8/11/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.11.2025 at 10:09pm
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National Security News Content:
1. The Engineering Marvel That China Hopes Will Help Wean It Off Foreign Energy
2. Trump’s terror-prevention cuts leave Americans exposed
3. Gutting U.S. Government Humanitarianism Makes the Defense Department’s Job Harder
4. The U.S. Army’s Answer to Drone Swarms: ‘Fry’ Them With Lasers
5. Army plans to use AI chatbots to help West Point recruit high school students
6. ‘There will be no invasion.’ Sheinbaum confident Washington won’t strike cartels in Mexico
7. ‘Irregular’ Chinese Flotilla Spotted in Luzon Strait
8. Navy plan would build West Coast dry dock for largest carriers and submarines operating in Pacific
9. A new NPR series looks at the forces changing the world order
10. Special operators to deploy wearable to keep tabs on vitals, help warn about chemical threats
11. Chinese vessels collide chasing Philippine boat in disputed South China Sea
12. The Innovation Imperative: Why Tactical Ingenuity is Not Enough
13. Syria’s Crime Den: Trafficking, Extremism and Instability in Suwayda
14. Special Forces vet exposes tactics of Montana, Washington state survivalists: ‘Can’t stay hidden forever’
15. War Is Hard Enough. It’s Harder When You Don’t Know Who Is in Charge.
16. Updating the After-Action Review: JPMRC’s Data Assessment Tool and the Next Generation of Data-Driven Lethality
17. Israel and the New Air Superiority – The Real Lessons of the Strikes on Iran by David A. Deptula
18. Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect
19. A missile-armed crop duster is the latest anti-drone weapon in Ukraine
20. The Drone and AI Delusion
21. Baked Alaska – Will Trump’s summit lead to Ukraine being sold out? by Sir Lawrence Freedman
22. Napoleon’s Lessons for Trump By Walter Russell Mead
Korean News Content:
1. N. Korea warns of ‘self-defense’ measures against planned S. Korea-U.S. military exercise
2. North Korea slams ‘provocative’ US-ROK summer drills, warning of ‘counteraction’
3. Mobile payments surpass cash in popularity in North Korean capital: Report
4. Ex-minor party leader Cho Kuk to be granted Liberation Day special pardon
5. Lee’s special pardons aim to boost national unity, economy: presidential office
6. Unification minister discusses N.K. issues with Swedish envoy
7. Top diplomats of S. Korea, Britain discuss bilateral ties in 1st phone talks
8. S. Korea to expand APEC cooperation amid global trade shifts: trade minister
9. Former Rebuilding Korea Party leader Cho Kuk among 836,000 pardoned by president
10. Thawing Seoul-Beijing ties boost tourism, beauty, entertainment stocks
11. U.S. flexibility must not weaken deterrence on North Korea
12. Is Seoul ready for Trump’s China question?
13. Series of bomb scares raises security concerns
14. JoongAng Ilbo, CSIS to host ‘Art of the Deal: New Opportunities for Korea-U.S. Cooperation’
