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9/15/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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09.15.2026 at 06:41pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. China’s Top Spy Chief Warns A.I. Is a Threat to Party Rule
2. Ex-CIA boss was at Ukrainian station when Russian drone struck train
3. Constructive strategic stability or strategic accommodation? The Xi-Trump Summit, Taiwan, Europe, NATO and the future of the Asia Pacific.
4. In Hegseth’s Pentagon, Top Leaders Battle Turmoil
5. The Lightning Offensive That Saw the Houthis Grab a Crucial Oil Corridor
6. The New Chinese Way of Cyberwar: How Beijing Will Weaponize Digital Chokepoints
7. China’s Proxy Conflicts: Is World War III Upon Us?
8. Naming is Not Knowing: Why Cognitive Warfare Studies Need a Methodological Reset
9. Information Recon: Crowdsourced Sensor Networks
10. The Red Sea Fight Needs an African Shore
11. White House sends Cao’s SECNAV nomination to Senate
12. After combat success, AFSOC wants new Leidos cruise missile on ‘every type’ of platform
13. The Gulf’s AI Nightmare Came Courtesy of an Iranian Drone
14. Trump Says AI Doesn’t Need More Guardrails and Calls Safety Fears a Hoax
15. China must be properly scared for an AI slowdown to work
16. Putin Will Not Yield: Pressure and Pain Won’t Sap Russia’s Resolve in Ukraine
17. Opinion | There’s nowhere to hide on the battlefield anymore
18. When Policy and War Collapse Into One: Fighting in the Sixth Domain
19. Taiwan plans second Philippines office
20. When Great Powers Talk, Who Speaks for Asia?
21. The Lies We Tell Ourselves About 9-11

 

Korean News:

1. Stockholm Syndrome by another name
2. Beware of North Korea’s subversive infiltration: Behind the facade of sports and legal loopholes.
3. Why a new normal ROK-U.S. alliance must not mean retrenchment
4. Father of all children — but Kim Ju-ae’s privileged life fuels resentment in North Korea, defector says
5. Inside North Korea’s U.S. Summit Experience
6. S. Korea’s push for own capabilities not at odds with strengthening alliance with U.S.: DP leader
7. Marine Corps hosts event marking 76th anniv. of Incheon Landing Operation
8. China Is Worried About Russia’s Growing Ties With North Korea
9. N. Korea’s Kim vows to deepen ties with Russia in reply to Putin
10. Kim Jong-un Thanks Xi, Pledges Stronger Ties with China
11. N. Korea’s ex-defense official linked to nuclear, missile programs dies
12. What will it take for the Trump administration to achieve denuclearization of N. Korea
13. North Korea Discloses ‘Kill Chain’ Training After Pak Jong-chon’s Return
14. The Hormuz trilemma: Why Lee Jae Myung’s Iran calculation is harder than Roh’s Iraq decision

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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