5/21/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.21.2026 at 06:23pm
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National Security News:
1. Remarks by Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby at the National War College (As Prepared)
2. Senior Special Ops Leaders Discuss Value of Partnerships, Alliances
3. The new era of asymmetric war exposes the limits of conventional warfare
4. Regulatory Friendly Fire: How ITAR Undermines the Alliance It Was Built to Protect
5. Inside Israel’s High-Tech Campaign to Kill or Capture Every Oct. 7 Attacker
6. The Operational Case Against Israel’s Gaza Campaign
7. Mosaic Defense and Dispersed Command: Iran Strikes Back
8. Special ops leader says Maduro mission set ‘new standard’
9. The Shadow War – OpEd (Cyber)
10. Iran rebuilding military industrial base faster than expected, already producing drones, according to US intel
11. Ukraine Has a New War Strategy—and It’s Working
12. Europe’s Dangerous Hunger Games for American Troops
13. Field Observation: The Thucydides Trap as Terrain
14. The US Is Quietly Torpedoing Its Relationship With Pacific Island Partners
15. Opinion | U.S. Defense Needs More Competition, Not More Money
16. Opinion | Trump Reaches an Iran Crossroads
17. The Longest Internet Blackout in History Is Crippling Iran’s Economy
18. The Virtue—and Danger—of Tactical Excellence: Special Operations Forces, Democratic Power, and the Moral Burden of Strategic Purpose
19. A Plea from a Former Green Beret: Wake Up, America
20. The Crumbling Pillars of Global Peace
Korean News:
1. A Check-In On North Korea and Russia’s Wartime Partnership
2. S. Korea sees potential wartime operational control transfer as early as next year
3. Kim-Trump summit ‘will ‘surely’ be discussed if Xi visits North, unification minister says
4. Presidential office welcomes Israel’s release of 2 S. Koreans captured on Gaza-bound aid vessels
5. N. Korea slams Washington’s arms deal with Seoul, vows to bolster military deterrent
6. Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation holds joint memorial to commemorate Korean War veterans in Paju
7. Presidential office welcomes Israel’s release of 2 S. Koreans captured on Gaza-bound aid vessels
8. Russian navy escorts ships known to shuttle arms from North Korea: Japan
9. Putin and Xi reject ‘foreign pressure’ on North Korea after Beijing summit
10. Satellite imagery shows new North Korea-Russia bridge nearing completion
11. S. Korea discusses cyberthreat response with U.S., Japan, other like-minded nations
12. Court rejects arrest warrant for ex-KTV chief over alleged insurrection propaganda
13. Lee calls for stern punishment for defaming victims of state-led atrocities
14. Ex-spy chief Cho Tae-yong sentenced to 1 1/2 yrs in prison for perjury in martial law trial
15. Japan presses U.S. lawmakers on North Korea abductions
16. South Korea’s nuclear sub talks with Washington have gone missing
