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2/12/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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02.12.2026 at 03:41pm
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National Security News:

1. Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
2. Weapons Used to Fight Drones Don’t Mix Well With Civilian Airspace
3. I was wrong about fighting China in 2025. But the US still isn’t ready for that fight.
4. [OPINION] The Chinese embassy just told you how it controls local media
5. Cartel drones become flashpoint between US and Mexico
6. Exclusive | Pentagon Prepares Second Aircraft Carrier to Deploy to the Middle East
7. The US Army’s new presence in the Philippines and the push to contain China
8. China is the bright spot in Trump’s foreign policy
9. A ‘shooter’ as CYBERCOM chief: Former officials see risks, opportunity in Rudd’s nomination
10. Trump’s NATO Dilemma
11. US STRIPPED FROM KEY NATO COMMANDS
12. CIA, SOCOM gearing up for rapid capability assessment with an eye toward ‘field-forward’ ops
13. America and China at the Edge of Ruin
14. An army of lawyers is advancing. Taiwan is the target
15. Ahead of the Future Fight, Washington Should “Enlist and Expand” Regional Partnerships for Dollarization
16. Invisible Battles: Health Logistics Win Wars
17. Violent Non-State Actors and Generative AI in Warfare: The Rsf and the Sudanese Civil War
18. The Colombia Case Study: Legitimacy, Naming, and Irregular Warfare
19. What I Learned from Being a Planner in an Advisory Command: Reflections from the Security Assistance Group – Ukraine Planning for Ukraine: Rethinking Advise and Assist for the Modern Battlefield
20. Decision-Based Artificial Intelligence and the Strategic Reordering of Military Power
21. Gilded Capability: Overinvestment and the Survivability Paradox
22. What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?

Korean News:

1. N. Korea in process of designating leader’s daughter Ju-ae as successor: NIS
2. Beyond the Peninsula: What OPCON Transfer Means for the Indo-Pacific
3. What Will Happen to North Korean POWs in Ukraine?
4. N. Korea holds events to gather momentum ahead of key party congress
5. Satellite image shows 9th Party Congress slogan for North Korean military parade
6. Seoul, Tokyo coordinating Takaichi’s visit to S. Korea in March: report
7. Rotational U.S. Stryker units hold transfer-of-authority ceremony in S. Korea
8. Trade minister vows continued efforts to stabilize Korea-U.S. trade relations
9. Moody’s keeps ‘Aa2’ rating on S. Korea
10. Seoul’s restraint toward North Korea is not a sign of weakness
11.  Korea, US hold talks on joint military logistics cooperation
12. North Korea could negotiate with US if conditions are met: Seoul’s spy agency
13. What the National Defense Strategy’s ‘limited support’ means to South Korea
14. Kim Jong-un’s daughter shaping North Korean policy as succession signals deepen

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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