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1/27/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.27.2025 at 04:42pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says ‘no more DEI at Department of Defense’: ‘No exceptions’

2. Risk: A Weak Element in U.S. Strategy Formulation

3. The Art of Campaigning: Joint Planners Working at the Intersections of Everything

4. The Urgency of Warfighting Renewal: Five Principles for Today’s Professional Military Education

5. Trump to reinstate service members discharged for not getting COVID-19 vaccine

6. Shocking new details about Chinese spy balloon reveal untold story

7. SECDEF Hegseth’s Message to Pentagon

8. Marine Corps Commandant Tells a Whopper

9. The Problem with Strategy as Problem-Solving

10. Sanction-Proof? How Russia’s War Machine Stays Fueled

11. America’s Great Mistake: Pushing Russia and China Together

12. An Early, Easy, and Essential Win for Trump on Defense Acquisitions Is Within Reach

13. Trump floats reversing decision to leave WHO

14. As Trump and Putin Circle Each Other, an Agenda Beyond Ukraine Emerges

15. Don’t Protect the U.S. Merchant Marine — Promote It

16. Tulsi Gabbard’s Unorthodox Path to Trump’s Intelligence Team

17. China seeks to divide Okinawa: report

18. Ukraine’s innovations redefine modern warfare

19. Meet The New Military Drones Being Integrated Into U.S. Army Companies & Battalions

20. Peace With Weapons? Four Realistic Scenarios Of Ukraine Negotiations

21. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 26, 2025

22. Iran Update, January 26, 2025

23. Keir Starmer being ‘pressured’ to develop Chinese ‘super embassy’

24. The Perils of Fast-Tracking Ukraine’s NATO Membership

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong Un Is Doing Everything He Can to Keep North Korea’s Youth in Line

2. North Korea and Russia: A Reckless Alliance Shifting Ukraine’s Battlefield

3. How strong is the insurrection case against South Korea’s President Yoon? Observers weigh in

4. Korean-Americans rally in D.C. against President Yoon’s impeachment

5. A North Korean Colonel Raced Into Battle With Two Automatic Weapons: One For Close Combat, Another For Shooting Down Drones

6. Preliminary report of Jeju Air crash shows black box stopped recording 2 km before runway

7. Defense chiefs of S. Korea, Estonia discuss defense, arms cooperation

8. Political turmoil is hit to Korea’s image but temporary, say foreign residents

9. North Korea Test-Fires Strategic Cruise Missiles… Experts: “Trump’s Show of Will to Talk is a Struggle”

10. Some North Koreans Produce ‘Gold’ Using Cheonghwa Refining Technology

11. US VP makes remarks on potential change to US forces overseas

12. President Trump’s business-driven mindset (impact on South Korea)

13. DP chief Lee would face close battle with PPP candidates Oh or Hong in early presidential election: Poll

14. A fragmented system, legal chaos and President Yoon

15. Concerns grow over ‘boneless’ apartments with insufficient rebar

 

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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