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9/19/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.19.2026 at 09:39pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say
2. I Planned Military Ops. AI Just Made It My Most Valuable Skill | Opinion
3. Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
4. Pentagon official’s ‘contemptuous’ briefing sparks bipartisan ire
5. Rare honour: Trump will greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews, not just White House
6. Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
7. Will Taiwan Fight? We Need Better Evidence.
8. US Allies Are Removing Their Nation’s Assets from U.S. Soil
9. Xi Jinping Skipped One Dinner—and Sparked a Flurry of Questions About His Health
10. Opinion | The AI danger that matters most? Falling behind China.
11. Opinion | America needs to destroy what really sustains the Iranian regime
12. Opinion | You Probably Have the Iran War Backward
13. Generals Need to Answer the Hard Questions
14. Russia Demanded Japan Remove U.S. Typhon Missile Systems
15. U.S. Reaches Greenland Security Agreement
16. Niall Ferguson: Is Peace at Hand in Ukraine?
17. How a ‘Vampire’ Could Solve the US Navy’s Drone Woes
18. An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind.
19. Hegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder for Women in Combat Roles. Most Female Marines Are Passing

 

Korean News:

1. Joint Press Statement for the 29th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue
2. S. Korea, U.S. vow to strengthen cooperation to accelerate wartime OPCON transition in defense talks
3. Cheong Wa Dae says Lee’s ‘no war intervention’ remark not a rejection of Trump’s Hormuz request
4. Cho, Rubio agree to work together for ‘good’ results from talks on investment projects in U.S.
5. Russia-North Korea Relations: An Expanding Partnership – Analysis
6. Will Russian Drones Show Up in North Korea?
7. Trump Courts North Korea’s Leader, but Might Need China to Reignite the Flame
8. N. Korea rejects IAEA resolution, vows to maintain nuclear force amid U.S. threats
9. N.K. leader calls for ‘most concentrated and destructive’ artillery capability
10. Scholar calls academy integration key to South Korea’s future military
11. K-defense exports enter new phase
12. ‘The Cherry Orchard’ Review: Chekhov Speaks Korean
13. To Succeed in AI, South Korea Is Reinventing Its Developmental State Model
14. AI era puts philosophy in demand at Korea’s top universities

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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