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12/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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12.08.2025 at 02:53pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. Hegseth Outlines New National Defense Strategy During Speech at Reagan Library
2. The National Security Strategy: The Good, the Not So Great, and the Alarm Bells
3. Ten Jolting Takeaways from Trump’s New National Security Strategy
4. Superpower Competition: The Missing Chapter in Trump’s Security Strategy
5. Niall Ferguson: The Truth About Trump’s National Security Strategy
6. New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says
7. US defence chief touts ‘flexible realism’ with China ahead of strategy document
8. Trump’s New Foreign Policy Roadmap
9. US foreign policy is simply a racket but no one dares defy Trump
10. Team Trump rightly calls out Europe’s civilizational suicide — let’s hope it’s not too late
11. US National Security Strategy: The multipolar world has finally emerged
12. Cato Experts React to Trump’s New National Security Strategy
13. China’s security chief hints at US decline, says tech theft is a major concern
14. Chinese coastguard conducts first drill in Taiwan Strait’s key choke point
15. China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance
16. Why Chinese firms are taking operational risks on African projects
17. Leaked Top Secret PLA Court-Martial: Gen. Xu Qinxian Tried for Refusing Tiananmen Crackdown
18. Inside Trump’s small national security team
19. Opinion | Populists are replacing meritocracy with something far worse
20. You Wanted a National Security Strategy, Well, You Got One
21. Special Operations News – Dec 8, 2025

 

Korean News:

1. U.S. envoy reaffirms ‘complete denuclearization’ of N. Korea amid its omission in new U.S. security strategy
2. US omits North Korea mention in first security strategy of Trump’s second term
3. North Korea building three lavish mansions at site for visiting foreign leaders
4. Chinese sellers offloading ‘black cars’ in North Korea to prevent repossession
5. N. Korean defectors in China lose savings to trusted individuals who exploit illegal status
6. Lee administration finalizes comprehensive new North Korea strategy
7. U.S. and China shift focus, leaving Seoul uneasy
8. Wi Sung-rak warns alliance must secure Korea peace
9. What options does Seoul have to bring NK to negotiating table?
10. Cheong Wa Dae set to be restored as presidential office, ending 3 years in Yongsan
11. North Korean farming experts seek Russia’s help to expand crop variety
12. Drills debate reopens NK policy rift inside Lee administration
13. KPop Demon Hunters Ranks 2nd in U.S. Google Searches

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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