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11/17/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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11.17.2025 at 01:54pm
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National Security News:

1. New Nuclear Arms Race Pits U.S. Against Both Russia and China
2. Opinion | Trump and a New ‘Arsenal of Freedom’
3. Trump Says U.S. May Hold Talks With Venezuela’s Maduro
4. Pentagon Creating Amazon-Like Shopping Portal For Counter-Drone Equipment
5. Could America Have Lost the Revolutionary War?
6. China Coast Guard ship formation sails through Japan-administered Senkaku Islands
7. Japanese divided on military response to China over Taiwan, Kyodo poll shows
8. Trump’s Trade-Centric Indo-Pacific Realignment
9. Transitioning Professional Military Education to All AI – All the Time
10. The Puntland Model: A Somali State’s Relentless War for Stability and Autonomy
11. Special Operations News – Nov 17, 2025
12. Former Bangladeshi Leader Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death Over Protest Crackdown
13. Hamas’s Popularity Rises in Gaza, Complicating Trump Plan to Disarm Militants
14. Advancing the SOF Profession: The future of IWI’s SOF Focus Area
15. The Day After: What Successful Regime Change in Venezuela Would Really Take
16. Hundreds of US troops are helping in the Philippines after back-to-back typhoons
17. A Grand Bargain With Venezuela
18. How to Fix Free Trade
19. Our nation requires three ARG/MEUs
20. Are we in a new cold war?
21. How cartels are adopting drone tactics from Ukraine

 

Korean News:

1. USFK commander underscores ‘strategic triangle’ linking S. Korea, Japan, Philippines in ‘east-up’ map
2. The East-Up Map: Revealing Hidden Strategic Advantages in the Indo-Pacific
3. S. Korea, U.S. launch joint cybersecurity drills
4. S. Korean Navy to take part in joint anti-submarine drills with U.S. in Guam
5. S. Korea proposes military talks with N. Korea to prevent possible clashes at border
6. Korean Conglomerates Pledge Billions in Domestic Investments
7. South Korea kicks off its largest annual exercise on countering North Korea
8. Russian communists award Kim Jong Un with ‘Lenin Prize’ over Ukraine war support
9. Foreign Ministry says nuclear subs ‘not aimed at any specific country’ in bid to ease Chinese concerns
10. Ministry of National Defense Proposes MDL Talks Amid Marker Loss
11. Banned Equipment Smuggling Surges at North Korea-China Border
12. North Korean Engineers Perform Flag Ritual Before Kursk Mine-Clearing
13. Bag inspections and struggle sessions fail to stop Pyongyang students from celebrating South Korean custom
14. Korea’s top export sectors could be overtaken by China within 5 years: survey
15. ‘Korea must look beyond the US,’ economist says
16. Major innovation plan unveiled for Namdaemun Market

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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