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4/17/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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04.17.2025 at 02:02pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Why Richard Armitage was the essential American
2. Be Not Afraid By Stanley McChrystal
3. Students sue Defense Department over book bans in military schools
4. US-funded media like Voice of America must be saved and strengthened
5. Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation
6. Five Signs That the US and China Will Go to War By James Stavridis
7. A Comparative Analysis of the Impact and Use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by Terrorist Groups
8. H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump
9. Third top Pentagon aide Collin Carroll on administrative leave over leaks probe
10. In Grueling Ranger Competition, Gender Proves No Obstacle
11. Defense Secretary Hegseth: Chinese hypersonics missiles could destroy U.S. carriers in minutes
12. Former INDOPACOM commander urges clarity of US intent to defend Taiwan
13. The Trump Administration’s Pursuit of a Sino-Russian Schism
14. U.S. Tries to Crush China’s AI Ambitions With Chips Crackdown
15. What Is an AI Supercomputer and Why Is Trump Talking About It?
16. Thinking Through Deception on the Electromagnetic Spectrum17.
17. The Ukraine Dividend: Return on Investment of US Security Assistance
18. The Russia That Putin Made
19. China’s Double Game in Myanmar
20. Trump’s Second Coming: Mongolia Watches the Chaos With Caution
21. US Army Eyes Surge in 3D-Printed Drones That Imitate Enemy Forces
22. End of dollar dominance? Trump tariffs are decreasing trust in US currency.
23. Putin’s play for an Indonesian airbase was always likely to fail – but Russia has wider ambitions
24. U.S. Cutting Forces In Syria By Half, Possible Ripple Effects In Region
25. Unwanted Truth 1: Black Lives Matter Was a Cuban Intelligence Operation
26. Questions Congress should ask about DOD ‘peace through strength’ plan
27. Analysis: How the battles Trump loves to wage explain his presidency

Korean News Content:

1. Korea braces for defense cost-sharing pressure following US-Japan talks
2. ICAO dismisses N. Korea’s request to investigate alleged drone infiltration into Pyongyang
3. Amid global tensions, Korea’s arms exports hit all-time high
4. Russia’s answer to Amazon employing hundreds of North Koreans, videos suggest
5.  North Korea slams latest US strategic bomber flyover as ‘reckless bluffing’
6. Ex-DP leader Lee pledges to expand support for defense industry
7. Ukrainian official claims Russia plans to use N.K. troops on Ukrainian territory
8. More than half of North Korean defectors entering South Korea in the first quarter of 2025 are ‘2030’
9. Book review: How Kim Il Sung ‘accidentally’ became North Korea’s brutal tyrant
10. Yonhap News, UNHCR sign MOU on cooperation over global displacement issues
11. From defector to defender: One lawyer’s fight for North Korean human rights
12. U.S. Embassy says consulate in Busan operating normally after reports of possible closure
13. Acting president says APEC summit to attract more interest amid global economic uncertainty
14. Will the PPP’s Attempt at an Anti-Lee Jae-myung Coalition Work?
15. State auditor reports large-scale economic data manipulation during Moon gov’t
16. U.S. official skips South Korea on Asia tour
17. Burden-Sharing Beneath the Surface

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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