2/17/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. Making the War Colleges Great Again

2. George Washington by George W. Bush

3. Beyond COIN: Governance Warfare and the Changing Character of Irregular Conflict

4. China is the real threat, Taiwan says in rebuff to Munich speech

5. Japan protests China comments on reviving ‘militarism’

6. Iran Pitches New Ideas in Nuclear Talks—but Not the One That Matters to Trump

7. Popular anger burns in Iran after crackdown, as Trump turns up pressure

8. AI Defense Startup Breaker Raises $6 Million in Seed Funding

9. Xi’s new year message to military reveals PLA Cyberspace Force post in South China Sea

10. The Newest Old Tech in Warfare: Balloons

11. The Silence at the Pentagon

12. Report exposes 2,300 CCP-linked groups infiltrating western democracies

13. Chemical Weapons by Violent Non-State Actors in Combat

14. AI-Intelligentized Naval Mines and U.S. Subsea Access in the Paracel Islands

15. Recalibrating U.S. Intelligence Strategy for an Uncertain Global Order

16. Panama’s Hidden Chokepoint: Tocumen and the Convergence of Mobility Power

17. The Modern King of Battle: Creating the Army’s Integrated Fires Complex

18. The Back Brief: ‘Bodyguard of Lies’ — A tragic tale of hubris and missed opportunities

19. Marking Losar, the Tibetan New Year

20. So, We Have a Maritime Action Plan

Korean News:

1. Feb. 16: Two systems coincidentally collide — north Korea and America
2. The signal that crosses borders: Voice of America and Radio Free Asia
3. Highways congested nationwide on Lunar New Year
4. From lobster to Norse god: How Korean weapons get new names abroad
5. So, We Have a Maritime Action Plan
6. Lee vows efforts to build fair society in Lunar New Year message
7. France Considers Purchasing South Korean K239 Chunmoo Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
8. Why North Korea’s Kim is lauding Ukraine war sacrifices as key party congress looms
9. North Korea: Even Worse Than You Thought. (feat. Greg Scarlatoiu) (Podcast)
10. The Defector Podcast: Red Line | Former CIA Analyst: “North Korea’s Economy is Screaming.”
11. How the Party Congress became North Korea’s biggest political event
12. The 2026 Window: Can the “Ember” of US-North Korea Diplomacy Still Catch Fire?

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