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6/24/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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08.24.2026 at 05:58pm
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National Security News:

1. Opinion | Ukraine’s Next Missile Defense: Starlink?
2. Shoot the Archer: Unable to Shoot Down the Missiles, Ukraine Now Wants to Destroy the Launchers Before They Ever Fire
3. What Donald Duck Can Teach Trump About Going to War
4. Guns AND Butter: How SOF’s enduring relationships provide value for the Joint Force
5. The Inversion of Soft Power: America’s Reversal at 250
6. Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion
7. Special Operations Success: Balancing Capabilities and Control
8. The Agentic Olympus: The “Gods” of AI in Irregular Cognitive Warfare
9. How China Found Its Most Potent Weapon – The Real History of Beijing’s Rare-Earth Dominance
10. The Myth of Eurasia – Why Russia Can’t Shed Its Imperial Delusions (Review Essay)
11. AI-enabled deception threatens future operations, raises chances of large conflict, says Special Operations leader
12. The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
13. The US Army’s ‘Hammer Of The Gods’ Could Turn GPS Dependence Into Wartime Weakness
14. What Iran’s Crypto Insurance Proposal Means for Irregular Warfare and Shipping in Asia
15. SOF Weekly Brief – August 24, 2026
16. U.S. Says Oil Is Pouring Through Hormuz. Trackers Can’t Find It.
17. U.S. Cancels Marines Drills With South Korea
18. From Navy SEAL to Army chaplain: How one veteran found a new purpose in service

 

Korean News:

1. U.S. Cancels Marines Drills With South Korea
2. Lee’s approval rating sinks to new low: poll
3. OPCON Transfer Futile Without Generals to Command
4. Trump Has Good Reason to Reduce U.S.–South Korea Defense Ties
5. Trump plays the Kim Jong Un card amid Seoul-Washington discord
6. Trump ignores joint efforts by his favorite dictators to undermine US security
7. Korea opens faster access to NATO standards for defense exporters
8. Trump’s ‘57 nuclear weapons’ remark raises nuclear domino fears. What do experts say?
9. Ukraine Says Drone Unit among 8,500 North Korean Troops in Russia
10. Trump wants Kim reunion, but Pyongyang holds the cards
11. Trump ally urges Seoul summit before any Kim meeting, proposes South Korea visit
12. Trump’s social media posts could reshape Northeast Asia’s security landscape, experts warn
13. Expert roundup: Can Trump’s outreach bring Kim Jong Un back to the table?
14. Yongsan Park needs consensus, not political tug of war

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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