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5/7/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.07.2026 at 04:29pm
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National Security News:

1. The Deal With the Iranian Regime
2. Iran, U.S. Working on Talks to End Fighting
3. China has played key role in Iran war and will continue to do so
4. The Tragic Decline of the American Navy by Robert D. Kaplan
5. Hormuz crisis heats up Asia’s Arctic scramble
6. U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy 2026
7. The cold, hard realism of Saudi hedging
8. Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons
9. Cyber Partisans and Digital Sabotage
10. Mapping Resistance Networks: The Power of Social Network Analysis
11. Testing “On An Equal Basis” or a Three-Way Arms Control Agreement.
12. U.S. and China Pursue Guardrails to Stop AI Rivalry From Spiraling Into Crisis
13. What did China tell a close Trump ally ahead of the US leader’s Beijing trip?4.
14. 2 former Chinese defence ministers handed suspended death sentences
15. The Lessons of the Long Confucian Peace
16. Deterring the Dragon: The US Army and Sea Denial in Maritime Warfare
17. This Is Not the World Russia Wants: A Belligerent America Is Foiling Putin’s Strategy
18. The Army Needs to Build Better Command Posts
19. The Strategic Importance of Critical Maritime Infrastructure
20. Rethinking the Theory of Victory for the “Next War”: Beyond Lanchester’s Laws and the Modern System (Japan)
21. What 300 Emails Say About Americans and the Army’s Direct Commission Program

Korean News:

1. North Korea’s amended constitution redefines borders, but remains vague: source
2. Seoul says North Korea constitution revision won’t change peace policy
3. N. Korea dials down hostility toward Seoul in revised constitution: NIS
4.  S. Korea, U.S. to hold high-level defense talks in Washington next week
5. North Korea says it is not bound by nuclear arms treaty
6. Seoul FM discusses deeper ASEAN cooperation with envoys from region
7. Gov’t takes low-key approach as NK football team’s visit tests inter-Korean relations
8. Russia secretly awarded North Korean generals in charge of Kursk fighting
9. US ‘laptop farmers’ get jail time for aiding DPRK IT workers scam local firms
10. Samsung Pulling TVs, Home Appliances From China
11. The Most Coveted Cosmetic Enhancement in Asia Right Now: Elf Ears
12. North Korea expands minerals-for-investment deals with Chinese partners

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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