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8/29/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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08.29.2026 at 05:53pm
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National Security News:

1. Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture
2. Drain on U.S. Munitions From Iran War Raises Fears Over Ability to Deter China, Russia
3. U.S. Must Develop Counter Measures Against Chinese AI
4. Who Will Bear the Costs of a Global Trade Adjustment?
5. China moves to overhaul national defense mobilization law
6. Why the World Needs to Force China’s Yuan to Revalue
7. From the Petrodollar to the Tokendollar: Economic Statecraft in the AI Era
8. With AI hackers in mind, Air Forces Cyber develops defensive ‘campaign plan’
9. The president doesn’t need a one-trick Army
10. On islands key to Taiwan’s defense, troops prepare for a Chinese first strike
11. A bridge, missiles, and billions in revenue: North Korea’s role in Russia’s war deepens again
12. China’s YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific’s naval balance
13. Bear trap: Russia is running out of good options in Ukraine
14. China in the crossfire as US widens economic warfare on Iran
15. Chinese government ships spotted in record numbers off Taiwan in July
16. Putin is on the brink of the abyss. He must not be allowed to take us down with him
17. China is secretly fueling America’s data center rage
18. Exclusive | Hegseth Weighs Summoning Top Military Leaders to Quantico for Second Time
19. Opinion | Trump’s wars are leaving invisible scars on our military
20. Opinion | Pete Hegseth captures Stars and Stripes. That matters — even if you aren’t military.
21. U.S. military uses laser to shoot down 3 cartel drones at southern border, Pentagon says
22. The US Army lost against Ukraine but would Australia do any better?
23. China This Week: Governance Signals That Matter
24. How Xi Jinping Turned Oil From a Weakness Into a Geopolitical Weapon
25. 27 Killed Near Kyiv as Russian Drone Blitz Exposes Air Defense Gap
26. ‘Better to Kill Us’: Fear Over Malaysia’s Plan to Send Back Myanmar Migrants
27. Chinese AI Models: Rising U.S. Usage, Politicized Content Manipulation, Potential Alternatives
28. Romania downs explosive-laden drone near Black Sea gas platform
29. ‘The Last of the Old Breed’ Review: Into the Crucible of War

Korean News:

1. Renaming the enemy won’t disarm it
2. A Trump North Korea deal
3. As Trump eyes Kim summit, Seoul forum weighs phased peace path
4. Watching K-Pop Can Get You Killed in North Korea, and It May Be About To Get Worse
5. A bridge, missiles, and billions in revenue: North Korea’s role in Russia’s war deepens again
6. We Tested a Smartphone Smuggled From North Korea
7. The signal you send is the policy you make
8. Trump could discuss ‘tacit’ N.K. nuke acceptance, peace treaty, allied drills with Kim in possible summit: ex-official
9. S. Korea, France discuss strategic coordination amid deepening N.K.-Russia ties
10. N. Korean leader sends message of sympathy to Chinese, Nepali presidents over deadly floods
11. As won crashes, rural North Koreans rush to buy dollars
12. Sinuiju flooding stalls North Korea-China cargo trade for days

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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