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9/18/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.18.2025 at 01:15pm

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National Security News Content:

1. China Hardens Military Stance Against U.S. With Nuclear Weapons and Tough Talk
2. U.S. defense in free fall
3. Trump says he will designate Antifa a terrorist organization
4. In Gaza City, Israel Looks for a Way to Kill Hamas but Not Its Hostages
5. Pentagon Lawyers Raise Concerns Over Trump’s Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats
6. Report to Congress on Special Operations Forces
7. The Existential-Internal Threats for Taiwan to Prepare Contingencies Against
8. Army allowing commanders to approve 3D-printed parts for faster repairs
9. Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation
10. Watchdog Says Military Can Make Cyber Ops More Efficient
11. Space is the new frontier of war, officials say in change of tone
12. Returning the Air Force to its expeditionary roots
13. Huawei Unveils AI Chip Pipeline as Tech Rivalry Heats Up
14. The Biggest Threat to the Dollar Is Coming From Inside the White House
15. Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
16. What Is War? Ask an Underwriter.
17. Don’t Make a Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile a Priority
18. Dispatch from Wiesbaden: Building Readiness in the Face of Russian Aggression
19. What Happened to “the West”?
20. Pentagon’s crackdown on Kirk comments stirs fears among troops
21. The Return of ISIS
22. Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid23.
23. Why Truman changed the ‘War Department’ to the ‘Department of Defense’
24. Pentagon to prioritize EUCOM, INDOPACOM, AFRICOM, CENTCOM, SOUTHCOM, NORTHCOM
25. A Frogman in the Family (UDT Korea)

 

Korean News Content:

1. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Symbol, Strategy, or Reality?
2. President Lee Jae-Myung’s Plan to Reboot South Korea
3. 5 Takeaways from TIME’s Conversation with Lee Jae-Myung
4. Deterrence Without Borders: The Taiwan Question in ROK-US Extended Deterrence
5. Lee says he will pursue engagement with North Korea even if it doesn’t respond
6. North Korea getting a raw deal on support for Russia’s war: Report
7. Conservative South Koreans Gather at Washington To Denounce Their Country’s New Leftist President
8. [Column] The model students of empire selling out Korea
9. Hyundai Motor Plans Boost in U.S. Production
10. Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
11. Lee endorses limited sanctions relief if North Korea halts nuclear program
12. US, allies must step up efforts against North Korean hackers: Ex-US rear admiral
13. Seoul’s top diplomat presses China to help bring North Korea back to talks
14. S. Korea, U.S. begin working-level talks on swift launch of visa working group: Seoul
15. Hanwha Aerospace set to sign deal to supply 24 more K9 howitzers to Norway: sources
16. A Frogman in the Family (UDT Korea)
17. Fault Lines Daily Summary – September 18, 2025
18. It is time for a One Korea policy

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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