2/19/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
02.19.2026 at 12:45pm
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National Security News:
1. US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say
2. Iran Is Getting Ready for War With the U.S.
3. Exclusive | U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan in Limbo Amid Pressure Campaign From China
4. Opinion | Xi Tries to Bully Trump on Taiwan
5. Ukraine’s Neighbors Threaten to Cut Off Energy Supplies
6. U.S. Gathers the Most Air Power in the Mideast Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion
7. In First Since WWII, Navy to Hire Company to Oversee Shipbuilding Project
8. China’s SDV sub exporting gray-zone warfare to the Gulf
9. The Perils of Militarizing Law Enforcement
10. What America Must Learn From Ukraine: Will Washington Repeat Moscow’s Mistakes?
11. Regular or Unleaded? Differentiating Irregular Warfare
12. Where Power Begins: The Strategic Return of the Homeland
13. AI Racing Drone Beats Human Controlled FPV Racing Drones on Aerial Racetrack: An Overlooked ‘AlphaGo Moment’ with Future War Implications
14. State Department is gearing up to ‘roll out agentic AI’
15. Are We at an AI Precipice?
16. Tokyo’s strategic US investment surge puts China on edge
17. China gives Lithuania punishing silent treatment over Taiwan
18. Maneuver Under a Lying Sky: Russia Tests NATO on the Baltic-Nordic Front
19. A Worrying Military Build-up in the Western Balkans?
20. US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria
21. Army captain struggles with decision to restore Confederate names
Korean News:
1. North Korea’s deployment of female workers abroad: 16-hour forced labor
2. South Korea weighs strategy as U.S.-China rivalry deepens
3. South Korean Leader Who Declared Martial Law Gets Life Sentence
4. Ex-President Yoon sentenced to life imprisonment over martial law bid
5. Defense ministry to push for reinstating no-fly zone near border with N. Korea without affecting military readiness
6. Unification minister asks for EU’s support for Seoul’s peace efforts on Korean Peninsula
7. Some 41,000 liters of jet fuel leaked during recent fuel leak at U.S. air base in Gunsan
8. N.K. leader’s sister hails Seoul’s pledge to prevent drone incursions, vows stronger border vigilance: KCNA
9. N. Korea university holds anti-South lecture
10. Shipbuilding seen as starting point for Korea’s US investment projects
11. Kim Jong Un formally deploys 50 new tactical nuke launchers at ceremony
12. What international system does Korea want?
13. Domestic policy, global impact: Why Korea’s platform bill draws US pushback
