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10/5/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.06.2026 at 11:39am
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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. The “Fad Fallacy” of Cognitive Warfare: Why Cognitive Engagement Is More Than Re-Branded Influence Operations
2. The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain
3. Tropical Bastions: It’s Time for a Pacific Bastion Strategy in the First Island Chain
4. How the ‘G2’ effect of Trump-Xi summit is reverberating through Asia
5. US defence experts to work inside Taiwan military HQ under reported pact
6. US to assign liaisons in Taiwan MND: sources
7. A Pentagon dispute 18 months ago was prelude to problems in Iran
8. Hormuz Gridlock Risks Global Food Crisis, International Chamber of Commerce Chief Says
9. U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
10. FBI Arrests Alleged Chinese Agent Accused of Spying on Son of Taiwan Leader
11. Military Modernization Paradox: Technology and the Lag of Institutions
12. Beyond Kinetic Dominance: “Cognitive Coherence” in Irregular Warfare
13. China is Watching Us. Is the U.S. Air Force Still Watching China?
14. The AI-Assisted Strategic Own Goal in the Kill Chain
15. China’s Long Twilight: Demographic Decline, Political Paralysis, and the Fate of Great Powers
16. The Triumph of Tech-Fueled Propaganda: America Isn’t Ready for the Next Wave of Foreign Influence Operations
17. Operating Concept 2040: Green Berets in the Next Great War
18. Four Rivers Six Ranges: An untold story of Tibetan resistance
19. SOF Weekly Brief – Oct 5, 2026

 

Korean News:

1. Solving the Korea question: a free and unified Korea
2. Unification comes first, denuclearization and peace come next.
3. “North Korean denuclearization and the end of human rights abuses must be pursued simultaneously… A ‘free unified Korea’ is the only solution”
4. Unification is the only alternative to overcome the North Korean nuclear issue and the crisis facing South Korean society.
5. S. Korean military concludes N.K.-planted mines caused DMZ blast
6. Seoul cannot ignore North Korea’s provocations
7. Trump reaffirms ‘great’ relation with Kim Jong Un and nuclear-armed states
8. North Korea slams UN report on human rights abuses as ‘propaganda’
9. Foreign, unification ministers reportedly clash over cybersanctions on North following DMZ explosion
10. North Korean, Taliban military officials hold talks at Russian war games
11. Trump cites N. Korea’s nuclear arsenal, stresses ties with Kim Jong Un
12. S. Korea says allies can detect, intercept N. Korean hypersonic missile
13. Trump threatens tariffs of up to 300% as Korea faces pressure over US investment
14. U.S. midterms could bring new scrutiny for Korean companies
15. Korea’s AI blind spot
16. Lee’s approval rating dips after 2-week rise: poll

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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