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1/10/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.10.2026 at 05:40pm
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National Security News:

1. Eight Military Takeaways from the Maduro Raid
2. Iranians Are Rallying Around the Son of the Former Shah as Protests Swell
3. Iran’s Supreme Leader Says He Won’t Bow Down to Protests or Trump
4. U.S. Forces Seize Fifth Tanker in Campaign to Track Down Venezuelan Oil
5. Latest Pentagon Report: China’s Military Advancing Amid Churn
6. Israel and Hamas Get Ready to Go Back to War in Gaza
7. China says it is still ‘deeply committed’ to Venezuela as ambassador meets new leader
8. Trump Is Making a Power Play in Latin America. China Is Already There.
9. Why Putin Went Quiet When Challenged by Trump Over Venezuela
10. Opinion | The Iranian regime is caught in a death spiral
11. PLA Justice Mission 2025 Further Rehearses Taiwan Invasion Operations
12. What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War
13. Politicization of the Military: Causes, Consequences & Conclusions
14. Army shuts down foreign military training command, will retain 2 SFABs
15. Derrick Anderson steps into SO/LIC role amid high demand for special operations forces, new tech
16. The Theory That Gives Trump a Blank Check for Aggression

 

Korean News:

1. Why Strengthening RFA Is a Strategic Imperative for US Policy on North Korea
2. N. Korea accuses S. Korea of drone incursions, warns Seoul should be ready to ‘pay high price’
3. S. Korean defense minister denies N. Korea’s drone infiltration claims
4. Lee orders prompt probe into alleged drone incursions into N. Korea
5. President Lee: Civilian UAV Intrusion a Serious Crime
6. US says seizure of tankers linked to Venezuela sends a warning to North Korea
7. For North Korea, U.S. strike on Venezuela reaffirms nuclear arsenal’s necessity
8. South Korea, Japan leaders begin diplomacy in Nara
9. North Korean hackers using QR codes to attack governments and think tanks: FBI
10. Violent new North Korean film depicting attempt to kill leader airs on state TV
11.  When resources become weapons
12. Korean Americans urged to embrace heritage, lead
13. North Korea’s public health revolution: one year of control, not care

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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