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5/25/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.25.2026 at 07:55pm
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National Security News:

1. Constitutional Convention begins | May 25, 1787
2. War, Memory, and the Sons We Lose
3. Trump Says He Is in No Rush for an Iran Deal That Is Far From Finished
4. Opinion | Will Trump Bail Out Iran’s Regime?
5. Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical
6. How AI Talks People Out of Conspiracy Theories—and What We Can Learn From That
7. Philippines Facing ‘Info War’ Over Disputed Seas
8. Coming to Terms With Our Strategic Inadequacies
9. Front-Loaded Coercion: Negotiation Logic and the Strategic Risks of Opening-Salvo Statecraft
10. Information as the New High Ground: The Cognitive Fight in the Indo-Pacific
11. Nuclear Submarine Deterrence for Australia’s Strategic Defense
12. The Middle Power Delusion: Not Choosing Is Not an Option
13. Japan’s Point of No Return: Will Washington Squander Tokyo’s New Security Commitment?
14. All non-drone militaries are now obsolete
15. Can the Pentagon beat China if it struggles with Iran?
16. We’ll Go No More Enriching Beyond Centrifuges: How Irregular Warfare Disrupts Iran’s Nuclear Program
17. The Lessons of Sacrifice
18. Memorial Day 2026 – appreciating sacrifice by Cynthia Watson

Korean News:

1. KDVA and KUSAF Joint Message for “U.S.-ROK Alliance Memorial Period 2026” May 25 – June 6, 2026
2. The military says it’s ready to ‘fight tonight’ in the Pacific. Can it sustain that fight?
3. Freedom Is Not Free: Seoul’s ‘Garden of Gratitude’ Honors 23 Nations’ Sacrifices in Heart of City
4. North Korean Team Storms Out Over ‘North’ Label After Championship Win
5. Singapore foreign minister to visit Seoul after stops in China, N. Korea
6. N. Korea to hold key party meeting in late June: KCNA
7. Former pro-Yoon protest leader joins US State Department-linked board
8. S. Korea prepares roadmap for nuclear-powered submarine program after Pacific submarine deployment
9. South Korean oil tankers reroute through Red Sea amid Hormuz closure
10. N. Korea’s Kim sends condolences to Xi over deadly coal mine blast
11. Lee’s approval rating inches down to 59.3 pct: poll
12. Families of South Koreans detained in North launch group to advocate for release
13. Why military strikes on North Korea’s nuke program would have made things worse

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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