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9/5/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.05.2026 at 05:44pm
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National Security News:

1. A Message to China from Japan’s Takaichi Administration
2. No, we are not on the eve of World War III
3. Allies into foes. Foes into allies. What’s behind Trump’s world order assault?
4. How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Bruce Hoffman
5. US military’s cyber unit plan threatens South Korea’s diplomatic balancing act (MDTF)
6. The moral panic over data centres is foolish
7. After CIA director visit to Moscow, Putin pushes harder for military win
8. Repair Forward, Replace Fast: An Army Sustainment Model that Keeps More Drones in the Fight
9. Why are European countries moving their gold out of North America?
10. In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members
11. How Trump Lost Asia (Interview with Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull)
12. What options does the Pentagon have to cover its mounting FY26 operational costs?
13. OpenAI Wants to Talk About The Federalist Papers
14. Why Putin’s Friends Are Now Confronting Him Over the War
15. Wet tees on Starlink: Army’s desert trial reveals commercial tech challenges, opportunities
16. U.S. Strikes Three Iranian ‘Shadow Network’ Oil Tankers, Military Says
17. Inside the ‘shadow fleet’ industry that keeps rogue states afloat
18. Time Is No Longer on Iran’s Side in the Battle of the Blockades

 

Korean News:

1. When saving lives becomes a crime: the Ukraine delegation case
2. North Korea didn’t just divide a country; it divided my family
3. US military’s cyber unit plan threatens South Korea’s diplomatic balancing act (MDTF)
4. North Korea orders sweeping rebuild of northern border blockade
5. China protests use of ‘Taiwan Pavilion’ at South Korea biennale
6. South Korea weighs combat, noncombat roles in Hormuz mission
7. Croatia moves toward $506 million purchase of South Korea’s Chunmoo
8. Industry minister urges U.S. to ease tariffs on hard-to-source steel mill equipment
9. N. Korea likely to send vice minister to U.N. General Assembly this month
10. Why the War on Terror Is Still Haunting Us
11. Inside the ‘shadow fleet’ industry that keeps rogue states afloat
12. North Korea cuts English classes, expands Russian at foreign language schools

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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