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2/28/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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02.28.2025 at 01:30pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Secret U.S. Drone Program Helped Capture Mexican Cartel Bosses
2. Zelensky to Meet Trump in Bid to Salvage U.S. Support
3. Rubio Can Unhijack ‘Human Rights’
4. Military-Tech Startups Vie for Billions as Hegseth Shakes Up Pentagon Spending
5. Trump just dealt Russia a devastating blow
6. Chinese military unveils new data unit to help naval commanders make decisions
7. China amends military regulations to emphasise the need for war readiness
8. Israel Missed Signs in Plain Sight Hamas Was About to Attack, First Oct. 7 Probe Finds
9. Israeli Army Admits It Underestimated Hamas Before Oct. 7 Attack
10. How Chinese PLA’s latest forays off Australia cap years of maritime tensions
11. Ukraine’s European allies head to Kyiv for tutoring in drone warfare
12. Is Cyber Revolutionary or Barely Relevant in Modern Warfare?
13. Relearning the Timeless Lessons of Land Operations in Asia
14. Trump’s Missile Defense Initiative: A Strategic Imperative for the United States
15. Does J.D. Vance Know Anything About European Democracy or Security?
16. The Real Threat of Chinese AI
17. Trump continues the American tradition of abandoning allies
18. Dennis Blair: Pentagon purge a sign of dangerous times ahead
19. Rise of the Gutless Air Force Colonel

Korean News Content:

1. Captured North Koreans Describe Fighting for Russia in a War They Didn’t Understand
2. Rubio Can Unhijack ‘Human Rights’
3. Ukraine’s European allies head to Kyiv for tutoring in drone warfare
4. Sisyphus the North Korea Watcher
5. Relearning the Timeless Lessons of Land Operations in Asia
6. Most Troops with Families to Serve 3-Year Tours in South Korea
7. “Kim Jong-un plans US-North Korea negotiations after ‘securing US MD neutralization capability’”
8. U.S. Defense Official: “Currently No Signs of Additional Troop Deployment by North Korea”
9. N. Korea launched strategic cruise missiles this week to prove nuclear deterrence: KCNA
10. Trump continues the American tradition of abandoning allies
11. South Korean government ‘alleged agency’ North Korea expert: “Indictment should be dismissed… FBI, coercive interrogation”
12. Tens of thousands set to hold rallies for, against Yoon’s impeachment
13. N. Korea executes officials after agricultural inspection scandal sparks public outrage
14. North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry files motions to dismiss foreign influence case

About The Author

  • 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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