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

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02.02.2026 at 04:47pm
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National Security News:

1.  Strategy?? by Kevin Benson
2. The 2025 National Security Strategy and the 2026 National Defense Strategy Through the Eyes of a Special Forces Soldier
3. In an Age of Superpowers, Geography Is Still Destiny by Hal Brands
4. Special Operations News – Feb 2, 2026
5. Opinion | The Nuclear Threat After Tehran Falls
6. A Cocaine Boom Ruptured the U.S.-Colombia Alliance. Can It Be Repaired?
7. Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
8. Naval Leaders Need to Think Fast, Slow, and Augmented
9. ‘We’ve Fought Side by Side’: Danish Veterans March Against Trump’s Comments
10. Pentagon names 6 appointees to lead the CTO’s top technology efforts
11. Russian Influence and the Russian Orthodox Church: A Connection to Think About
12. Move Fast, but Obey the Rules: China’s Vision for Dominating A.I.
13. Taiwan’s omission from Trump’s new defence strategy raises alarm in Taipei
14. Taiwan-US ‘firepower’ center to hone asymmetric warfare tactics
15. DOD ordered to study mental health impacts among military drone pilots
16. Xi the Destroyer: The Latest Military Purge Signals China’s Leader Is Entering a New Era

Korean News:

1. Pentagon eyes expanded role for South Korea-based US forces to help deter China
2. Defense chief stresses air defense, anti-terror readiness
3. U.S. Air Force conducts high-tempo air operations drills to strengthen combat readiness
4. Lawmakers of rival parties propose bill to promote AI-driven research in defense sector
5. Canada’s defense procurement chief tours Hanwha shipyard as submarine bid nears
6. Anti-socialist and non-socialist struggle video reveals changing lifestyles (Part 1)
7. Fireblocks CEO says North Korea-linked job recruitment scam targeted LinkedIn profiles
8. U.N. special rapporteur on N.K. human rights vows efforts for engagement with Pyongyang
9. Kim Jong Un opens North Korea’s largest greenhouse farm to date on China border
10. North Korean households receive heavy yearly scrap collection quotas as new year begins
11. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins at Grammys with Korean culture’s global appeal
12. North Korea Calendar Snubs Xi, Includes Putin

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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