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5/23/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.23.2026 at 06:58pm
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National Security News:

1. ‘We are the memorials’: USASOC honors fallen special operations soldiers
2. White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.
3. The Iran problem won’t be solved without a counter-drone coalition
4. How Xi Jinping is rewriting the rules of global power
5. The US Navy is full speed ahead on building a laser fleet
6. Train Thy Neighbor, Deny Thy Adversary | RAND
7. Taiwan says it has not been told by US of arms sales delays
8. Trump’s mixed messaging on Taiwan – what we know
9. Iran Has Destroyed Roughly $1 Billion Worth of US Reaper Drones
10. Cable: US-Polish troop fracas due partly to bad US messaging
11. How the War in Iran Helped Ukraine Go From Problem to Solution
12. Booz Allen Profit Rises Amid Cost Cutting
13. Some fear US-Philippines war games are drawing conflict closer to home
14. Lockheed breaks ground on new THAAD interceptor plant
15. Loitering munitions, launched effects had strong presence at SOF Week 2026
16. Every country should understand space as a warfighting domain
17. Propaganda wars: Turning the tables on Russia
18. A Fine Balance: Dependence and Autonomy in US Alliances
19. Debate over US troops in Poland fuels disinformation, expert says
20. The Gulf’s AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem

Korean News:

1. South Korea hosts America’s biggest overseas military base – but what does its future look like under Trump?
2. Lee vows to carry on ex-President Roh’s legacy at memorial ceremony
3. U.S. missile use in Israel defense raises concerns in East Asia
4. SK On concludes U.S. battery joint venture with Ford
5. A Fine Balance: Dependence and Autonomy in US Alliances
6. Pyongyang Recalibrates: North Korea Between Russia, the United States, and Japan
7. Japan and South Korea: Friends, With Limits
8. Paving the Way for Hostile Coexistence? What North Korea’s Constitutional Revisions Mean for Inter-Korean Ties
9. Report to Congress on U.S. Extended Deterrence and Regional Nuclear Capabilities

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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