4/30/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.30.2026 at 04:07pm
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National Security News:
1. The Real Threat to Taiwan: America Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of Crisis
2. As Hormuz Traffic Stalls, U.S. Pitches New Coalition to Get Ships Moving Again
3. Hegseth Testifies for First Time Since Iran War Began. Here Are Five Takeaways.
4. Trump’s national security strategy comes to the Philippines
5. Trump Weighs Pulling Some U.S. Troops From Germany in Spat With Chancellor
6. China Does Not Employ Gray Zone Tactics From X/Twitter @chinaembmanilla
7. The U.S. Could Lose the Space Race to China
8. The Iran war has shattered Xi Jinping’s economic delusions
9. UN bloated, costly, but China fears should keep US involved, House committee told
10. Why King Charles’ ‘Trump bell’ gift amuses Chinese internet users
11. The U.A.E.’s OPEC Bombshell Signals a New Middle East Order
12. The Iran War Is Drawing Some Allies Closer to the US by Hal Brands
13. Monthly Drone Report – April 30, 2026
14. Cyber Command, NSA chief warns foreign adversaries likely to target midterms
15. Sabotage from Afar: How Undeclared Drone Armies Prolong War and Derail Peace
16. Why the Strong Lose and the Weak Become Strong
17. Hitting Where it Hurts: Deep Strikes, Oil Infrastructure, and Kyiv’s Theory of Victory by Jefferson Burges and John Nagl
18. Correcting Course in the Indo‑Pacific
19. How Critical Minerals Will Scramble Geopolitics
20. Rethinking Corporate Risk and Alignment in an Era of Economic Statecraft
21. Reagan’s Military Lessons for the New Cold War
22. Masters of Mayhem: A Landmark Study in the Birth of Modern Unconventional Warfare
Korean News:
1. North Korea’s lawfare strategy
2. Mourning the Passing of Allen E. Anderson: A Great Supporter of HRNK, Wonderful Friend and Mentor
3. When technology and propaganda merge, what becomes reality?
4. Ex-POWs sue N. Korea over forced labor; 3rd of its kind
5. South Korea no longer holds the cards against the North
6. “Change in North Korea Must Come from Within”… Relay of Testimonies by North Korean Defectors at U.S. Congress
7. It’s better to have a distant ally than a nearby one? (Korea)
8. Would scrapping ‘kill chain’ reduce tensions with North Korea?
9. Correcting Course in the Indo‑Pacific
10. USFK troop drawdown not under discussion between S. Korea, U.S.: defense ministry
11. A blueprint for a US-South Korea combined multi-domain task force
12. Hegseth calls N. Korea’s nuclear program ‘lesson’ as he defends Iran operation
13, S. Korea, U.S. discuss N. Korea, cooperation on disarmament, nonproliferation
