3/26/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
03.26.2026 at 05:14pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump Tells Aides He Wants Speedy End to Iran War
2. Obstacles to ending war come into focus as US and Iran outline starkly different demands
3. The False Promise of “Flexible Realism”
4. ‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
5. Kharg Island: Iran’s Fatal Flaw in a 30-Day War
6. The Missiles to Diego Garcia Subtext
7. In Trump’s war messaging, veterans see something new — and disturbing
8. Trump’s Threats to Europe Put Its Leaders in a Double Bind Over Iran
9. US troops brace for ‘hit-and-run’ guerilla attacks as 82nd Airborne deploys to Iran, military analyst warns
10. Iran-linked influence campaign pushes anti-Israel messaging disguised as US voices: report
11. Yoav Gallant: How to Finish the Job in Iran
12. Senate blocks third attempt to stop Iran war
13. Joe Kent Has a Theory on Iran. Donald Trump Has Another.
14. What Trump’s North Korea Policy Tells Us About Iran
15. Russia to begin sending drones to Iran, officials said
16. Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
17. Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Knocks Out Up to 40 Percent of Russia’s Oil Exports
18. Lessons from Ukraine are shaping US Army’s drones, training, comms
19. The Army wants to use bullets, mortars, and artillery rounds to take out small drones
20. Will too much AI weaken troops’ judgement?
21. Decentralize or Defeat: How Institutional Ego Slows U.S. Military Intelligence
22. The U.S. Should Establish an anti-Etela’at Channel in Iran
23. Japan to Join Army Drills on Philippine Soil in First Since WWII
24. The Infantry Division Transformed: Four Fighting Principles
25. 10 Ukrainians Humbled Two NATO Battalions. When Will NATO Wake Up?
26. A Torpedo in the Trade Lanes: Naval Warfare Returns to the Indo-Pacific
Korean News:
1. What Trump’s North Korea Policy Tells Us About Iran
2. How South Korea Can Bring Iron to the Strait of Hormuz
3. Iran’s top envoy says S. Korean ships can transit Strait of Hormuz only after coordination with Tehran
4. S. Korea to join multinational military meeting over Hormuz Strait
5. South Korea urges ‘peaceful coexistence’ over unification focus
6. Seoul sees no reason to push U.N. human rights resolution against N. Korea: unification minister
7. China’s Xi congratulates N. Korean leader on reelection to top leadership post
8. Defense ministry stresses readiness posture, political neutrality in meeting of key audit officials
9. U.S. Marines stage live-fire drills near border with N. Korea
10. Gov’t announces adjusted price ceilings for fuel products to take effect midnight
11. Kim Yo Jong loses State Affairs Commission seat as Kim Jong Un reshapes North Korea’s 15th-term leadership
12. Ninth Party Congress purge signals sweeping overhaul of provincial party officials
13. North Korean military fish farm run as private feeding trough for officers, worker complaint reveals
14. Chung Defends Peace Policy Amid North Criticism
15. Lee Kun-hee’s ‘Traitor’ Fury and South Korea’s Defense Destiny
