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9/21/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.21.2025 at 03:53pm

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National Security News Content:

1. OPINION: Wake Up! Europe is Already at War
2. US military action in Venezuela may be best option
3. A U.S. return to Bagram isn’t a bad idea
4. Ukraine’s Supply Runs Turn to Nightmares as Drones Menace Roads Far Beyond the Front
5. Counterfeit Chinese Air-Bag Parts Tied to Five Deaths
6. The Japan-China Senkaku Islands War of 2025: Who Would Win?
7. Putin said he’s eying higher taxes on the rich to bankroll the Ukraine war and pointed to a precedent set by the US
8. Trump Is Expanding the National Guard’s Role. Some Former Generals Worry.
9. OPINION: Nuclear Latency: Ukraine’s Best Security Guarantee
10. Trump’s U.N. Speech to Tout Achievements at a Place Where He Has Given Up Influence
11. Can Asia Copy the Best Bits of NATO Without Cracking?
12. The Daring Caper of a Faithful Tibetan Who Outfoxed China
13. Dangers of the UK’s Surrender of the Chagos Islands Begin to Crystallize
14. A Polish Soldier, an Unusual Radar Dot and Then NATO Jets
15. TSMC’s Rise to Push Taiwan Past South Korea in Key Wealth Gauge
16. [OPINION] China’s mother of all lawfares against the Philippines
17. AUKUS, Australia, Alliances & the Pacific, with Gray Connolly–on Midrats
18. They Helped Oust a Dictator. Now the New Regime Is Coming for Them.
19. Nepal Uprising Is Latest Challenge to India’s Backyard Diplomacy
20. Axis of evil 2.0: How Russia, China and North Korea are becoming Israel’s new threat
21. US victims of October 7 attacks file a new lawsuit against Hamas, Syria, Iran and North Korea
22. The M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle Has a Message for the U.S. Army
23. Trump Threatens Afghanistan If Bagram Air Base Not Handed Back To US
24. How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world

 

Korean News Content:

1. The US–South Korea Alliance Needs a New Strategic Vision
2. Can Asia Copy the Best Bits of NATO Without Cracking?
3. TSMC’s Rise to Push Taiwan Past South Korea in Key Wealth Gauge
4. Lee vows to build smart, independent military through defense reform
5. N. Korea appears to be preparing for military parade marking key party anniv.
6. N. Korea keeps mum on outcome of key parliamentary session
7. Defense ministry mulling review of deaths of service members
8. North Korea Seems Likely to Use Nuclear Weapons First: America Needs to Think It Through
9. S. Korea sees sharpest tariff hike among major countries on exports to U.S. in Q2
10. Multiple foreign companies submit bid for S. Korea’s deep-sea gas project: KNOC
11. President Lee’s Defense Remarks Spark Ruling-Opposition Alliance Clash
12. North Korea tests new suicide drone weapons, some possibly AI-powered
13. President Lee’s UN trip to highlight AI and Peace
14. US plan for $100,000 H-1B visa fee likely to complicate negotiations with Korea
15. APEC draws global focus as Trump, Xi confirm attendance
16. Why more chaebol heirs are choosing longer military service, including Samsung chair’s son
17. No North, No South: The Tragically Unfulfilled Promise of Korea’s Asian Spring
18. Korean emperor and American princess: Part 1
19. Axis of evil 2.0: How Russia, China and North Korea are becoming Israel’s new threat
20. US victims of October 7 attacks file a new lawsuit against Hamas, Syria, Iran and North Korea
21.  Fault Lines Daily Summary – September 21, 2025 (Korea news Plus)

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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