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5/16/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.16.2026 at 05:00pm
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National Security News:

1. US shows Taiwan non-negotiable: analysts
2. The Thucydides Trap, Xi Jinping, and America’s Strategic Blind Spot
3. The Myth of the Thucydides Trap Is Convenient for China
4. Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence after China talks
5. Trump Turns Taiwan Arms Sales Into Bargaining Chip With China
6. Taiwan releases statement in response to Trump comments
7. 10-ship Russian Convoy Transits Japan’s Tsushima Strait
8. Pentagon cancels planned deployment of long-range missile unit to Germany
9. Pentagon rush to counter drone threat may be undermining safety standards, Army explosive safety specialist warns
10. Trump and Xi Want to Stabilize U.S.-China Ties. Now Comes the Hard Part.
11. See How China Is Gaining Power in Contested Waters
12. Is America in Decline and China Rising? Not for Long.
13. Fewer Bots, More Ads: The Pentagon’s Evolving Online Influence Campaigns | Lawfare
14. Opinion | Admiral Cooper Tallies the Score in Iran
15. How Secret U.A.E. and Saudi Strikes on Iran Shattered an Uneasy Coexistence
16. Republican and Democratic Lawmakers Criticize Canceled Deployment to Europe
17. US Army to receive thousands of Barracuda-500M cruise missiles in Anduril deal
18. Partnerships remain critical to adapting at speed, say Army leaders

Korean News:

1. Trump says U.S. in contact with Kim Jong Un amid China state visit
2. What Kim Jong Un Really Fears: Outside Information
3. Trump-Xi Summit Leaves South Korea Navigating Familiar Pressures
4. How North Korea recycles propaganda to engrave its messaging in people’s minds
5. AUKUS and North Korea in the Indo-Pacific: 5 Years On
6. How the US can break its cycle with North Korea through forced transparency
7. North Korean hackers pose as police in spear phishing attacks
8. North Korea’s New War Museum Glorifies Its ‘Noble Sacrifices’ for Russia
9. How to Achieve ‘Small Successes’ in Engaging with North Korea
10. Drop OPCON transition, focus on Future Combined Forces Command
11. New North Korean Constitution blueprint for change: It contains the seeds of destruction of the Kim family regime.
12. See How China Is Gaining Power in Contested Waters
13. 10-ship Russian Convoy Transits Japan’s Tsushima Strait

About The Author

  • Dave 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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