7/20/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.20.2026 at 06:33pm
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National Security News:
1. Assessing Special Operations Forces (SOF) 2040 (Part 2): The Two Trinities and the Human-Domain Advantage
2. Jordan Becomes New Flashpoint in U.S.-Iran War as Troop Deaths Rise
3. Tehran and Washington Face a ‘Wake Up Moment’ Over the War
4. U.S. teeters on all-out war with Iran after more troops are killed
5. Lockheed Martin Plans Bargain-Rate Patriot Missile to Replenish Low Stockpiles
6. China’s Campaign to Suffocate Taiwan Is Hitting Children’s Choirs and Baristas
7. Japan plans uncrewed vessels to monitor Chinese ships
8. China’s military mouthpiece issues full-page warning on Japan’s growing drone power
9. Ukraine Battlefield Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment
10. Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
11. China and US still in contact on Xi summit trip despite Trump’s election claims
12. Fewer opportunities, less passion, no clue? How the US’ China expertise is fading
13. New Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire: Countering Violent Extremism in West Africa’s Borderlands
14. Build at Scale, Innovate at the Edge, Close the Feedback Loop Fast: Transforming Acquisition for the Drone Age
15. Information Disorder and Irregular Warfare: Three Things to Know
16. The Make-or-Buy Line has Moved
17. Do You Know Why the PRC Has a Polar Strategy?
18. An Iranian Vision of the New Middle East
19. Pakistan Won the War in Iran
20. The Pentagon Is Finally Buying (Some) Weapons From Startups
Korean News:
1. Korean operational control transition: conditions before calendars
2. N. Korea deepens ties with Russia, China at camp believed linked to Russian abduction of Ukrainian children
3. North Korea accelerates military buildup across land, sea and space
4. North Korea vows to support Russia in Ukraine war until victory: top envoy
5. ‘Students need teachers who understand’: Defector becomes lifeline for children with North Korean roots in South
6. Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to meet in Manila this week
7. Putin thanks North Korea for support in war against Ukraine
8. South Korean’s first president Syngman Rhee memorial held in Tokyo
9. Is North Korea Pursuing a “Juche-Oriented” Nuclear Triad?
10. North Korea Taps India for Smartphones
11. Consensys Discovers a North Korea-Linked Developer Infiltrated Its Teams
12. NSSRI Urges South Korea-China Restoration Amid North Korea-China Alliance Modernization
13. Foreign ministry-affiliated diplomatic academy suffers cyber breach
14. Prepare for wild and dangerous scenarios on the Korean Peninsula
15. South Korean strategy responds deftly to Trump’s unpredictability
