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10/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.16.2025 at 10:53am
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National Security News:

1. Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
2. Could unconventional deterrence meet Australia’s defence challenges?
3. Al Qaeda Rises Amid Afghan-Pakistani Conflict
4. AUSA 2025 CSA’s Recognized Articles of the Year/ AUSA Authors’ Forum/ Echoes from the Front: The Harding Project and a New Era of Army Communication
5. At the US Army Association Show in Washington DC, a Big Focus on Fighting Drones
6. Ukraine Wants Tomahawks. Trump Has to Decide if They Would Help End the War.
7. Israel and Hamas Start Next Phase of Talks on Trump Plan
8. Netanyahu Says He Has Won the War. Can He Win the Peace?
9. Hanwha open to acquiring other US shipyards, expanding Philly
10. China Played Its Strongest Card to Get Trump’s Attention. Will it Work?
11. Bridging the Geopolitical Divide in Cyber Governance: The Role of Middle Power Cyber Diplomacy in Advancing Global Norms for Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace
12. The Grey Beard Brigade
13. The Things that Bedevil U.S. Cyber Power
14. Interwar Adaptations: Leveraging Partner Experiences for Future Conflicts
15. The End of Cybersecurity by Jen Easterly

 

Korean News:

1. South’s unification minister optimistic on possibility of North-U.S. summit on APEC sidelines
2. Bloody letters, violent art: Russia’s new tribute to North Korea war ties
3. China has forcibly repatriated over 400 North Koreans since last year: Report
4. Trump, China’s Xi may both pay state visits to S. Korea during APEC gathering: sources
5. Hanwha open to acquiring other US shipyards, expanding Philly
6. Russian delegation arrives in Pyongyang for joint committee meeting on economic cooperation
7. Chinese national sentenced to 5 years in prison for trying to obtain military secrets
8. South Korea resumes excavation of war remains at DMZ battle site
9. Unification minister says requested EU to designate special envoy on Korean Peninsula affairs
10. S. Korea, UNHCR discuss response to global refugee crisis
11. Arms agency to open promotion booth with affiliated organs at int’l arms exhibition
12. Trump expected to visit S. Korea on Oct. 29-30 for APEC: security adviser

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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