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9/30/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.30.2025 at 02:00pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy
2. US drone swarm plan spiraling into oblivion
3. Time to Abandon ‘Active Defense’ in Ukraine
4. Trump Gives Hamas Ultimatum to Release Hostages or Face Destruction by Israel
5. The U.N. Is Too Useful to Slide Into Irrelevance
6. SOCOM, DAWG, C-sUAS University, and Drones – Sep 30, 2025
7. Ukraine’s Ground-Drone Revolution: A Wake-Up Call for the U.S. Army
8. SOCOM to get robotic anti-drone turret for maritime platforms
9. Trump Flips the Global Script
10. Trump’s Plan for Gaza Hands Netanyahu a Political Lifeline
11. Pentagon readies contingency plans for government shutdown
12. Pentagon names US-Mexico border mission as top priority to continue under shutdown
13. Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats\
14. Fortifying America: Is the Pentagon Ready?
15. Ukraine Turns Helicopters Into Drone Hunters With Surprising Success Rate
16. Trump Gives Hamas Ultimatum to Release Hostages or Face Destruction by Israel
17. The Fatal Flaw in the Transatlantic Alliance
18. Why Regime Change in Iran Cannot be Imposed
19. Can More British and French Nuclear Cooperation Help Deter Russia?
20. How Vance helped Trump get his TikTok deal, despite political risks
21. What to know about Hegseth’s gathering of top U.S. military leaders at Quantico, Virginia:

Korean News Content:

1. In the Name of Shared Perception: The North Korea–China Alliance, South Korea’s Two-State Strategy, and the Ethics of Unification
2. The Northeast Asia Command should be established in Seoul… “A new model for the evolution of the ROK-US alliance.”
3. South Korea risks losing Washington’s trust
4. Top diplomats of North Korea, China agree to oppose ‘hegemonism’
5. Seoul won’t change constitution to accept North Korea as separate state: Chung
6. New JCS chairman vows to build strong military against ‘complex’ security threats
7. Lee, Ishiba reaffirm commitment to denuclearization of Korean Peninsula, agree on joint efforts to cope with global trade order
8. Seoul reaffirms goal of denuclearizing Korean Peninsula following N.K. official’s U.N. address
9. Unification minister says N. Korea capable of hitting U.S. mainland
10. Military-civilian advisory committee on defense reform sets sail
11. S. Korea to develop indigenous sea mine-detection, removal systems for minesweepers
12. S. Korea selects U.S. firm L3Harris for airborne control aircraft procurement
13. U.S. urges allies to strengthen deterrence against China
14. Senior North Korean diplomat tells UN his country will never give up nukes
15. Xi Jinping unlikely to visit North Korea for expected military parade: Seoul
16. Further Enhancing US Extended Deterrence for South Korea
17. The shocking end of 52 years of broadcasts to N. 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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