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8/17/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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08.17.2026 at 09:22pm
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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. AI and the New Fog of War by Sir Lawrence Freedman
2. U.S.-ROK Exercises Do Not Provoke North Korea (and POTUS speaks on UFS 26)
3. The West is forgetting why wars must be won
4. A Renewed & Limited War on the Horizon in the Middle East
5. Iran’s Secret Plan to Escalate the War
6. Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers
7. Bill seeks nationwide concealed carry for special operators
8. China Wants to Shape What the World’s A.I. Knows
9. The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.
10. 3 Reasons Extended Carrier Deployments Take Such a Heavy Toll at Sea
11. The Tomahawk Changed Modern Warfare. America Can’t Build Enough of Them.
12. Fully Autonomous Drones Reportedly Kill in Ukraine
13. The Unmanned Fires Observer: The Army’s Drone-Age Doctrine Rewrite Is Skipping a Crucial Part
14. What Have We Learned from the 9/11 Wars? Not Nearly Enough
15. Mexico’s Network War—Without a Network Strategy
16. The Cost of Keeping China Out
17. Blanchard’s Lathe and the Long Arc of American Manufacturing
18. Operationalizing Operator Syndrome: What the Pentagon advisory council needs to get right

 

Korean News:

1. U.S.-ROK Exercises Do Not Provoke North Korea (and POTUS speaks on UFS 26)
2. Trump to scale back U.S. joint military exercises with South Korea
3. Troops from North Korea to boost Russia’s Ukraine forces
4. 31 Chinese nationals caught since 2019 for smuggling into S. Korea via Yellow Sea
5. Hanwha Systems develops AI military network for NATO market
6. Trump Orders Cuts to U.S.-South Korea Military Drills
7. Trump Tries Old Move to Woo a More Powerful Kim Jong Un
8. Trump’s Overture to Kim Jong-un Strains Alliance With South Korea
9. Trump reduces military exercises with South Korea, citing good ties with Kim Jong Un
10. Presidential office expects N. Korea-U.S. leaders’ friendship to lead to dialogue
11. Industry minister says S. Korea, U.S. seek to resolve outstanding issues over investment plan
12. Trump’s order to reduce military exercises raises hopes, concerns over Korean Peninsula security
13. Trump praises relationship with Kim Jong Un, reduces military drills with Seoul
14. North Korea starts construction on west coast island amid naval base plans

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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