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The Korean Peninsula in the US National Defense Strategy
According to the new US National Defense Strategy, the United States places primary responsibility for “deterring” North Korea on the Republic of Korea.
Has the Map Been Flipped or Is South Korea in USA’s Military Plans?
General Xavier Brunson, Commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and the United States Armed Forces in Korea (USFK), recently wrote an essay, the key element of which was an inverted map of the region, oriented not to the North, but to the East, so that South Korea was visually hovering over Russia, the DPRK, and China, not the other way around.
Why Does South Korea Need a Nuclear Submarine?
On November 4, 2025, at a South Korean State Council meeting, President Lee Jae Myung was presented a plan to build South Korea’s first nuclear-powered submarine. The United States has approved this long-term project, and while Seoul has portrayed it as a victory for Korean diplomacy, the author believes it is a trap.
