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10/18/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.18.2026 at 10:12pm

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. Adaptive Judgment in Irregular Warfare: A Decision-Making Framework for SOF Leaders
2. Who Truly Wears the Watches and Has the Time in Irregular Warfare?
3. The real job of the Army’s new ‘robotics technicians’ is constant adaptation
4. The Playboy Who Inherited the World’s Most Notorious Mercenary Force
5. How Zelensky Decided to Take the Risk and Publicly Confront Trump
6. Zelensky Says Trump Risks ‘Historic Mistake’ If He Backs Russia
7. What Chinese Ambassador To The Philippines Really Said
8. AI Is Redrawing the Map of the US-China Rivalry
9. Ukrainian Drone Strike Hits Putin’s Hometown, Striking Oil Terminal
10. “How we power the next war still baffles me” | Atlantic Council Energy & Defense Summit
11. Space Force Stands Up Special Operations Component
12. Fire at Canadian Army Base Killed 4 and Injured Dozens
13. Rubio: Nobody ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine

Korean News:

1. USFK commander criticized over remarks that appear to question South Korea’s territorial sovereignty
2. Brunson’s remarks deepen strains in South Korea-U.S. alliance
3. Parties clash over USFK commander’s remarks
4. Korea should approach Trump with business mindset, Sunny Park says
5. PM vows continued efforts to resume inter-Korean dialogue
6. Seoul’s peace offensive clashes with geopolitics
7. Inside the Chinese city helping sustain hermit kingdom North Korea
8. US-S. Korea intelligence rift adds to bilateral strains. How will it affect security cooperation between the allies?
9. US Ties With South Korea Hit Low Point Over Intelligence Row
10. Trump touts Hyundai’s US$560-mln Georgia investment pledge at campaign rally

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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