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12/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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12.16.2025 at 04:06pm
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National Security News:

1.ย Transforming and Modernizing Army Information Forces: Creating the Information Warfare Branch
2.ย ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐€๐ก๐ž๐š๐ โ€” ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๏ผ† ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ
3.ย U.S. Offers Ukraine Security Guarantee in Bid to Break Peace-Talks Deadlock
4.ย U.K. Spy Chief Warns of Acute Russia Threat: The โ€˜Frontline is Everywhereโ€™
5.ย After a Generation of Peace, Europe Tells Its People to Prepare for War
6.ย Top 10 Fault Lines China Canโ€™t Acknowledge (But You Should Watch Closely)
7.ย The New Arms Race: Global Drone Dominance and Americaโ€™s Tactical Wake-Up Call
8.ย The Deterrence Facade
9.ย Invading Venezuela: The One-Word Reason America Won’t Do It
10.ย Operating AI in the Gray Zone: Drawing Clear Lines Before They Blur
11.ย 2025 National Security Strategy Validates Core Thesis of “Asymmetric Warfare: Strategies and Tactics for the Modern Combatant”
12.ย An active, engaging, and honest National Security Strategy
13.ย A farewell to Oz: Trumpโ€™s strategy for a multipolar world
14.ย What Would Teddy Roosevelt Think of the โ€œTrump Corollaryโ€?
15.ย Why (and how) the US military wants to resupply troops from space
16.China seizes 430kg cocaine aided by US intel, in sign anti-drug pact may be working
17.ย The Imperial Trap: Russiaโ€™s War in Ukraine and the Lessons of Failed Conquests
18.ย Japanโ€™s Strategic Challenges: Historical Lessons and the Imperative for Comprehensive War Understanding
19.ย The Weakness of the Strongmen โ€“ย What Really Threatens Authoritarians?
20.ย How to Survive in a Multialigned World โ€“ย The Indian Way of Strategic Diversification
21.ย Marine Corps reopens Ie Shima airfield after repairs, ending temporary Kadena dropsย 

 

Korean News:

1. USFK commander highlights Korean Peninsula’s central role in Indo-Pacific security
2. S. Korea, U.S. hold ‘comprehensive’ talks on N. Korea policy based on summit fact sheet: Seoul
3. Revising the Espionage Act is the first step toward normalization
4. Seoulโ€™s unification, foreign ministries clash over who takes lead on North Korea
5. Prospect of Trump-Kim summit rises in 2026, report says
6. South Korea passes law allowing police to stop leafleting toward North Korea
7. Russia agrees to train North Korean first responders in drone, rescue operations
8. 11 North Koreans have sought asylum in Russia since 2024, official data shows
9. South Korea denies rift over Unification Ministry’s U.S. talks
10. Kim Ju-ae Precedes Kim Jong-un at Kangdong Factory Event
11. Editorial: People Power Party’s ‘Yoon Again’ Push Risks Existential Crisis
12. N. Korean military orders XI Corps officers to quell unrest over Russia deployment before winter drills
13. Public trials surge in Pyongsong as N. Korea tightens control before Ninth Party Congress
14. Top security adviser to discuss with US about Korea’s push to build nuclear-powered subs
15. Trump-Kim summit likelier in 2026, with Seoul still left in cold

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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