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12/16/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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12.16.2024 at 01:59pm

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National Security News Content:

1. The Price of American Retreat by Mitch McConnell
2. Mitch McConnell’s preemptive strike on GOP isolationism
3. The Invisible Frontline: The Nature of China’s Unrestricted Warfare and Why the US Needs a Strategic Wake-Up Call
4. Opinion: What will the military do if Trump gives unconstitutional orders?
5. The New Frontier for Drone Warfare Is Deep Underwater
6. Drones and the Cost of Lost Trust
7. US officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says
8. PLA releases electronic warfare ‘kill list’ for US carrier groups
9. “America First”: Neither Cosmopolitan Nor Isolationist
10. Beijing’s “Best Friend” To Host U.S. Navy For 1st Time In Nearly A Decade Amid Concerns Over China-Funded Naval Base
11. Why Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets
12. RAND: A Historical Analysis of a True Invasion of Taiwan
13. The United States Must Revisit the Basics of Geostrategy
14. The West’s Strategic Opportunity in Syria: Forcing Dilemmas on Moscow that Roll Back Russian Power and Influence
15. Defense experts predict Philippines will join future Yama Sakura military drills
16. How to Hold Syria Together
17. Naval Academy ruling shows military strength depends on diversity

Korean News Content:

1. Ruthless Politics of South Korea Is Rooted in Cold-War History
2. North Korean Troops Suffer Heavy Losses in Kursk Assaults, Replacements Needed – HUR
3. Yoon impeached: Minjoo now needs to protect the party from itself
4. North Korean troops open fire on Russian unit, Ukraine’s military intelligence claims
5. South Korea’s interim president consults US military about North’s potential threats
6. Constitutional Court to begin Yoon’s impeachment trial Dec. 27
7. FM Cho vows efforts to enhance U.S. outreach under incoming Trump administration
8. Unification minister urges ‘prudent’ stance for anti-Pyongyang leafleting
9. Some 1,500 troops mobilized for Dec. 3 martial law operations: ministry
10. 200 Russian, N. Korean troops allegedly killed in combat against Ukraine: Kyiv
11. Solid ROK-U.S. alliance
12. Tough road ahead (South Korea)
13. N. Korea reports S. Korea’s Yoon impeachment 2 days after parliamentary vote
14. S. Korea earmarks additional 1 tln won to upgrade F-15K fighters
15. Samsung and TSMC locked in intense 2nm chip competition

About The Author

  • David Maxwell

    David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal.

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