3/16/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
03.16.2026 at 09:59pm
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National Security News:
1. Beyond the Menu of Options: A Taxonomy for Information Security Strategies
2. The 38 Minutes That Defined a Generation of Warriors
3. SOF Weekly Brief – Mar 16, 2026
4. Don’t Count Launches: Misreading Iran’s Drone Capacity
5. The Navy’s Latest Is Not a Plan, Not a Strategy, and Not Fighting Instructions
6. Lessons from Ukraine on Cognitive Warfare: Journal of Strategic Security
7. Trump Says U.S. Doesn’t Need Any Country’s Help With Hormuz
8. U.S. Reaper Drones Take the Fight to Iran, but at a Cost
9. Exclusive | Nvidia-Backed AI Startup to Spend Billions on Korea Data Center to Combat China
10.The Danger of Vibe Patriotism in Defense Tech
11. Iran War Forces Rethink on Jones Act
12. Fort Bragg soldiers involved in Iran strikes; back home, groups offer support to military families
13. Retreat at the Bottom of the World: US Polar Policy’s Arctic Surge and Antarctic Drawdown
14. How Takaichi Can Triumph: And What Others Can Learn From Japan’s Embrace of American Power
15. Why Russia Is Watching Iran Burn
16. Trump-Xi summit likely delayed as president pushes China to help open Hormuz
17. Opinion | I’ve seen several types of warfare. This is the worst.
18. Number of U.S. troops wounded in Iran war surpasses 200 across 7 countries
Korean News:
1. How should the ROK/U.S. alliance address North Korea’s ‘two-state policy?’
2. The hollow irony of self-binding — North Korea, China targeting Japan
3. Kim Jong Un’s 15 days of fear
4. North Korea launches rockets amid U.S. asset redeployment
5. North Korea’s Succession Question: The Future of the Kim Dynasty
6.Exclusive | Nvidia-Backed AI Startup to Spend Billions on Korea Data Center to Combat China
7. Iran War Forces Rethink on Jones Act
8. Ex-U.S. officials voice concerns about Trump gov’t ‘vacating’ deterrence assets from Indo-Pacific amid Iran war
9. N. Korea estimated to have earned up to US$14.4 bln from Russia-Ukraine war involvement: report
10. Trump renews calls on S. Korea, China, Japan, others to help keep Strait of Hormuz open
11. Kim Jong Un votes at a coal mine in election for rubber-stamp parliament
12. Trump says he could meet Kim Jong Un as early as this month: ROK prime minister
13. South Korea, U.S. Foreign Ministers Agree on Hormuz Strait Safety Cooperation
14. North Korea’s poorest youth are choosing brutal labor brigades over life at home
