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9/26/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.26.2025 at 12:42pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us
2. Transcript: Finland’s President Alexander Stubb’s Speech at UNGA 2025
3. Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
4. The Pentagon’s Missing China Strategy
5. Suspected Russian Drone Incursions Expose Gaps in NATO Defenses
6. More than 60K defense civilians have left under Hegseth—but officials are mum on the effects
7. Agencies should prep for mass layoffs if shutdown occurs, White House says
8. Chinese Premier Signals Desire for Stable U.S. Relations in New York Visit
9. Al-Qaeda’s Growing Shadow in Africa: The Expanding Operational Reach of JNIM and Al-Shabaab
10. China, China, Chi—wait, what? Air Force mulls next steps amid homeland focus
11. The $100,000 H-1B Visa Mistake
12. Senators Want Answers From Big Tech on H-1B Workers, Layoffs
13. Will ‘Iron Lady’ Takaichi Sanae Be Japan’s First Female Prime Minister?
14. It may take a generation for a stable new world order to emerge
15. A respected European statesman has praise for Trump
16. The Cost of the AGI Delusion
17. A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine
18. Back to Key West: The Army must own air base defense, not chase Air Force missions
19. Billboards aimed at troops ask ‘is this what you signed up for?’
20. How First Amendment protects Americans’ speech — and how it doesn’t
21. New Pentagon strategy to focus on homeland, Western Hemisphere
22. Alien Oracles: Military Decision-Making with Unexplainable AI
23. Justice Department Lays Groundwork for Probes of Soros-Funded Group

Korean News Content:

1. The Last Heir? Kim Ju-ae And North Korea’s Succession – HRNK
2. Kim Ju-ae is a propaganda model
3. The U.S. Alliance With Seoul Could Go South
4. U.S. conservative preconceptions of the Lee Jae Myung government demand careful attention
5. South Korea’s strategic crossroads
6. From Berlin to Pyongyang: Principles for Humanitarian Influence Operations
7. Seoul rings alarm bells over Kim’s expanding nuclear arsenal
8. US sanctions 5 people, 1 group tied to N. Korea missiles
9. North Korea expert says US faces stark choice as Kim Jong Un rejects denuclearization
10. South Korea fires warning shots as North Korean vessel crosses sea border
11. Korea-U.S. tariff negotiations hit major impasse as Trump demands $350 billion investment ‘up front’
12.  Korea left behind as US lowers auto tariffs for Europe, Japan
13. Korea’s shipbuilders see big boost as SHIPS Act wins backing
14. FM Cho tells U.S. energy chief S. Korea needs nuclear fuel reprocessing, enrichment for commercial purposes
15. S. Korea, Saudi Arabia to expand cooperation in shipbuilding, automotive, AI industries
16. Navy flaunts maritime strength in fleet review marking 80th anniv.
17. Is Kim Koo’s Dream Truly Realized?
18. Pyongyang enacts comprehensive labor law to eliminate private economic activity
19. N. Korea expands anti-Seoul propaganda with video production unit
20. Analysis: Kim Jong Un’s strategic gambit puts pressure on Trump and Lee
21. Why Xi Jinping now accepts Kim Jong Un at the grown-ups’ table

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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