10/31/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.31.2025 at 12:39pm
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National Security News:
1. Opinion | Lessons From Trump’s China Trade War
2. The Long Road to a U.S.-China Trade Pact
3. Trump scores four big wins with Xi, but has one big miss
4. Trump’s Vow to Resume Nuclear Tests Leaves Experts Puzzled
5. Trump Pivots Second Term Toward Foreign Policy
6. STRATCOM nominee takes heat hours after Trump’s nuclear-test bombshell
7. Meet the White House pick to conquer the ‘Valley of Death’
8. Ukraine isn’t just hurling attack drones; they’re waging real robot warfare
9. Hezbollah Is Rearming, Putting Cease-Fire at Risk
10. U.S. Eyes Striking Venezuelan Military Targets Used for Drug Trafficking
11. China Factory Activity Gauge Signals Deepening Manufacturing Gloom
12. Exclusive | Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Win $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal
13. New Air Force chief of staff confirmed after predecessor’s early departure
14. Army 3-star general retires early from Pentagon role as shake-ups continue
15. Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area
16. How the Country I Was Taught to Hate Saved My Life
17. Optimism for Gaza Is Based on Shaky Assumptions
18. Dark Pragmatism and the Ethics of Cognitive Warfare
19. A Bad Case of Crisis-Resource Mismatch: How Serial Misdiagnoses of Violence Have Made Nigeria a Fertile Ground for Insurgencies
20. The Ghosts of Doctrine Past
21. How to Put IR Theory Into Practice – American Strategists Should Think More Like Social Scientists
22. The War You Can’t See: Gray Zone Operations Are Reshaping Global Security
Korean News:
1. Trump Pivots Second Term Toward Foreign Policy
2. No meeting at APEC? Here’s what Trump could put on the table
3. ROK-U.S. Relations: Stronger, Safer, and More Prosperous Together
4. Trump has departed Asia without meeting Kim Jong Un. North Koreans don’t seem to care
5. Hegseth says U.S. ‘not blind’ to N. Korean threat, refuses to preview DMZ message
6. World leaders discuss ways to tackle global trade uncertainties
7. U.S. official says U.S. remains committed to APEC after Trump’s early departure
8. Xi, Takaichi hold 1st summit in Gyeongju
9. Hegseth voices ‘serious’ concerns over China’s activities in South China Sea, around Taiwan in talks with Chinese counterpart
10. Defectors give harrowing accounts of North Korea’s neglect of disabled citizens
11. South Korean Firms Pledge $950 Billion in U.S. Investments Across Key Sectors
12. When North Korea’s police fail, an underground believer steps in to help
13. Kim Jong Un orders ideological crackdown on citizens hoping for outside help
14. Nvidia to supply 260,000 chips to Korea for AI factories with Samsung, SK, Hyundai
15. Lee-Xi summit to focus on thawing ties, N. Korea issue
