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8/7/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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08.07.2025 at 10:15pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Netanyahu Says Israel Will Take Over the Entire Gaza Strip
2.  How to Counter China in America’s Backyard by Sen. Bill Cassidy
3. Why a Teen Bullying Case in China Set Off Protests and a Crackdown
4. EXCLUSIVE: DoD considering ‘czar’ roles for key Navy, Air Force programs
5. Army negotiating contract for autonomy software for robotic initiative
6. Army crafting a new space policy, moving out on counterspace
7. Russia, China Simulate Attack on Enemy Submarine in Sea of Japan Drills
8. Ukraine-Russia peace talks under pressure. Who could face sanctions?
9. Army readies to launch 2026 competition for counter-drone laser weapon
10. The Marine Corps Americans Want Can’t Be Derailed by a Fake Crisis
11. Philippine Senate Shelves Impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte
12. Trump’s Tariff Gamble Puts America’s Ties With India at Risk
13. Putting Operation Spider’s Web in Context
14. Light Footprint, Heavy Stakes: The Case for Staying Engaged in Iraq
15. Beyond Icebreakers: The United States Needs a Bold New Approach to Arctic Security Equipping in an Era of Strategic Competition
16. The End of Mutual Assured Destruction? – What AI Will Mean for Nuclear Deterrence
17. The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza – Why Punishing Civilians Has Not Yielded Strategic Success
18. Why the Joint Force Isn’t Very Joint
19. Is Ukraine Becoming the Silicon Valley of Defense Tech?
20. China’s Trump card: rare earths as geopolitical bargaining chips
21. Tesla Cybertrucks Wanted By Air Force As Missile Targets
22. We Discovered How Ukraine is ‘Gamifying’ Its Drone War Against Russia
23. Can we execute as superior political warfare strategy to defeat Putin?

 

Korean News Content:

1. North Korean, Wrapped in Plastic Foam, Floats to Freedom in the South
2. North Korean man crosses into South in second defection of the summer
3. Senior gov’t official says Ulchi Freedom Shield was ‘adjusted’ to ease tensions with N. Korea
4. Unification minister says ending rupture in inter-Korean ties is govt’s responsibility
5. Russian entries to North Korea hit 14-year high as Moscow withholds DPRK data
6. S. Korea, U.S. to partially push back field training for key military drills to Sept.
7. U.S. notes ‘with interest’ N. Korea’s recent statement hinting at openness to dialogue: official
8. U.S. official says S. Korea’s contributions in alliance ‘critical’ to restoring Indo-Pacific deterrence
9. If chip firm builds U.S. plant during Trump’s term, no tariff will apply: Lutnick
10. During rare call-up, joint beach assault tests Marine Reservists in South Korea
11. ROK-US to postpone some joint exercises amid heat and inter-Korean tensions
12. Tornado Cash founder convicted over crypto tool tied to North Korean hackers
13. Russia, China Simulate Attack on Enemy Submarine in Sea of Japan Drills
14. South Korea’s KF-21 Fighter To Get Stealthier With Internal Weapons Bays
15. North Korea Can Nuke the U.S. Mainland. Will America Still Defend South Korea?

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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