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4/15/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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04.15.2026 at 04:05pm
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National Security News:

1. Exclusive | Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out
2. Exclusive | Europe Drafts Postwar Plan to Free Up Hormuz Without U.S.
3. Here’s What the U.S. Blockade of Iran Looks Like
4. Opinion | Trump’s Blockade Is a Crisis for Iran
5. Opinion | NPT Gives Trump a Way to Rally the World Against Iran
6. Trump’s Blockade Risks Upending an Emerging Détente With China
7. How China’s Weapons Transfers to Iran Have Evolved Over Decades
8. U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran
9. From Rejection to Acceptance: Why Iran Agreed to a Ceasefire
10. Revamping U.S. Military Assistance: A Four-Tier Model for a New Strategic Era
11. Operational Exposure in the Age of Attribution: GRU Lessons for Digital Force Protection
12. Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Functioning—But Will It Work?
13. Iran’s Regime Has Changed—for the Worse
14. Field Observation: The Strait of Hormuz Is Not a Chokepoint
15. U.S. and NATO Need To Learn From Ukraine
16. Joint Task Forces Train on Counter-UASs, Strengthen Homeland Defense
17. US, allies to deploy 17,000 troops for Philippine military exercise
18. Aerial Drones Change How Wars Are Fought—Unmanned Ground Vehicles Will Decide Who Wins Them
19. For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon
20. A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could chill all of our speech
21. Hegseth’s War on Generals

Korean News:

1. Report to Congress on the U.S.-South Korea Alliance
2. North Korea boosting ability to manufacture nuclear arms, IAEA chief warns
3. S. Korea’s nonproliferation commitment ‘full, unambiguous’ amid nuclear-powered subs push: IAEA chief
4. N. Korea calls Japan’s criticism of its nukes a ‘grave provocation’
5. Top admirals of S. Korea, U.S., Japan discuss trilateral cooperation in Seoul
6. North Koreans forced to pay for Kim Il Sung birthday celebrations
7. Kim Jong Un sidelines his predecessors in sweeping cult of personality push
8. Trump’s war with Iran has left prospects for North Korea talks on life support
9. Unification minister says appointing special envoy to facilitate U.S.-N.K. talks still under review
10. S. Korea has no plans to pay Iran for passage of stranded ships in Strait of Hormuz: FM
11. Gov’t to cover extra shipping costs for importing alternative crude supplies
12. S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
13. North Korea registers its largest warship with UN maritime watchdog
14. North Korean economy is ‘recovering’ thanks to Russia, China ties: Seoul
15. Gwanghwamun Square monument to honor Korean War allies faces questions over timing, procedure
16. Asan foreign policy poll shows Koreans’ common sense
17. Trump’s envoy pick

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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