10/12/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.12.2026 at 10:56pm
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National Security News:
1. Military chiefs ruling over regional fiefdoms are the problem
2. Analysis: Russia deal, execution plans and deportations tell a defining tale about Trump and power
3. Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble
4. Opinion | How to Make a Jihadist Martyr of Nidal Hasan
5. Three signs that America is on the run
6. Trump’s new spokeswoman is a ‘devoted fan’ who lived in Beijing and speaks Chinese
7. Kurt Campbell on US deterrence, the Quad, Aukus and Taiwan after Xi-Trump summit
8. Trump Pushes Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire as Export Deal Draws Criticism
9. Will Taiwan issue derail Washington and Beijing’s latest reset? Analysts are sceptical
10. Opinion | Hegseth Empowers America
11. What I learned traveling with US Special Forces in the most dangerous parts of the world by Linda Robinson
12. Outpacing: A Grand Strategy for Avoiding the Carthaginian Error
13. Opinion | The Race to Defeat Russia’s Jet Drones
14. Realism and Restraint Aren’t the Same Thing: America First has never meant America Only.
15. How China and America Can Move from Competition to Stability
16. Opinion | How the AI Boom Ends
17. US Army gets first mobile cannon to replace M777 howitzer, officials say
18. Opinion | How divided is America? My veteran’s cap says it all.
19. US Army activates new multi-domain task force to ‘deny, disrupt’ enemies in Indo-Pacific
20. Army activates sustainment brigade as part of Pacific restructuring
21. The Pacific’s Maginot Line
22. Army brings back ‘night court’ audit of programs, shifting more than $100M
23. Chinese Robots Could Decide the AI Race
24. America Shouldn’t Let Go of the Middle East
25. Why Taiwan May Need To Reconsider the Ultimate Deterrent
Korean News:
1. HRNK Presents Our Latest Report: North Korea’s Overseas Workers After COVID-19 By Jaewoo Park
2. [VOA Interview] Professor Bechtol “North Korea can support Iran’s military reconstruction after the war”
3. U.S. expects S. Korea to ‘uphold’ alliance standards amid intelligence cooperation concerns: senior official
4. [Washington Insight] “U.S. to Hold Key Leadership Upon Resumption of U.S.-North Korea Negotiations… U.S.-South Korea Combined Defense Posture and Inflow of Intelligence on North Korea”
5. Why South Korea and Ukraine Are Fighting Over Two Prisoners of War
6. Majority of Americans support S. Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine project: poll
7. N. Korea slams U.S. human trafficking report as grave provocation
8. South Korean president’s approval holds at 37%, poll finds
9. South Korean opposition criticizes Ukraine envoy recall
10. Korean steelmakers and shipbuilders eye Alaska LNG upside, weigh risks
11. Trump’s transactional approach makes Seoul rethink how to work with Washington
12. Make Korea-US Alliance Great Again
