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7/19/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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07.19.2026 at 10:09pm
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National Security News:

1. Two U.S. Troops Were Killed, One Is Missing After Iran Missile Attack in Jordan
2. Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change U.S. Public Opinion
3. Opinion | I’m an Army general. My education shouldn’t be unexpected.
4. The CIA Operative Who Spied on the U.A.E.—and Played a Role in Its AI Win
5. Senior defense officials looking at Cuba military options
6. Rebuilding the Arsenal: A Realistic Path to Building a Larger, More Capable U.S. Fleet
7. Pentagon’s testosterone program builds on ‘operator syndrome’ worries in special operations
8. Hegseth Ordered a New Study of Women in Combat. Critics Say It’s Built to Reach One Conclusion
9. Schrödinger’s Strait: Why the War Keeps Going
10. Trump spares Beijing in probe of alleged Chinese election plot
11. Why Ideology Is the Wrong Lens for Understanding China
12. Trump’s ‘Guardian of Hormuz’ Distracts From His Goal of a ‘Good and Proper’ Deal
13. Containing Iran
14. Guam’s Logistics Capacity Must Be Increased
15. The Hollowing Arsenal: How Artificial Intelligence Erodes the Foundations of Irregular Warfare

 

Korean News:

1. North Korea courts China, Russia at once to build leverage against US, analysts say
2. Out of sync? Envoy to U.S. makes unusual trip back home while policy chief downplays diplomatic concerns.
3. Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol – then North Koreans found K-pop
4. A Divided World Is North Korea’s Greatest Asset
5. North Korea Balances Between China and Russia While Hardening Its Regional Posture
6. SK chief warns AI memory shortage could turn geopolitical
7. Coupang dispute looms over Korea-US shipbuilding talks
8. Frontiers | Who rejects democracy? A South Korean case
9. South Korea had one of the poorest populations in the world after the Korean War, yet people born there today have among the longest life expectancies and highest education levels anywhere on Earth
10. Aid against the odds: running an NGO in North Korea

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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