10/7/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

1. The Problem With Hegseth’s Pentagon 2. Hegseth’s Vision for a New American Military 3. NATO Theory of Victory war plan aims to cripple invading Russian forces at border 4. North Korea warns US over Taiwan while Kim pledges support for Russia 5. The Battle for Hormuz Is Not the War 6. Russia’s Hybrid War Has Entered a Dangerous New Phase 7. Pentagon names 4 directed-energy weapons for counter-drone program at US bases 8. Anduril wades into traditional shipbuilding arena with major submarine play 9. Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push 10. Maneuvering in the Narrative Space: Cognitive Isolation as an Operational Imperative 11. Andor and Teaching Counterinsurgency 12. Story Warfare: How Taliban Propaganda Sabotaged America’s Campaign in Afghanistan 13. Pullout of B-1 bombers shows how an outgunned Iran is keeping the U.S. on edge 14. Lithuania says it would pay the cost if US establishes military base 15. How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing 16. In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers 17. Pilot training, renovated U.S. airstrip latest signs of China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia 18. How to Defend Against AI-Designed Viruses 19. The Pentagon’s autonomy command should draw on lessons old and new 20. How closer China-US ties – and more Xi-Trump summits – could work in Iran’s favour 21. A War America Could Win

1. Exclusive: U.S. Suspends Visas for South Korean Intelligence Personnel 2. Korea, US agree on temporary combined forces structure after OPCON transfer 3. North Korea warns US over Taiwan while Kim pledges support for Russia 4. N. Korea appears ‘flustered’ by S. Korea’s DMZ blast findings, mine-clearing: defense minister 5. S. Korea plans shipment of medical equipment to N.K. hospital month 6. Nuri rocket deploys 5 satellites for S. Korea’s first microsatellite constellation 7. New commanding general of U.S. 2nd Infantry Division takes office 8. PM says S. Korea should keep demanding N. Korea’s apology over land mine blast 9. How North Korea makes people criticize themselves 10. Ukraine Believes Russia Shared Jet-Drone Technology With North Korea, Says Zelenskiy 11. South Korea sends $2.4 billion for first U.S. investment project 12. Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together 13. South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans 14. Someone may have hacked the North Korean UN mission’s voicemail | CNN 15. A Chinese Network Laundered More Than $1 Billion for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Says ZachXBT 16. Pyongyang’s Ukraine Gamble: What Kim Jong Un Bought With North Korean Blood