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1/5/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.05.2026 at 09:22pm
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National Security News:

1. The End of the Beginning in Venezuela
2. Trump Was Skeptical of Ousting Maduro—Until He Wasn’t
3. Trump Says U.S. Is ‘In Charge’ of Venezuela, While Rubio Stresses Coercing It
4. U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela clouded in confusion
5. A New Trump Game Plan Takes Shape: Strike and Coerce
6. A Trained Eye Sees Strategic Patterns in Venezuela
7. Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Here’s How.
8. Secretary of War’s ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ Tour to Rally Nation
9. Ukraine’s power grid is struggling under Russia’s blitz
10. Cognitive Warfare: NATO Chief Scientist Re
12. The Fall of Maduro—and the Future of Venezuela.
13. Non-Ephemeral Integration: Institutionalizing USSOCOM AI-Intelligentized ISR Fusion for Amphibious Operations
14. The Rising Tide of Dissent in China (counter to the Chinese narrative)
15. Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
16. Choke Points: Critical Minerals and Irregular Warfare in the Gray Zone
17. The Burn and the Choke: Why Semiconductor Controls Will Outlast China’s Rare Earth Weapon
18. CFIUS: Thinking Creatively About National Security
19. A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech

 

Korean News:

1. North Korea Labels U.S. ‘Rogue State’ Over Venezuela
2. North Korea tests hypersonic missiles as Kim cites ‘geopolitical crisis’
3. Kim Jong-un Cites Global Crises to Justify Hypersonic Missile Test
4. Lee, China’s Xi share view on importance of resuming talks with N. Korea
5. S. Korea, China sign 14 MOUs on cooperation in technology, environment, other areas
6. Lee, Xi concur on turning Yellow Sea into ‘peaceful’ sea amid concerns over steel structures
7. Editorial: Xi Demands South Korea ‘Stand With China’ Amid Global Turmoil
8. Beijing pushes ‘one China’ upon Seoul, source says
9. White House ‘FAFO’ post with Korean airport backdrop stirs curiosity
10. When Pyongyang is afraid, opportunity emerges
11. US strike on Venezuela reinforces Kim Jong-un’s nuclear fixation, experts say
12. US forces in Korea to hold rapid response posture for a Taiwan contingency
13. Venezuela crisis will have limited impact on S. Korean economy: gov’t
14. Lee signals ‘new phase’ in South Korea-China ties, Xi calls to stand on ‘right side’ of history

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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