11/15/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
11.15.2025 at 08:28pm
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National Security News:
1. Dan Driscoll’s Army of One
2. Exclusive | Secret U.S. Memo Authorizing Drug-Boat Strikes Cites Chemical Weapon Threat
3. VIDEO: Dr. James Giordano-The Brain is the Battlefield of the Future (& The Future is NOW)
4. How American and Chinese Drone Arsenals Stack Up
5. China Tells Citizens to Avoid Japan as Taiwan Spat Deepens
6. Are US Special Forces Getting Ready to Attack Venezuela?
7. Authoritarian reach and democratic response: A tactical framework to counter and prevent transnational repression
8. Digital platforms pose a threat to democracy worldwide
9. Scholars Must Recognize the Role of Affect and Emotion in Disinformation
10. A New Map of the Arctic
11. Reflections from the Manila Dialogue
12. China’s Upgraded Lawfare in the South China Sea
13. The End of China’s Old Guard – Why Party Elders Can’t Save the Country From Xi
14. How Washington Should Manage Its Most Complicated Relationships
15. From Saigon to the Pentagon: Hung Cao’s Journey and the Transformation of Pacific Defense
16. How Asia Is Navigating America’s Fading Financial Control
17. A Glimpse of the Future of China-US Relations
18. Trump blocked from gutting Voice of America collective bargaining rights
19. The US military’s plan to revive old bases in Latin America
20. The War to Break American Truth
21. Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump’s immigration policies are shaking that belief
Korean News:
1. 57th Security Consultative Meeting Joint Communique
2. Colby praises S. Korea as 1st non-NATO treaty ally to commit to 3.5 pct of GDP defense spending
3. Trump blocked from gutting Voice of America collective bargaining rights
4. Ahn, Hegseth agree to craft road map designed to ‘expedite’ implementation of OPCON transition conditions
5. Senior U.S. diplomat hails joint fact sheet release as opening ‘new chapter’ in S. Korea-U.S. alliance
6. Fact sheet signals S. Korea-U.S. alliance ‘moving forward,’ but questions remain over details: experts
7. North Korea halves shell shipments to Russia as its own stockpiles run low, Ukraine’s intelligence says
8. Elderly N. Koreans long for Kim Jong Il era as markets wither and smuggling ends
9. North Korea plans to send 12,000 workers to Russian drone factories: Ukraine
10. Ukraine Says it hit Russia’s Iconic Trans-Siberian Railway, Targeting N. Korean Ammo Supply
11. Seoul’s Nuclear Script: South Korea’s Quiet Redefinition of Deterrence
12. Korean shipbuilders upbeat on opportunity to build US vessels
13. 5 plead guilty in North Korean IT worker schemes in the United States
14. Lee vows to expand support for residents near border with N. Korea
15. Farm labor shortages force North Korea to trap discharged soldiers in rural hometowns
16. Kim Jong-un sends troops to Russia to clear deadly minefields for Putin’s war
17. President Lee Jae-myung’s Latest Headache
