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4/12/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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04.12.2025 at 04:40pm

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National Security News Content:

1. See what it was like watching elite US special operators fight drones and storm buildings in a Taiwan crisis scenario
2. THE PROBLEM WITH THINKING IN DIME
3. These are the people Trump picked for top roles in his administration and their connections
4. Bill Maher Praises President Trump as ‘Gracious’ and ‘Not Fake’ Recounting His White House Visit: ‘Everything I’ve Ever Not Liked About Him Was Absent’
5. A Good Man for U.S. Manufacturing Is Hard to Find
6. American Women Are Giving Up on Marriage
7. Trump is waiting for Xi to call. The Chinese see it differently
8. U.S., Iran Begin High Stakes Nuclear Talks in Oman
9. Stories vs Facts: The Real Battleground in Narrative Warfare
10. Chinese diplomat invokes Mao Zedong in vow not to ‘back down’ from US trade war
11. The Counteroffensive: Can Ukraine’s military survive without Elon Musk’s Starlink systems?
12. The Only Al-Qaida Operative to Infiltrate the Army’s Special Forces
13. US-China tariff battle fuels questions about Trump’s endgame
14. Trump Showed His Pain Point in His Standoff With China
15. How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse
16. Dozens sue Iran and North Korea, saying they sponsored terrorists
17. What Mao and the Korean War tell us about Chinese psyche in fight against Trump
18. Trump Wants to Merge Government Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.

Korean News Content:

1.Triumph Of Democracy In South Korea – Analysis
2. North Korea’s Nuclear-Cognitive Warfare Strategy
3. Koreans cautious about U.S. strategic flexibility
4. South Korea offers to build five Aegis destroyers per year to help the US counter China at sea
5. Anti-American leftists could turn South Korea into the next Venezuela
6. Dozens sue Iran and North Korea, saying they sponsored terrorists
7. South Korea’s flourishing culture and teetering democracy
8. Separation of Powers Defeats Imperial Presidency in South Korea
9. U.S.–ROK Cooperation Can Shape the Nuclear Energy Market and Strengthen Nonproliferation
10. Capt. Lewis Millett Led America’s Last Bayonet Charge in Korea
11. North Korean guide hesitates to answer Kim Joo-ae’s question… Tourist: “Some sections seem staged”
12. Forgotten bosses: Women entrepreneurs in Korea’s postwar economy
13. Chinese diplomat invokes Mao Zedong in vow not to ‘back down’ from US trade war
14. What Mao and the Korean War tell us about Chinese psyche in fight against Trump
15. Lee Jae-myung paints Korea as ‘model democracy’ in light of ex-president’s ouster
16. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon opts out of presidential race
17. Han Dong-hoon declares presidential bid, vows shorter term

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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