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8/14/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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08.14.2025 at 02:26pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin does not agree to stop war after summit
2. Putin Might Pitch a ‘Geopolitical Armistice’ in Alaska
3. US briefly deploys warships after Chinese military ships’ collision
4. Is This the Hardest Physical Contest in the World?
5. Another baked Alaska — Trump and Putin
6. Chinese jet accused of ‘dangerous’ moves near South China Sea’s Scarborough Shoal
7. How NATO nations need to sell the 5 percent spending hike to their own people
8. Army to reclassify 22,000 airborne jobs, ending jump pay for many paratroopers
9. Exclusive-Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep forces in Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs and collect taxes
10. The Fundamental Truth About U.S. Strategy That Putin Knows and Trump Ignores
11. U.S. MQ-9 Drone Just Flew A Mission Deep Into Mexico
12. The Secret Channel Russia and Ukraine Use to Trade Prisoners of War
13. Exploring War Termination in the Russo-Ukraine War
14. The Collapse of Iran’s Proxy Strategy Exposes the Limits of Asymmetric Warfare
15. Israel, the Syrian Druze, and the Ghosts of the “Responsibility to Protect”
16. Best of: Is the World Ready for the Population Bust?
17. The Shocking Rift Between India and the United States
18. How to Stop a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
19. Trump’s national defense strategy is focused on the homeland. So far, that has included troops in the streets.
20. 4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders
21. The Drift from the Human Domain: How JSOC Thinking is Reshaping USASOC

Korean News Content:

1. The Strange Espionage Case of Sue Mi Terry
2. Kim Yo Jong: North Korea leader denies removing propaganda loudspeakers at border
3. Hack of North Korean Spy’s Computer Exposes Almost Espionage Operations
4. Nodutdol: the Group Pushing Americans to Support North Korea
5. Best of: Is the World Ready for the Population Bust?f
6. US-led drills risk triggering ‘tidal wave’ threatening peace, North Korea says
7. JCS operations chief suspended over alleged anti-N.K. drones in martial law probe
8. US formalizes talks to modernize alliance with South Korea
9. North Korea denies loudspeaker removal but says Trump-Kim ‘meeting’ is possible
10. Editorial: S. Korea’s Liberation Day only shows a divided nation
11. Ministry of Unification Plans to Reactivate Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea
12. Russian Duma chief, pro-Putin singer Shaman land in North Korea for festivities
13. Defense minister, U.S. lawmakers discuss alliance, security situation on Korean Peninsula
14. Chinese ambassador welcomes Lee’s criticism of anti-China rallies

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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