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5/4/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.04.2026 at 04:34pm
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National Security News:

1. As Warfare Changes, Land Power Remains Vital
2. Chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees Release Statement on U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Germany
3. Trump Says U.S. Will Guide Stranded Ships Through Strait of Hormuz
4. How Russia Helps Iran
5. America’s Pacific Allies Train to Face Down China Together
6. Why US may regret pushing allies towards greater defence autonomy
7. The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It.
8. Scoring the Blockade: Leverage vs Risk over Time
9.The AI Battlespace: Artificial Intelligence, Civil Stability, and the Weaponization of Trust
10. Ukraine Bets on AI
11. Drone warfare in Ukraine: Martian drones, swarms and mesh technology
12. Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they’re faster and cheaper than you’d expect
13. Manila’s Piecemeal Military Modernization
14. Pentagon tech chief says Anthropic is still blacklisted, but Mythos is a separate issue
15. Humour as a Weapon: How Satire Is Shaping Modern Political Warfare
16. SOF Weekly Update – May 4, 2026
17. Green Berets Deploy Ship-Killing Drone in Luzon Strait Maritime Strike Exercise
18. The Illusion of Sovereignty: How International Law and Big Tech are Eroding the State
19.  Xi’s Forever Purge: The Real Goal Behind China’s “Self-Revolution”

Korean News:

1. I know why North Korean soldiers choose death
2. ‘I escaped North Korea, now I’m standing to be a councillor in Stockport’
3. Why Kim Jong Un Won’t Pick Up the Phone and What to Do About It
4. America’s Pacific Allies Train to Face Down China Together
5. Why US may regret pushing allies towards greater defence autonomy
6. Kim Ju-ae: North Korea’s next leader or just a prop for her father?
7. OP-ED: Iran nuclear crisis may shape North Korea policy
8. When the U.S. accepts North Korea’s nukes
9. Korea Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) Founding Month in May 2026
10. The Blogs: Why Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation Matters for Israel
11. Why a 5-year defence pact between North Korea and Russia could make China uneasy
12. Former DPRK diplomat peels back curtain on Pyongyang’s foreign policy apparatus
13. North Korea warns of retaliation over US ‘slander’ of DPRK cyber threats

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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