5/11/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. Legos at War: Iranian Information Operations
2. Is Ukraine Winning Without U.S. Help?
3. The next Army chief won’t inherit a force, he’ll inherit an argument
4. General James Van Fleet: Lessons for Modern Special Operations Soldiers
5. Top Pentagon tech officials optimistic Mythos-style AI tools will improve cyber defense
6. Coast Guard unveils new Special Missions Command amid demand for elite units
7. Xi’s China: Dazzling Technology, Military Muscle—and an Economic Mess
8. Iran War Hangs Over China Summit
9. The U.S. Tied His Bank to Iran Proxies. Now He’s Trump’s Choice to Run Iraq.
10. AI Sleeper Agents and the Military’s Next Trust Problem
11. SOF Weekly Update – May 11, 2026
12. Why Trump’s war on Iran may be ‘accelerating end of US hegemony’ and damaging Stargate
13. Under the Trump administration, the State Department is seeing an exodus of diplomats
14. How the OSS Shaped Special Operations Forces and CIA of Today
15. Taiwan fears Trump will speak off-script on its fate in Beijing
16. Conflict, CASEVAC, and the Golden Hour in the Age of Persistent Surveillance
17. Bollocks to the Iranian Engineers: Shahed Drone is German-American
18. The Stakes of Trump vs. Xi: How the Summit Could Change the Course of U.S.-China Competition
19. The Winners and Losers of the Iran Energy Shock
20, Checkmate in Iran: Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.
Korean News:
1. Where would Iran be if there were no North Korea?
2. What K-pop can teach about defense cooperation
3. General James Van Fleet: Lessons for Modern Special Operations Soldiers
4. South Korea, U.S. deepen shipbuilding and energy alliance
5. Cheong Wa Dae says any attack on civilian ships in Hormuz cannot be tolerated
6. S. Korea, NATO officials discuss defense industry cooperation
7. US court clears way for vote on moving $71M in crypto stolen by North Korea
8. N. Korea flags hantavirus danger amid cruise ship outbreak
9. North Korea and Russia deepen ties as South Korea-U.S. alliance strains
10. Four Years Into Russia-Ukraine War, Korea’s Diplomacy Needs Realism
11. North Korea’s battlefield dividend
12. A resolute response to maritime attack
