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11/12/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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11.12.2026 at 05:26pm
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National Security News:

1. The Spread of Cheaper Ballistic Missiles Rips Up Decades of Military Thinking
2. AI Attitudes: Senior Service College Student Reflections on AI Use
3. The Experts Are Taking Their Revenge Again
4. THE ENDURING NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE (OSS)
5. There has never been a scandal like the Jensen Huang affair
6. Opinion | It Matters How the Iran War Ends by David H. Petraeus
7. Nato fears US army ‘spy’ had access to military plans
8. In China’s Spy Operations, Romance Can Be a Long Game
9. How Nvidia scandal, US midterm losses could affect Trump’s hand with Xi – and what it means for Beijing
10. Special operators from US take notes, test gadgetry at debut drone competition
11. SAS issues warning over troop ‘witch hunts’
12. How the Legacy of Torture Has Vexed the Quest for 9/11 Justice
13. The Warrior Is Not the War: How America Is Unlearning the Meaning of Victory
14. The Drone Contact Force – a Cornerstone for the Future Army
15. This Shipping Lane Is Now the World’s Deadliest. It Isn’t Hormuz.
16. Japan’s Most Dangerous Military Constraint Is Time
17. Autonomy and Combined Arms Maneuver: The Elements Remain, but How We Deliver Them Is Changing Forever
18. The Paradox of Dollar Dominance: How Technology Is—and Isn’t—Changing the Global Economy
19. America Can Do Good—and Do Well – The Strategic Logic of Foreign Aid by Andrew Natsios

 

Korean News:

1. Korea to boost special forces infiltration gear purchases ahead of Opcon transfer
2. South Korea’s military ambitions get a reality check
3. After the midterm elections, the ROK-US alliance remains strong even as Washington changes
4. New commander, old wiring: Korea’s untested OPCON certification
5. The Spread of Cheaper Ballistic Missiles Rips Up Decades of Military Thinking
6. Reagan’s 1987 Lesson For A Trump-Kim Legacy Summit – Analysis
7. N. Korea unlikely to attend APEC or hold talks with U.S.: official
8. North Korean Escapee Exposes The Truth About The ‘World’s Most Dangerous 13YO’ Tipped As Kim Jong-Un’s Heir
9. Kim Jong Un inspects new naval base as North Korea boosts maritime power
10. North Korean Refugees Protest Name Change, Demand Minister’s Resignation
11. Beyond Deterrence: Korean Peninsula Peace
12. Stories of life, death – and crows – from ‘The Forgotten War’
13. N. Korean FM slams G7 nations’ call for denuclearization, says its nuclear pursuit remains ‘steadfast’
14. Lee’s disapproval rating again outruns approval rating: poll
15. Can South Korea’s nuclear submarine dreams survive a Democrat-led US Congress?
16. Editorial: Jensen Huang Espionage: Could South Korea Detect?
17. Chinese Spies: Ancient Tactics to Tech Espionage

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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