7/17/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News:

1. China Laughs at the US Approach to Irregular Warfare!
2. China This Week: Governance Signals That Matter
3. Trump’s China election-interference claims spark scapegoat fears among Asian-Americans
4. U.S. Targets Iranian Bridges in Bid to Choke Off Regime’s Supply Routes
5. Xi Jinping warns against creating ‘new historical injustices’ in AI era
6. China’s Moonshot AI Releases Model to Challenge Top U.S. Systems
7. China’s Xi Touts Open-Source AI and Takes a Swipe at U.S. Dominance
8. ‘Let them fight’: Chinese social media reacts to Trump’s election interference claims
9. The U.S. Is Trampling Allies in the Global Hunt for Rare Earths
10. The 20-Somethings Running Ukraine’s War Machine
11. Ends Without Means: A Strategic Net Assessment of the US-Iran War
12. Forging the Future Soldier: Exoskeletons, Genetic Engineering, and Cyborgs
13. Dismantling Transnistria’s Self-Declared Statehood: Structural Decay as Strategic Opportunity
14. China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United States
15. On the War Against Iran, the Pentagon Has Said Little
16. Four takeaways from Trump’s prime-time address
17. Broken Drone, Far from Home: The Case for Overseas Autonomous System Sustainment
18. Survival Skills: Why the Army Needs to Relearn Passive Defense
19. A Dangerous Game in the Arctic: Trump’s Demands Could Derail Progress on Allied Defense
20. America’s Trillion-Dollar Failure: The Pentagon Is Broken, but Congress Can Fix It
21. Essay | The ‘Odyssey’ Is Causing Fights—As It Always Has
22. After 3,000 Years, People Are Finally Reading The Odyssey—at Least on Wikipedia

Korean News:

1. Is a lifelong struggle against tyranny merely a ‘casual experience’?
2. South Korea, U.S., Japan military chiefs reaffirm cooperation against N. Korea
3. Trump Renews Chinese Election Interference Claims, Also Cites North Korea Among Threats
4. A tap, a kiss and careful choreography: In North Korea’s succession drama, Kim Ju-ae is heir and accomplice
5. 5. North Korean buildings near DMZ could be rocket infrastructure, experts say

6. Russia voices concern over Seoul’s growing tilt toward NATO
7. Tougher U.S. student visa rule to affect over 13,000 S. Koreans in America
8. South Korea Arms F-15K Fighters With EPAWSS Electronic Warfare System to Break North Korea’s Air Defence Shield
9. North Korea boosts warship project with new construction at Rason shipyard
10. N. Korea warns of ‘chain of countermeasures’ over U.S.-led RIMPAC exercise
11. N.K. leader meets with China’s top political adviser in Pyongyang
12. Lee’s approval rating edges down for 2nd consecutive week: poll
13. In China, North Koreans hear they’re the poor ones
14. Guilt-ridden friend turns in North Korean youths over K-drama