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4/18/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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04.18.2026 at 06:57pm
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National Security News:

1. As Economic Pressures Mount, Will Iran or the U.S. Blink First?
2. Trump Is Urged to Move on Nuclear Site Thought to Be Beyond Reach of Bombs
3. U.S. and Iran Signal Easing of Tensions
4. Trump’s Efforts to Strong-Arm Iran Into Deal Spark Optimism—and Confusion
5. Iran disputes claims of new agreements with Trump
6. A retired general’s warning: America can’t fight the AI arms race on tech it doesn’t control
7. Global democracy is in better shape than you think
8. We’re Sleepwalking Into a Taiwan Disaster
9. Iran Resisted a Powerful Attacker. Taiwan Can, Too.
10. China turns Taiwan’s own voices against it in information war
11. No, You Are Not Being Drafted
12. What the Hell Is Irregular Warfare Anyway?
13. The Command Friction that the Army’s Division-Centric Warfighting Approach Must Overcome
14. Exclusive | U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines
15. Winning in the Donbas: What Russia’s 2014–2015 Campaign Reveals About Modern War
16. How to Counter the Houthis Without Strengthening Them
17. America and Iran’s Long Road to Peace
18. The Iran War Is a Win for China
19. Europe Still Needs China
20. String of missing or dead scientists ‘too coincidental’ not to be major concern, congressman says — as 11th mystery emerges
21. Pro-Iran hackers appear to increase critical infrastructure cyberattacks

Korean News:

1. Will South Korea’s ‘Goldilocks’ missile dent China’s Middle East arms ambitions?
2. North Korea’s Kim ramps up show of force as US war on Iran raises stakes
3. Kang Chang-il calls for efforts to improve inter-Korean ties
4. UNC deputy commander hosts NATO delegation’s visit to JSA this week
5. Editorial: Haste Toward North Korea: Unification Minister’s Repeated Missteps
6. Ri Ho-nam: North’s Decades-Long Inter-Korean Operative
7. South Korea says not aware of U.S. protest over minister’s remarks on North Korea nuclear site
8. U.S. Probes South Korea’s North Nuclear Site Disclosure
9. Ethereum Foundation Helps Expose North Korean Workers That Infiltrated Crypto Firms
10. North Korean missiles used in Ukraine strikes aren’t just Russian copies: Kyiv

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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