7/14/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.14.2026 at 05:45pm
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National Security News:
1. The ‘Irrepressible’ U.S.-Iran Conflict By Walter Russell Mead
2. Iran Kills Deal, Trump Revives Blockade
3. U.S. Launches New Iran Strikes, as Trump Weighs Attacking Nuclear Site
4. A Wave of Iranian Nationalism Is Drowning Out Its Diplomats
5. Putin Was Xi’s Role Model. Now He’s the Junior Partner.
6. SOF Weekly Update – July 13, 2026
7. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
8. Trump Will Let Ukraine Build Patriots. Ukraine Wants to Make Homegrown Missiles Too.
9. How a Promising Navy Drone Boat Program Got Mired in Politics
10. Beijing hits out as US-led coalition marks 10th anniversary of South China Sea ruling
11. US military targeted in Iran war phone-tracking campaign
12. RIP the US state department
13. Japan’s ‘destructive potential’ in South China Sea may eclipse the US: analyst
14. Will Manila and Hanoi’s maritime deal challenge Beijing in the South China Sea?
15. Designing Adaptive Thinkers: How Cognitive Interventions Shape Innovation and Decision-Making in Military Organizations
16. From Washington to Tehran: Rally-Around-the-Flag Effects in an Age of Regional Conflict
17. China’s Telecom Forward Base: How Military-Civil Fusion Weaponizes Global Networks
18. Outgunned, But Not Outplayed: Iran’s Theory of Victory
19. A Return to Mass: Russian Force Expansion in the War with Ukraine
20. Into the Deep: Special Forces and the Future of Large-Scale Combat
21. How China Is Winning Friends and Influencing People
22. Putin Will Turn a Cease-Fire Into a Weapon
23. The Next Phase in Ukraine’s War With Russia: The Battle for Minds
24. The Politicization of the U.S. Military Did Not Start With Trump
Korean News:
1. Lee says understanding N. Korean-born citizens ‘special asset’ for 2 Koreas’ future
2. Lee calls for peace in event recognizing North Korean defectors’ plight, success
3. How a rare public purge spotlights Kim Jong Un’s struggle to root out corruption
4. China’s top political adviser to visit North Korea this week
5. Korea risks uncorking the champagne too early — again
6. Trump’s 20% Hormuz Toll Could Cost Korea 17.5 Trillion Won
7. U.S. presses Korea over slow progress on $350 billion investment pledge
8. ED Trump threatens global maritime order (A view from our Korean ally)
9. North Korea orders DVD player owners to register devices
10. Behind Sinuiju’s brighter nights, a widening electricity divide
11. What’s behind North Korea’s coal industry push?
12. 70% of South Korean military’s K2 rifles exceed service life
13. ‘Future response fund’ should be sustainable
14. Ask a North Korean: What made you want to leave North Korea?
15. South Korean police plan tougher response to ‘hate rallies’
16. Korean gov’t, industry closely monitor Trump’s Hormuz toll plan
17. South Korea and Mongolia Enter a ‘Golden Era’ of Partnership
