market for AI and Hardware Fusion
17. China Sanctions Hanwha Ocean Subsidiaries in U.S. Trade Retaliation
18. Trump’s ‘Peace Through Strength’ Strategy: Beyond the Middle East?
