4/25/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.25.2026 at 04:14pm
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National Security News:
1. Analysis: The law sets a 60-day limit on unauthorized wars. Will Trump respect it?
2. Iran’s Leadership Divisions Frustrate Efforts to Make Progress in Talks
3. Ukraine Is Europe’s War Now
4. Europe Prepares for a Longer War in Ukraine, With No Strategy to End It
5. Iran’s Meme War Against Trump Ushers In a Future of ‘Slopaganda’
6. What to learn from Iran’s outperformance in its meme war with the US
7. The rhetoric of war has changed. Not for the better
8. Xi Jinping wants a powerful currency. America’s war has helped
9. War and Sanctions Accelerate China’s Currency Push
10. Eyes, Ears of Joint Force: Caine Honors Unsung Intelligence Community Heroes
11. The Pentagon replicated a Ukrainian-style drone attack in Florida. Now it’s changing its counter-drone strategy
12. We Tried to Turn Taiwan Into a ‘Porcupine’ So China Won’t Invade. China Can Starve the Porcupine Into Submission
13. The Quad Isn’t Dead. It’s Just Moved Out of the Spotlight.
14. Pentagon uses GenAI.mil to create 100K agents
15. Autonomous weapons will be ‘key part’ of US warfare: Joint Chiefs chairman
16. A Grand Strategy of Consolidation: How Trump Can Revitalize American Power
17. Are America and China Condemned to Repeat History? (review essay)
18. Taiwan’s Special Act: A Strategic Blueprint for Asymmetric Deterrence
19. How China and Russia Can Exploit the Iran War – And How America Can Avoid Playing Into Their Hands
20. US imposes sanctions on Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery for buying Iranian oil
Korean News:
1. South Koreans split with experts on North Korea website access
2. S. Korea, U.S. making efforts toward ‘normalization’ amid U.S. intel curb controversy: Seoul official
3. Editorial: Abnormal South Korea-U.S. Ties, Government Security Conflict
4. People Power Party Declares South Korea-U.S. Alliance in ‘Total Crisis’
5. North Korea Stresses Baekdusan Spirit, Loyalty to Kim on Military Anniversary
6. “What about North Korea? He’s a madman”
7. The United States has finally nominated a new ambassador to South Korea
8. EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: Debutante Dictator! Bloodbath Expected After Kim Jong Un Names Teen Daughter as Successor
9. OPCON transfer needs readiness, not deadlines
10. Japan Ends 60-Year Weapons Ban, Challenging South Korea’s Defense Industry
11. Canada’s army chief sees war-forged ties with S. Korea grow ‘stronger’
12. North Korea Condemns Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine Visits as Historical Distortion
13. Hegseth calls for allies’ role in Strait of Hormuz, says ‘time for free riding is over’
14. Russia’s Duma speaker visits N. Korea for opening of museum honoring soldiers killed in Ukraine war
