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10/19/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.19.2025 at 05:10pm
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National Security News:

1. The Great Reckoning: What the West Should Learn From China
2. China Says It Found Evidence of US Cyber Attack on State Agency
3.  It’s the Internet, Stupid – What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens. by Francis Fukuyama
4. Donald Trump Needs a Full-Spectrum Strategy for the New Cold War
5. Taiwan reports surge in Chinese cyber activity and disinformation efforts
6. Expelled Chinese generals ‘disloyal’ and dealt ‘serious blow’ to armed forces: PLA Daily
7. What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
8. Russia now has a strategy for a permanent state of hybrid war
9. China Deploys Buoys, Security Officers to Scarborough Shoal Amid Philippine Drills
10. Putin envoy pitches Elon Musk on a tunnel connecting Russia and Alaska
11. U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
12. Hamas Attacks Israeli Troops in Gaza, Threatening Fragile Cease-Fire
13. Israel Strikes Gaza, in What It Says Is Retaliation for Hamas Attack on Its Troops
14. Trump Says U.S. Is Cutting Aid to Colombia Over Drugs
15. Is Ashley Tellis Really a China Spy?
16. Netherlands mocked as ‘pirate’ after taking over China’s Nexperia
17. ‘Thinking Beyond’ 4GW/5GW…The bad-map problem—and a better compass for a republic under pressure. by Ike Wilson
18. As a professor, I’ve seen woke and MAGA censorship. Which is worse?

Korean News:

1. U.S. to replace acting ambassador to S. Korea ahead of Trump’s visit: sources
2. 1 N. Korean soldier crosses heavily fortified border into S. Korea
3. Korean business leaders meet Trump for golf amid tariff talks
4. Presidential official says to continue close S. Korea-U.S. coordination on N.K. policy after report on possible U.S.-N. Korea talks
5. Kim Jong Un rejects reunification with ‘foreign country’ South Korea
6. N. Korea appears to have released water from border dam without prior notice
7. ‘Substantive’ progress made on most issues in tariff talks with U.S.: presidential official
8. South Korea mulls awarding highest order to Trump during APEC visit
9. Seoul should act as mediator between US, China at APEC summit: think tank
10. South Korean Business Leaders Conclude 7-Hour Golf Meeting With Trump
11. Surprise meeting between Trump, North Korean leader at APEC summit unlikely: experts
12. U.S. reportedly keen on Trump-Kim meeting, but progress yet to materialize
13. Korea, US ‘more likely’ to close tariff deal during APEC summit
14. US’ alliance rhetoric rings hollow
15. Fault Lines Daily Summary – October 19, 2025 (Korea 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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