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7/19/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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07.19.2025 at 03:46pm
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National Security News Content:

1. Army Special Operations Warns Retired Members of Terror Threat
2. Taiwan extends drills to show China — and Trump — it’s ready to fight
3. U.S. Reshuffles Arms Deliveries to Free Up More Patriots for Ukraine
4. State Dept. layoffs led by team of outsiders willing to ‘break stuff’
5. assumptions on war between the U.S. and PRC – two publications this week spur thought by Dr. Cynthia Watson
6. Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future
7. The U.S. Can No Longer Stave Off Competition From China
8. How Ukraine’s allies helped Zelensky recover his standing with Trump
9. US investigates university over Chinese scientists
10. Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections
11. China-linked scam centers target U.S., congressional commission warns
12. China reacts as Russia floats new geopolitical power bloc with India
13. China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off
14. Disinformation warriors are ‘grooming’ chatbots
15. Beijing’s Political Warfare in Canada: Tracking the Footprints of the United Front Work Department
16. The Philippines Is a Petri Dish for Chinese Disinformation
17. A program at Fort Bragg’s Intrepid Spirit Center uses latest research to treat soldiers with traumatic brain injuries
18. Precision Paradox and Myths of Precision Strike in Modern Armed Conflict

Korean News Content:

1. Collective security in the Indo-Pacific: Rethinking the United Nations Command
2. U.S. official briefs U.N. on N.K. sanctions monitoring report
3. U.S. official renews ‘ironclad’ security commitment, but calls on S. Korea to beef up its own defense
4. S. Korea, U.S., Japan reaffirm ‘strong’ N.K. deterrence in high-level diplomatic talks
5. N. Korea temporarily suspends foreign tourist entry to Kalma beach resort
6. South Korea Pulls Plane Crash Report After Victims’ Families Protest
7. U.S. stresses commitment to combating maritime N.K. sanctions evasion activities
8. Cardinal You’s DMZ Visit Faces UN Command Obstacle
9. U.S. promotes ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ with Japan, S. Korea leaders
10. Unification Church scandal expands with raids at more than 10 locations
11. President Lee appoints ex-chief of Doosan as special envoy to U.S.
12. Delusion and demagoguery: Dangerous alliance undermining Korea’s democracy

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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