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3/4/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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03.04.2026 at 09:52pm
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National Security News:

1. Israel Is Blowing Up Iran’s Police State to Clear the Way for a Revolt
2. Iran Escalates Attacks on Gulf Nations as Conflict Widens
3. Opinion | Is the U.S. Running Out of Ammo?
4. Trump Weighs Backing Militias to Dislodge Iran’s Regime
5. Top officer in Middle East tells US troops ‘you will change the course of human history’
6. Opinion | Trump Tries to Avoid the Iraq Trap
7. Trump’s Endgame
8. U.S. Army Special Operations Civil Affairs After USAID | SOF News
9. Why the USSOCOM should establish a Western Balkans’ Denial and Resilience Program
10. Глаза видят, руки делают “The Eyes See, the Hands Do”: Africa Corps Does Neither
11. Why the Karachi Siege Shatters the Pakistan-Iran Bargain
12. Tell Me How This Ends: Six Questions That Will Shape the Outcome of the US-Israeli Operations Against Iran
13. The Burden That Should Not Be Theirs: How Congress Turned the Military into the Last Check on Illegal War
14. One Man’s War: How Constraints on the U.S. President’s War-Making Authority Eroded—and How to Restore Them
15. Sinking of Iranian Ship Illustrates U.S. Goal of Destroying Tehran’s Navy
16. The American Servicemembers Who Were Killed in Kuwait
17. Is Hezbollah Still a Threat?
18. America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East
19. US could shift focus to Indo-Pacific, researchers say
20. ‘America First’ weapons-sales policy favors arming Taiwan quickly — in theory
21. Fading into the Background: From Risk Awareness to Technological Intuition
22. Indo-Pacific installations tighten security amid Middle East tensions
23. Four Days In, Hegseth, Caine Say U.S. Making Decisive Progress in Iran

Korean News:

1. Kim Jong-un’s Sister Promoted to Director, Korean Workers’ Party General Affairs Department – Issues and Consequences
2. Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion system matters for Korea -U.S. alliance
3. What Images of Kim Jong Un’s Daughter at Military Parade Tell Us About Her Rise
4. How Kim Yo Jong’s secretive new job helps her brother solidify control
5. Lawmakers mark 10th anniversary of North Korea Human Rights Act, seek March 3 designation
6. USFK focused on Korea, US official says amid Middle East redeployment speculation
7. Is North Korean leader rattled by downfalls of Maduro and Khamenei?
8. Yoo says N. Korean POWs on Russia swap list, urges action
9. Hegseth says U.S. effort to address Iran’s nuclear ambitions will send ‘plenty of signals’ amid N.K. criticism
10. Colby says Trump gov’t is ‘well aware’ of N. Korean nuclear issue amid Iran operation
11. Gov’t considering chartered, military planes to bring home S. Koreans in Middle East
12. Column: North Korea’s party congress reinforces Kim’s rule
13. Trump might find it ‘much more difficult’ to consider military option against N. Korea than Iran: expert
14. Britain’s top envoy calls for stepped-up cyber cooperation with S. Korea
15. USFK commander observes multinational Cobra Gold drills in Thailand

About The Author

  • David Maxwell

    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 the Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal.

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