Access National Security News HERE.Access Korean News HERE.National Security News Content:1. U.S. and Ukraine Prepare to Sign Minerals Deal—With Critical Details Unresolved2. Trump Team Tried to Drop Security Guarantees from US-Ukraine Resources Deal3. U.S. Foreign-Aid Halt Is Making Scrutiny of China Even Harder4. Why Is the U.S. Paying Officers to Leave the Military?5. How Charging Chinese Ships Could Ripple Through the Economy6. Iran Has Enough Highly Enriched Uranium for Six Nuclear Weapons7. Iran, the Nuclear Program, and Trump 2.08. Expert Q&A: DOGE May Be a Cybersecurity Nightmare9. 3 thoughts on Trump’s foreign policy from an expert critical of U.S. intervention10. Taiwan Faces China Threats From Sea and Cyber11. Trump signals more firings of military leaders12. Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line13. Special ops commanders say adversaries outpacing US in tech advancement14. USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled15. Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system16. The Rise of the Fake Tech Workforce: State-Sponsored Infiltration of U.S. Technical Supply Chains17. Deterring Chinese Aggression: Theoretical Approaches for the South China Sea18. The Pentagon’s joint requirements process must go19. Rewind and Reconnoiter: Soft Power Shouldn’t Be Taken Lightly20. Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments21. The Collapse of Assad’s Regime: A Major Blow to Iran’s Influence22. Hezbollah’s Defeat and Hamas’s Dogged Resistance: Israel’s Two-Front War and the Perils of Prewar Assumptions23. The Taiwan Fixation: American Strategy Shouldn’t Hinge on an Unwinnable War24. In Focus with Curtis Fox: Bureaucracy Limits Special Ops’ Effectiveness25. Hegseth: DoD doing ‘complete review’ of Afghan withdrawal26. Some US allies contribute, some loaf. Here’s a numerical assessmentKorean News Content:1. KOREA ON THE BRINK: GENERAL JOHN WICKHAM AND POLITICO-MILITARY CRISIS MANAGEMENT (DUSTY SHELVES)2. Some US allies contribute, some loaf. Here’s a numerical assessment3. S. Korea, U.S. agree to use expression, ‘denuclearization of N. Korea,’ not ‘of Korean Peninsula’: Seoul envoy4. Allies’ choice of term ‘denuclearization of N.K.’ crystallizes regime’s irregularities: Seoul5. U.S. official dismisses concerns over ‘Korea passing’ if N.K. talks resume under Trump6. North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea Says7. State Department: “China is spreading false information” in response to Chinese Ambassador to Korea’s remarks that “forces that promote anti-China sentiment”8. Secretary of State Rubio: “We will not abandon Korea and Japan… We must strengthen our ‘military capabilities’ to respond to China”9. S. Korea, India to bolster ties as ‘strategic partners’ in Indo-Pacific region10. Acting defense chief urges loyalty to the people at military academy graduation11. Trapped North Korean soldiers in Russia may surrender after rescue fails12. In shift, South Korea’s top diplomat says nuclear armament ‘not off the table’13. In final defense, Yoon insists martial law was needed to counter North Korea14. Ruling parties of N. Korea, Russia agree to expand cooperation: KCNA15. UN envoy warns funding cuts will impair work of North Korean human rights NGOs16. North Korea’s Ukraine war dead on ice as Kim regime considers options17. Lawmaker asks US to grant S. Korea ‘grace period’ from ‘America First’ policy18. President Yoon’s final statements drive political strifeThe post 2/27/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.