1/9/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
01.09.2026 at 12:52pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
2. America’s New Imperialism
3. Russian Propaganda Ramps Up After U.S. Raid in Venezuela
4. Largest Protests in Years Sweep Through Iran’s Capital
5. Iran Is Cut Off From Internet as Protests Calling for Regime Change Intensify
6. A Shadow Fleet Smuggles Illicit Oil Across the High Seas. This Is How It Works.
7. U.S. Navy Is Chasing Several Oil Tankers in the Atlantic
8. The Real Reason China and Russia Won’t Try a Maduro-Style Raid
9. AI In Cyber And The UN’s Role In Competitive Global Disorder
10. The Taiwan ‘Idiocy’: Why Game Theory Rules Out A 2027 Invasion – OpEd
11. How the UK Is Undermining US Indo-Pacific Security
12. Philippine leadership puts ASEAN at center of South China Sea rivalry
13. A Networked Leapfrog Strategy to Recapture Technology Leadership
14. Exclusive | Trump Team Works Up Sweeping Plan to Control Venezuelan Oil for Years to Come
15. Cuba Is Already on the Brink. Maduro’s Ouster Brings It Closer to Collapse.
16. China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff
17. Trump cuts to academia risk ceding AI lead, warns Microsoft scientist
18. Wild Bill: The Leadership Legacy of William Donovan
19. The Northern Corridor Doctrine
20. Trump cuts to academia risk ceding AI lead, warns Microsoft scientist
21. Taiwan’s Growing Civic Soft Power in Southeast Asia
22. Book Review: “Those Who Face Death” by Mark Grdovic
23. Lawrence’s Shadow: How Afghan Resistance Can Topple the Taliban
24. It’s Time – Recognizing The Taiwanese Nation State
Korean News:
1. Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
2. Column: Unification Ministry drifts from unification policy, author says
3. N. Korea’s Kim vows ‘permanent’ support for Putin’s policies
4. Lee’s approval rating rebounds to 60 pct: poll
5. Ground component of S. Korea-U.S. joint command becomes standing unit
6. New UNC deputy commander takes office
7. AMCHAM chief says S. Korea-U.S. business ties vital amid AI boom, geopolitics
8. Lee to visit Japan’s Nara next week for summit talks with Takaichi
9. S. Korea launches interagency team for U.S. talks on civil uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing
10. Delayed defense payments for 2025 being executed in order
11. U.S. lawmakers voice expectations for Korean Americans’ role for alliance, American society
12. U.S. withdraws from S. Korea-headquartered Green Climate Fund
13. Who comes after Trump isn’t the question to ask (for Seoul)
14. Strategic convergence under fire: ROK-Japan cooperation is imperative
15. Hanwha weighs expanding Philadelphia shipyard, acquiring other US yards
16. Japan expert urges deeper U.S.-South Korea-Japan security ties
17. Why disbanding the Counterintelligence Command matters
18. AI robots reshape South Korea factories
19. South Korea’s Nuclear Latency May Be Washington’s Least Bad Option
