1/27/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
01.27.2026 at 01:15pm
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National Security News:
1. NATO Chief Says Europe Is ‘Dreaming’ if It Thinks It Can Defend Itself Without U.S.
2. Risk of a Partial Government Shutdown This Weekend Is Rising. Here’s Why.
3. Army Awards Salesforce $5.6 Billion Software Deal
4. After 80-year bond, Germans find breaking up with the U.S. is hard to do
5. Opinion | China’s Decadence and the Military Purge
6. Trump Briefed on Intelligence Saying Iran’s Government Is Weaker
7. Rapid Buildup of Chinese Military Fuels Corruption Scandals
8. The Terrain Before the Terrain: Why Special Operations Forces Must Master Administrative Battlespace
9. Why China’s swift ousting of Zhang Youxia is a warning from Xi on party purity
10. Cyber arms race: Weaponised artificial intelligence expected to redefine conflict
11. Weekly Drone Report – Jan 27, 2026
12. At a Tipping Point: Failed Expansionism and Domestic Crises in Iran
13. Guevara in Myanmar: The Enduring Logic of Guerrilla Warfare
14. The Costs of Collective Suspicion: Afghans in America in the Aftermath of a Killing
15. Ancient Doctrine, Digital Tools: China’s Enduring Model for Irregular Governance
16. TikTok, Algorithmic Emotion, and the New Propaganda Battlefield
17. Critics see ‘chilling effect’ of DOD crackdown on 8(a) small-biz deals
18. Combat-Tested Integrated Defense: What Ukraine and Israel Reveal About Endurance Under Air Attack
19. Geopolitics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
20. The Case for Upending World Trade
21. Fortress Ukraine: How a Coalition of the Willing Can Rearm Kyiv Without Washington
Korean News:
1. Remarks by Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby at the Sejong Institute in South Korea (As Delivered)
2. Trump Threat on South Korea Jolts Trade Partners Who Thought They Had Deals
3. Trump Says He Will Raise Tariffs on South Korea to 25%
4. The burden of being a ‘model ally’
5. South Korea to send delegation to U.S. after Trump’s tariff hike
6. North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea
7. Seoul shares end at new high, landing above 5,000, despite Trump’s tariff hike threat
8. S. Korea condemns N. Korea’s missile launch, urges it to cease provocations
9. S. Korea calls China’s removal of steel tower in Yellow Sea ‘meaningful progress’
10. Police question graduate student claiming responsibility over alleged drone flights to N. Korea
11. North Korean workers dread labor brigades as countryside construction mobilizes them repeatedly
12. North Korea’s dairy distribution promise falls flat as Pyongyang supplies drop below 30%
13. ED ‘America First’ defense posture
