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5/23/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.23.2025 at 06:56pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Taiwan’s Military Plans New Drone Units in Preparation for Potential China Invasion
2. US Tariffs: Own Goal in ASEAN
3. To Combat China, U.S. Wants Its Friends to Do More
4. What the Era of ‘Sovereign AI’ Means for Chip Makers
5. A Sanctions Message to Putin—and China
6. A Realistic Path to Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
7. Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army
8. US, allies warn Russian cyber group targeting Western IT, defense firms to hamper aid to Ukraine
9. Pentagon Ukraine hub could see downgrade in policy office reshuffle
10. An 18th-century war power resurfaces in cyber policy talks
11.  Welcome to the Global Intifada
12. America the Unreliable
13. For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller
14. Pentagon boosts budget for Palantir’s AI software in major expansion of Project Maven
15. Three Qualities of Good Leaders: A Message for New Lieutenants from the Chief of Staff of the Army
16. US, allies warn Russian cyber group targeting Western IT, defense firms to hamper aid to Ukraine
17. Forged in War: Joint Professional Military Education and Great Power Competition
18. ASSESSMENT BASED TAILORABLE EDUCATION AT THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE
19. Nine Critical Lessons from Israel’s October 7 War and What They Mean for SOF
20. Comparative Insurgencies: Strategic Lessons for Myanmar’s Resistance from Syria’s Regime Collapse
21. America’s new ship-killer missiles come to the Philippines

Korean News Content:

1. KDVA and KUSAF Joint Message for “U.S.-ROK Alliance Memorial Week 2025”
2. U.S. Considers Withdrawing Thousands of Troops From South Korea
3. To Combat China, U.S. Wants Its Friends to Do More
4. US troop movements in Korea are not a challenge — they’re an opportunity
5. How South Korea’s next president wants to deal with Trump and his tariffs
6. Pentagon dismisses USFK troop cut report as ‘not true,’ reaffirms US’ firm commitment to South Korea
7. Korea’s new leader’s big challenge: Keeping US and China happy
8. Satellite photo shows N. Korea’s new warship capsized at shipyard
9. North Korean envoy calls escapees ‘human scum’ at UN meet
10. Political leaders pay tribute to late President Roh
11. Who’s Ahead: Kim Moon-soo catching up to Lee Jae-myung at 36% to 45%
12. North Korea fires cruise missiles after warship launch failure
13. China exploits N. Korean media preferences in ambitious cultural influence campaign

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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