1/13/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Is it Time to Finally Put Someone in Charge of Waging America’s Irregular Wars? by Charles T. Cleveland and Daniel Egel
2. Beijing’s Espionage Campaign Against the West
3. Trump’s CIA Pick Expected to Push for Bare-Knuckle Spycraft Against China
4. Havana Syndrome bombshell as US intelligence report hints at culprit
5. Donald Trump’s Rush for Ukraine Peace Talks Could Be a Giant Mistake. by John Bolton
6. How Assad’s Collapse Paves the Way for a Stronger Israel–Ukraine Partnership
7. China’s Export Boom Means Trump Tariffs Would Hit Beijing Where It Hurts
8. Mainland China ramps up integration push with local Taiwan affairs offices in Fujian
9. ‘Things got really crazy.’ The shocking untold story of the Chinese spy balloon
10. Taiwan’s spy agency says China is working with gangs, shell companies to gain intelligence on Taiwan
11. The U.S. is unprepared for a major war. Can Pete Hegseth fix that? by Max Boot
12. Command and Control and AI, Oh My! – The Case for Petrov’s Law –
13. Machiavelli and our Wars in the Middle East
14.How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
15. Japan foreign minister in South Korea for talks before Trump takes office
16. Outgoing US envoy to Japan defends American troops and their standing around the globe
17. Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Conversion on Section 702
18. Military Academies Quashed Army-Navy Game Advertisement Featuring Marine Recommended for Medal of Honor
19. US Army wants spy drones to launch from high-altitude motherships
20. Battlefield Drones and the Accelerating Autonomous Arms Race in Ukraine
21. The Battle for Brilliant Minds: From the Nuclear Age to AI
22. The Ghosts of Bud Dajo: How an American Massacre Shaped the Philippines
23. Rise of the Nonaligned: Who Wins in a Multipolar World?
24. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2025
25. Iran Update, January 12, 2025
26. Pete Hegseth’s Battle Scars Are His Strength
27. Why Senate Republicans Should Reject Pete Hegseth
28. Former NATO Commander Says Trump Annexing Greenland ‘Not a Crazy Idea’
Korean News Content:
1. Impeachment Crisis Splits Koreans
2. Around 300 N.K. soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded during fight against Ukraine: S. Korea’s spy agency
3. ROK defense ministry rejects ‘baseless’ claims it sought to provoke North Korea
4. Japan foreign minister in South Korea for talks before Trump takes office
5. Zelensky offers to release captured North Korean soldiers in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held in Russia
6. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2025
7. Acting president again calls on gov’t agencies to avoid any violence in Yoon’s arrest
8. Yoon’s lawyers demand exclusion of constitutional court justice over fair ruling concern
9. FM Cho vows to work with Japan to reduce tensions over wartime history issues
10. Captured N.K. soldier says he wishes to remain in Ukraine
11. Editorial: The tragic reality of North Korean soldiers forced into Russia’s war
12. Special security measures mark Kim Jong Un’s birthday: A new national holiday in the making
13. Five women caught in drug and phone bust at N. Korean new year party
14. N. Korea’s new premier sparks economic debate in Pyongyang
15. Young Kim appointed chair of US House’s East Asia and Pacific subcommittee
16. ‘I want to live here’: Zelensky posts video showing North Koreans’ reluctance to return home after capture
17. Escape from North Korea, then and now
18. [Washington Talk] “South Korea’s impeachment situation, US intervention is dangerous∙∙∙Chinese covert influence expansion is noteworthy”
19. North Storm Corps ‘Storm-fallen’ by U Drone
