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2/1/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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02.01.2026 at 04:52pm
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National Security News:

1. China’s Xi, Now Alone Atop His Military, Is the Sole Voice in Tackling Taiwan
2. Missiles filled with water and broken silos. Inside Xi’s corrupt military
3. Iran’s Gen Z Helped Propel the Protests. They Paid With Their Lives.
4. Before Any Strike on Iran, U.S. Needs to Bolster Air Defenses in Mideast
5. Ukrainian drone schools say there’s little the West can teach them about fighting a drone war
6. Venezuela’s New Leader Is Trying to Run Out the Clock on Trump
7. The Hottest Commodity in the Mining Business: American Generals
8. Exclusive — Trump’s ‘Quiet Hammer’: How CIA Director John Ratcliffe Has Revitalized Spy Agency in President’s First Year Back
9. Kari Lake promotes Trump on Voice of America. Does that break the law?
10. Fighting with Live Data: XVIII Airborne Corps’ Experience with Its Operational Data Teams
11. Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets
12. PRC Targets NATO Frontline States
13. U.S. Allies Play Risky Game With Tilt to China
14. If NATO Dies, Long Live NEATO
15. Why NATO Won’t Collapse

Korean News:

1. The Defector: Inside North Korea & Global Issues: RED LINE | Navigating the Complexities of North Korean Strategy: Insights from Col. David Maxwell
2. Fans Are So Obsessed With ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ They Are Learning Korean
3. Saving North Korean POWs targets heart of Pyongyang’s system of erasure
4. Korea and Germany go head-to-head in pursuit of Canada’s $42B submarine deal
5. South Korea Exports Off to Strong Start in 2026
6. A dispute over drones between North Korea and South Korea could threaten one of Asia’s last natural refuges, where bears, deer, and cranes survive amid mines and barbed wire
7. Ruling party vows passage of U.S. investment bill by late Feb. or early March: lawmaker
8. N. Korea’s premier highlights leader Kim’s regional development drive as top priority
9. ED Korea on US currency monitoring list
10. AI Translation Beats Human in Korean Literary Contest
11. AI is upon us. So why is Korea still fixated on rote-learning?
12. Only One Who Will Smile at 9·19 Military Agreement Restoration

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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