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

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05.26.2026 at 03:22pm
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National Security News:

1. U.S. renews strikes on Iran, citing threats posed to American troops
2. Evolving Warfare Connects the Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran
3. Iran may consider transferring its uranium to China | The Jerusalem Post
4. This Is How the Iran War Ends
5. The Real Reason Trump Needs a Deal with Iran
6. Exclusive | Venture Fund Launches $200 Million Bet on U.S. Maritime Revival
7. Ukraine’s latest defense against Russian missiles:  Making them miss
8. Smaller, easier, smarter: what special operations forces need from AI, now
9. The Pentagon’s $54 billion bet on autonomous warfare
10. The Magnificent Human and the Machine
11. Russian defector leads movement vowing to oust Putin by force
12. Beyond the Grade: Improving Feedback Quality to Build Adaptive Army Leaders
13. Who Protects the Headquarters? Training Headquarters Units to Fight
14. Rebuilding American Manufacturing: A Keystone for Economic Statecraft
15. An Inconvenient Reality: Climate-Preparedness Cuts Are Lethality Cuts
16. The U.S. Military Lacks an Ethics Doctrine. Combat Effectiveness Suffers
17. After the Iran Strikes, the West Must Confront the Third Option
18. Inside SOCOM’s Search For New Machine Guns, Rifles And Ammo
19. The G-2 Reality: America and China Cannot Dominate or Exclude Each Other

Korean News:

1. North Korea fires close-range missiles into Yellow Sea
2. N. Korea fires CRBMs, artillery rockets toward Yellow Sea: JCS
3. ‘Amazon.com of South Korea’ Is New Source of Tension With U.S.
4. Int’l peace forum to be held in June in Jeju; all U.N. chief candidates to gather to share vision
5. Hanwha Ocean accelerates AI-driven shipyard overhaul with Starlink
6. Israeli Embassy denies detention, mistreatment of S. Korean activists
7. Unification ministry produces documentary series on N.K. newspaper
8. Foreign ministry urges N. Korea to respond to peace efforts following missile launch
9. S. Korea aims to launch 1st nuclear-powered submarine in mid-2030s: defense minister
10. S. Korea, EU to push for stronger cooperation in critical minerals, supply chains
11. Editorial: North Korea’s Nuclear Issue Omitted, ‘Main Enemy’ Unspoken
12. North Korea bans smoking while driving, jaywalking, walking pets without collar
13. North Korea: Time for a major policy reset
14. Why North Korea Hasn’t Had Its Own ‘Reform and Opening’

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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