12/22/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
12.22.2025 at 04:35pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors
2. Former KGB Agent, Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion (1984)
3. Understanding Resistance and Mobilization in Mexico: Beyond the 2025 Gen-Z Contestation of Cartel-Led Governance
4. Beyond the U.S.-Israel MOU: The Case for a Strategic Partnership Agreement
5. How Beijing Built Arms Industry to Rival the West
6. U.S. Coast Guard Chasing Another Tanker Involved in Shipping Venezuela Oil
7. US military to stop shooting pigs and goats for medic training
8. Russian General Killed by Car Bomb in Moscow
9. US launches operation to ‘eliminate’ ISIS fighters in Syria: Hegseth
10. Opinion | Trump is losing sight of America’s real terrorist threat
11. What We Know About U.S. Interceptions of Oil Tankers in Venezuela
12. The Pentagon wants a common network for its counter-drone systems
13. Pentagon preps to enforce ban on companies with ‘indirect’ ties to China
14.Army Slashes Mandatory Training, Shifts Focus Back to Warfighting
15. Ukraine at the Negotiation Crossroads: Strategic Takeaways from Five Conflicts
16. Army tosses out its Spiritual Fitness Guide after four months
17. Counteroffensive Irregular Warfare: A Doctrine of Signature Reduction for Strategic Competition
18. Pakistan’s Army Rocket Force: Strategic Leap or Burdened Gamble?
19. The Illiberal International: Authoritarian Cooperation Is Reshaping the Global Order
Korean News:
1. Ministry dismisses report on proposing legal revision to recognize N. Korea as separate nation
2. Military updates land border rule in responding to N. Korean incursions
3. Presidential office holds 1st press briefing at Cheong Wa Dae since relocation
4. FM Cho vows to seek dialogue with N. Korea, other countries for peace on Korean Peninsula
5. S. Korea, China arranging summit talks early next year: FM Cho
6. Arms agency to pick shipbuilder for homegrown destroyer through selective bidding
7. N. Korea-backed hackers launch newly detected cyberattack scheme using computer files: report
8. S Korea opposition leader says president’s N Korea policy amounts to “surrender”
9. Lee Jae Myung orders tighter government coordination on North Korea policy
10. Seoul’s defense ministry to restore North Korea division supporting engagement
11. Trump’s National Security Strategy risks aggravating tensions with North Korea
12. Ask a North Korean: What is it like to work on a construction site in the DPRK?
13. North Korea’s Regime and Markets Engage in Invisible Battle
14. Editorial: Armistice Line Drawn by South Korean Soldiers’ Sacrifice – Can One Regime Concede It?
