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10/19/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.19.2026 at 04:29pm
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National Security News:

1. What would special operations forces do in a really big war?
2. Are we sleepwalking into World War III?
3. Exclusive | Putin Floats a Summit With Trump and Xi to Discuss Ukraine Deal
4. China’s AI Cognitive Warfare: Manipulating Taiwan’s Reality? | CONNECTED Power and Principles
5. Trump and Zelensky escalate feud as Ukraine war strains alliance
6. The Old World Order Is Over. This Is What Could Come Next.
7. Saudi Arabia’s Military Limitations Are Being Exposed by Houthi Attacks
8. Japan’s drone wall: Ukraine’s war comes to Okinawa’s doorstep
9. Opinion | To Russia With Love, Signed Donald
10. Operational Readiness Redefined in the Era of the Drone
11. Philippines summons China’s envoy over remarks conveying ‘threat’
12. NORTHCOM Expands Counter-UAS Operations Against Cartel Drones at the Southern Border
13. March Separately, Strike Combined: Rethinking Mass and Maneuver on the Transparent Battlefield
14. Europe’s Credibility Gap: Dependence on America Has Left It With Little to Offer Would-Be Partners
15. A Better “America First” – What Trump Gets Right—and Wrong—About Foreign Policy
16. Recap: Autonomy dominates the US Army’s 2026 conference in Washington
17. Official data show China is dumping more U.S. Treasury debt. But it may actually be a stealth buyer, with a big stash suspiciously piling up in Canada
18. SOF Weekly Brief – Oct 19, 2026

Korean News:

1. South Korea’s Lee says wartime operational control must be retaken at early date
2. N.K. leader’s sister calls situation at southern border ‘very unstable’
3. North Korea hails ‘invincible’ military ties with Russia
4. North Korea-China trade ties gain momentum as new bridge opens
5.China APEC summit raises prospects for Trump-Kim talks
6. U.S. commander’s DMZ remarks spark sovereignty dispute in South Korea
7. North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong says loudspeaker broadcasts toward Seoul being considered, KCNA reports
8. President indirectly criticizes USFK chief’s remarks on potential OPCON transition delay
9. U.S. expresses ‘understanding’ of S. Korea’s unease over USFK commander’s remarks: source
10. US commander’s remarks on extent of South Korean territory draw fire in Seoul
11. Another North Korean mine found on South Korean island, fourth in last month
12. Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector
13. Army plans general outpost security units as border surveillance shifts toward AI
14. [COVER STORY] Korea focuses on AI majors while global universities rewrite rules of education

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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