10/1/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.01.2026 at 10:35pm
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National Security News:
1. Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
2. Hegseth Delivers ‘State of the Force’ Address, Outlines Series of New Initiatives
3. Hegseth plans ‘Autonomous Warfare Command’
4. Building an Edge in Modern War With Fast Following by MG Mick Ryan
5. School of War or School of Battle? Educating for an Uncertain Future
6. AI Over-Trust and Diminishing the Joint Targeting Cycle: Why Doctrinal Discipline Matters More Than Artificial Intelligence
7. Writing the Playbook: A Strategy and Doctrine for American Economic Security
8. The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy
9. DIA Releases Will To Fight Guidance
10. Seeking Security and Opportunity in a Stormy World: A 34-Country Survey
11. Why Iran Escalates: Tehran’s Strategy to Drive America Out of the Middle East
12. The AI Autocrat: How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators
13. All You Need Is a Looking Glass: The Road to AGI Goes Through EmpathyAll You Need Is a Looking Glass: The Road to AGI Goes Through Empathy
14. The Force We Cannot Count
15. The Cockpit Stabbing and Terrifying Nosedive That Brought Chaos to FlyDubai Flight 1073
16. NATO COGWAR Newsletter: Perception | August/September 2026, Vol 12
17. U.S. Pressure Campaign Leaves Iranian Tankers Stranded in Asian Waters
18. How the Intelligence Community Can Shape AI Trust With New Terminology
Korean News:
1. Trump says N. Korea’s Kim has ‘pretty large’ nuke capacity, will be ‘fine’ as long as he’s ‘around’
2. South Korea’s Lee urges North Korea to restore dialogue, pledges military build-up
3. To keep the peace, South Korea’s Lee must prepare for war
4. International Experts and Leaders from South Korea, the U.S., and Japan to Participate in 2026 One Korea International Forum in Seoul on October 2
5. The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy
6. Unification ministry reaffirms peaceful coexistence policy despite DMZ blast
7. Kim Jong-un is ‘extremely obese’ and at ‘hzigh risk of disease’
8. Ask a North Korean: What was it like to secretly watch South Korean dramas?
9. Survey finds record 70% of South Koreans uninterested in North Korea
10. Korea protests US’ unilateral announcement on Alaska LNG project
11. S. Korea expects faster progress in security talks with U.S. following investment announcement
12. Lee calls DMZ blast ‘unfortunate accident’ despite North Korean mine finding
13. N. Korean soldiers intrude across MDL around 50 times in Aug.-Sept. period: lawmaker
14. Samjiyon lecture cites purged officer’s case in foreign culture crackdown
15. North Korean soldiers cut winter firewood for their units and their officers’ homes
16. AI Boom Powers South Korea’s September Exports Past $120 Billion
