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4/21/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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04.21.2026 at 04:29pm
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National Security News:

1. Opinion | In Iran, Winning Is the Only Thing
2. ‘Immediate Results’ vs. ‘The Long Game’: the U.S. and Iran Face Off
3. U.S. Has Turned Back 27 Ships Since Strait of Hormuz Blockade Started
4. Japan, Australia and a New Regional Order
5. Saudi Arabia and Iraq Are Caught in a Hidden War Within the War
6. Opinion | What Chinese officials told me about Trump’s bewildering war in Iran
7.The F-35 Is a Masterpiece Built for the Wrong War
8. After watchdog slams understaffing, AI to vet Pentagon-backed professors’ China ties
9. The Third Option: How the CIA’s Paramilitary Arm Shapes the Battlefield
10. From Ceasefire to Settlement? The Prospects of a U.S.–Iran Deal
11. I’m Sorry, Dave. I’m Afraid I Can’t De-escalate: On (AI) Wargaming and Nuclear War
12. Drowning In Data: Solving the data overload problem in OSINT
13. Why US Force Design Keeps Missing the Decisive Phase of War
14. The Decimation of Russia’s Specialized Troops and its Effects on the Ukraine War
15. ‘Hormuz moment’ could herald decline of US dominance: Citic Securities analysts
16. The Scales Begin to Tip: Assessing Ukraine’s New Strategic Momentum in 2026
17.  How to Fight an Economic War: A Field Manual for a Ruptured World
18. The Iran War Is an Expectations Game: How Perceptions Shape a Conflict’s Outcome

Korean News:

1. How North Korea Won: The Strange Triumph of Kim Jong Un
2. What the War Against Iran Means for the U.S.-South Korean Alliance
3. Japan, Australia and a New Regional Order
4. The fate of middle powers in contested zones
5. USFK chief lodges protest against unification minister for leaking U.S. intelligence: lawmaker
6. S. Korea considering various ways to contribute to stability in Strait of Hormuz: official
7. S. Korea voices deep regret over Japan PM’s offering, lawmakers’ visit to war shrine
8. N. Korea appoints new ambassador to Britain, Indonesia | Yonhap News Agency
9. N. Korea, Russia hold ceremony to link cross-border bridge; completion set for mid-June
10. US warns Korea of Chinese tech reliance, regulatory barriers
11. Unification minister at center of controversy over intelligence sharing with US
12. U.S. restricts satellite intelligence sharing with South Korea amid controversy over minister’s comments
13.Unification minister’s remarks raise concerns over alliance trust

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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