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1/11/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.11.2025 at 05:26pm

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National Security News Content:

1. U.S. SOF Must Act Now: Preventing Taiwan from Becoming the Next Ukraine

2. Trump Appointee Has Unhinged Plan for Purging Government Workers

3. Amazon And Alibaba Are Selling Gear That Makes Rogue Drones Tougher To Take Down

4. Xi to send high-level representative to Trump inauguration: Report

5. Two intelligence agencies now say energy weapons are possible cause of Havana Syndrome

6. Trump’s folly? Greenland girds itself for U.S. onslaught

7. Cyber Command overhaul gets Austin’s approval, but plan faces uncertain future

8. Trump Unveils The Greater America Project – OpEd

9. AEI would print money for the Pentagon if it could

10. New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.

11. The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows

12. The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland

13. American Per Capita Defense Spending: Essentially Flat for Three Generations

14. US Budgetary Profligacy and Indiscipline as National Security Threats

15. Michael Anton: Worthy Heir to George Kennan

16. Will Reagan’s Strategy Work With China?

17. The US Pivot to Asia Reborn: Old Grand Strategies, New Challenges

18. Hegseth Will Implement the Trump Doctrine

19. Escalation Dominance Does Matter

20. John Fetterman: A Democrat Who Can Talk Trump, or a Reckless Maverick?

21. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, January 9, 2025

 

Korean News Content:

1. To be a Korean government of the people, by the people, and for the people

2. Joint Press Statement on the Fourth Nuclear Consultative Group Meeting

3. Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics

4. Zelensky says two North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia were captured in Kursk region

5. Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia

6. Zelenskyy: Ukrainians take North Korean soldiers captive – photos, video

7. Hyundai Goes All In on Effort to Woo Trump as Tariffs Loom

8. Understanding the Forever Conflict Between North and South Korea

9.How Do You Solve a Problem Like Korea?

10. US security adviser Sullivan notes risk of North Korea exploiting political turmoil in Seoul

11. North Korean launch of ‘new’ missile fires up Guam security debate

12. State Department appoints Joseph Yun as Chargé d’Affaires to Korea

13. ISW “North Korea-China Relations Continue to Weaken… Kim Jong-un Seeks Diplomatic Independence While Closely Relating to Russia”

14. [INTERVIEW] ‘Swing Days’ reimagines Korean independence movement with US composer’s touch

15. S. Korea, U.S. agree NCG will serve as ‘solid’ foundation for integrated nuclear deterrence efforts

16. Acting U.S. ambassador expresses optimism in S. Korea’s resilience

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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