9/9/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
09.09.2026 at 05:34pm
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National Security News:
1. Philippine defense chief slams China over audience note on South China Sea at Seoul forum
2. The Invisible Campaign Against America’s AI Data Centers
3. Cognitive Warfare Runs on Data: The Definition Washington Still Owes
4. The Improviser’s War: How Mao Zedong Actually Won
5. America is still fighting the wrong war Russia and China are the real threats by Robert Kaplan
6. How al-Qaeda Ended: Terrorists Sometimes Defeat Themselves
7. An exercise in thinking about the unthinkable: a U.S. debt default
8. South Korea Should Help Defend Ukraine’s Skies
9. Taiwan’s Most Vulnerable Moment
10. U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
11. The Strange Transformation of the Front Line in Ukraine
12. Is China Stealing American AI? Why ‘Distillation’ Has Washington Up in Arms
13. Iran Signals Readiness to Escalate Fight in Face of Rising U.S. Pressure
14. The Right Way to Sanction Russia: How Europe Can Disrupt Moscow’s Oil Windfall
15. Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to U.S.A.I.D.
16. States That Gave Data Centers Billions in Tax Breaks Are Now Ripping Up the Deals
17. We Are in World War Xi
18. Ukraine is quietly destroying Russia’s irreplaceable bombers
19. Before Rogers’ Rangers: Legitimacy, Partnership, and the Limits of External Sponsorship
20. Army Air Defense Has a Problem, and It’s More than Magazine Depth
21. The U.S. Wants Federal Contractors to Hire More Vets. Most Are Falling Short of Targets.
Korean News:
1. Philippine defense chief slams China over audience note on South China Sea at Seoul forum
2. A monstrous father, sacrificed children: The Cruel reality of North Korea’s “ideology factory.”
3. South Korea should deploy to the Strait of Hormuz
4. Ours must be the last divided generation
5. Why the ROK-U.S. alliance needs strategic coherence going forward
6. South Korea Should Help Defend Ukraine’s Skies
7. Seoul undeterred by North Korea’s ‘unprecedentedly strong’ move to cut ties
8. Top S. Korean, U.S. commanders reaffirm border deterrence amid N. Korea’s increased MDL crossings
9. Xi, Putin pledge closer ties with North Korea in anniversary messages
10. South Korea plans AI-powered cyberattacks in power-grid drill
11. COVER STORY Lee caught in Hormuz deployment dilemma
12. Korea’s US investment takes shape
13. South Korea denies easing response to North Korean border crossings
14. Google Maps starts blurring images of South Korean military sites and DMZ
15. New Zealand warships conclude North Korea sanctions monitoring mission
16. North Korea builds new Yongbyon uranium enrichment facility, IAEA says
17. Pyongyang slams Tokyo for ‘scheme to round off war capabilities’ with joint defense drills
