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7/31/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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07.31.2026 at 06:50pm
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National Security News:

1. Resistance is (Not) Futile: Winning the War for the Narrative Against China about Taiwan
2. China This Week: Governance Signals That Matter
3. Panama Infuriated China. Now It’s Paying the Price.
4. The U.S. Liberated Kuwait but Now Struggles to Protect It From Iran
5. Iran Says It Targeted U.S. Military in Kuwait With Drones
6. U.S. spy agencies suspect Iran launched cyberattack on Minnesota water facilities
7. Trump’s infrastructure strikes leave Iran’s economy battered
8. Why China’s A.I. Models Could Threaten the Communist Party
9. Russian missile landed in Poland amid strikes on Ukraine, NATO says
10. Romania shoots down Russian drones on home soil for the first time
11. It could take the US military 3 years to restock its missile defenses
12. Floating Liabilities: Aircraft Carriers in the Age of Precision Strike and Irregular Warfare
13. A Tragedy in Iran Might Persuade Hegseth to Change Course
14. Taiwan’s path to victory is unclear
15. Zelensky Asked Trump for a Favor From Elon Musk
16. China Moves to Lock in a New Edge on Taiwan Before the Next Trump-Xi Summit
17. Why a Weaker Russia Keeps Fighting: Putin Sees Little Need to Negotiate
18. The Ambiguity Spiral in Iran: How Trump’s Lack of Clarity Leads to Escalation
19. Marco Rubio’s Enemies Within
20. The age of the genius general is over

Korean News:

1. South Korea urges respect for North Korean sovereignty
2. New U.S. Ambassador Steel calls for building ‘results oriented, forward leaning’ alliance with S. Korea
3. 30 pct of defectors from N. Korea’s nuclear test site areas show chromosome mutations: study
4. Army command directs front-line units to ‘keep weapons loaded’ after protocol
5. Questions arise over possible communication gap between allies after U.S. drone incident
6. Radio broadcasts to North Korea important for would-be defectors: US official
7. North Korea slams US Forces Japan expansion as Tokyo tests Tomahawk missile
8. North Korea’s economy grows over 3% annually since 2022: BOK
9. North Korean Refugees Petition UN Against Name Change
10. Court upholds exit ban on ex-US professor charged with defaming President Lee
11. North Korea Needs China and Russia – But Doesn’t Want Its People Admiring Them

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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