10/18/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.18.2025 at 04:37pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump Bets Personal Diplomacy Will Break Ukraine War Logjam
2. Give Ukraine the Tomahawks, Mr. President
3. Trump’s Mideast Playbook Is Prime for Ukraine by Garry Kasparov.
4. Trump Says He Would Rather End War Than Send Tomahawks to Ukraine
5. Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Hits an Early Snag in Gaza
6. Ukraine Braces for New Talks Without the Leverage of New Missiles
7. Israel Still Carrying Out Some Strikes During Gaza Cease-Fire
8. U.S. Is Holding Survivors of Latest Strike Against Alleged Drug Boat
9. Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean
10. Why the China Doves Are Wrong
11. The U.S. Is Tiptoeing Away From Many of Trump’s Signature Tariffs
12. Russia’s War in Ukraine Is Starting to Show Cracks
13. The Real Reason the U.S. Army’s Recruiting Numbers Are Surging
14. The First 48 Hours of a War With China ‘Could Be Ugly’
15. Cronyism and Failed Promotions: Xi’s PLA Purge
16. Military drones will upend the world: The age of hyper-power is here
17. The World’s Taiwan Strategy Runs Through the Philippines
18. Japan’s Likely New Prime Minister Could Unnerve the Region
19. Why Is the US Defense Department Funding China’s Military Research?
20. The Inside Story of the Gaza Deal
21. A big focus on fighting drones at US Army Association show in DC
22. Taiwan’s return to China a vital part of post-World War II order
23. The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
24. Defense Trade Press Statement on Media Restrictions at the Pentagon
Korean News:
1. Trump officials quietly discussing Kim Jong Un meeting during upcoming Asia trip
2. Mearsheimer’s ‘optimism’ and South Korea’s dilemma
3. Increasing the Value of the “Linchpin” Alliance Between the U.S. and South Korea
4. Kim, nukes and a giant rice man: The propaganda of North Korea’s float parade
5. Trump reaffirms he will meet Xi in S. Korea in ‘couple of weeks’ amid trade tensions
6. No sign yet of Trump-Kim meeting during APEC summit in Korea: Seoul envoy
7. Philippines eyes Korean ship-killer missiles to point at China
8. North Korea’s Party Performance Borrows South Korean Dance Styles
9. ROK now mass-producing new ‘monster’ missile to deter North Korea: Defense chief
10. Seoul downplays reports of defense ties between Indonesia and North Korea
11. Book review: Stories from North and South Korea confront specter of ‘US empire’
12. USFK protest over Osan Air Base search raises eyebrows
13. Gov. Kemp of Georgia should address Korea’s collective sense of betrayal
14. Indonesia’s renewed ties with Pyongyang stir worries over KF-21 technology leaks
15. Am I a CIA spy? – The Korea Times
16. Historic town becomes center of diplomacy
