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

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National Security News:

1. Hegseth’s Purge of Top Generals Leaves the Army Rudderless
2. Opinion | I was a U.S. diplomat for 20 years. Now I see how the Iran war could be won.
3. What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?
4. CIA Director John Ratcliffe Makes Surprise Trip to Moscow
5. How the Iranian Shahed Drone Transformed War—With China’s Help
6. U.S. Squeezes Iran but Avoids Targeting Its Biggest Lifeline: China
7. The U.S. Is Trying to Strangle Iran’s Economy. Here’s How Tehran Is Surviving.
8. The Iran War Shows China’s Energy Strategy Is Working
9. Why U.S. Intelligence Keeps Getting Blindsided
10. Join new Iran sanctions or leave the dollar system: Bessent
11. Opinion | America’s Spiraling Debt Crisis
12. China’s new hypersonic missile puts US on notice
13. New US ‘Malice’ missile aims at China’s carrier kill chain
14. China Cannot Yet Hold a Beach on Taiwan
15. Porcupines, Silicon, and Alliances: How Middle Powers Can Resist Great Power Coercion
16. Strategic Studies and Its Vocabulary: A Conceptual Audit of “Emerging Technologies”
17. “Can We Do This?”: The Role of Military Leaders and Their Legal Advice
18. A Case for Cyber Privateering
19. The Future of Ukraine’s Drone Democracy: Transforming the Military Has Changed the War—and Upended Politics
20. Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

Korean News:

1. Kim Jong Un focuses on economy, silent on Trump overtures
2. Trump’s outreach to Kim shifts focus from North Korea denuclearization
3. U.S. preparing for Freedom Edge joint exercise with S. Korea, Japan: U.S. Pacific Command
4. Kim Jong-un, the leader Trump seeks out, Putin relies on and Xi doesn’t want to lose
5. Porcupines, Silicon, and Alliances: How Middle Powers Can Resist Great Power Coercion
6. Missiles in the North, Voting in the South: How North Korea Plays South Korea’s Election Calendar
7. Trump’s Korea moves raise questions about US military strength
8. Is North Korea’s economic miracle sustainable?
9. What does a self-reliant South Korea look like? Some push for a nuclear option.
10. Is Trump’s Kim Jong Un Love Affair One-Sided?
11. N. Korea’s Kim presides over party meeting, with no mention of Trump’s overture
12. Expert says chance of Trump-Kim meeting is ‘slim to none’
13. 1st hearing on integrated military academy turns chaotic amid fierce pushback from alumni