4/14/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

1. Winning the cognitive domain — A methodology built for democratic constraints

2. Transforming in Contact: The Army Needs an Unmanned Systems Command Now

3. Process Over Purpose: The Cost of Scrutinization in Theater Special Operations Commands.

4. Why Pakistan’s Once Little-Known Baloch Insurgency Now Matters in Washington

5. Peace with Iran hinges on one side bowing to the other’s nuclear demands

6. Navy Deploys GARC Sea Drone for Autonomous ISR Operations

7. China’s Hormuz Problem

8. The Limits of Strategic Awareness in Institutional Systems

9. Amid War, G.O.P. Puts Off Testimony From Senior Pentagon Commanders

10. Saudi Arabia Is Pressing U.S. to Drop Its Hormuz Blockade

11. China, the Iran war and the chemical suddenly stoking global supply fears

12. Opinion | Playing National Security Roulette

13. Opinion | Democracy Lives in Europe, After All

14. ‘Common ignorance’: how China took the lead in global efforts to govern AI’s future

15. China hits out at ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ US blockade of Iran’s ports

16.The Real Thucydides Trap: How Overconfidence Could Draw America and China Into a War

17. A Test of Wills in Iran: Trump Is Still Underestimating Tehran’s Resolve

18. Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran

19. Strategy Without Hubris: How China Rose by Managing America’s Reaction (Book Review)

20. Japan Is America’s Indispensable Ally

1. Trump nominates former Rep. Michelle Park Steel as U.S. ambassador to S. Korea

2. Japan Is America’s Indispensable Ally

3.  Five emerging themes for the Indo-Pacific from Trump’s Iran war

4. Why Did Wang Yi Go to North Korea? China’s 3 Strategic Calculations

5. Kim Jong Un oversees cruise, anti-ship missile tests from warship

6. N. Korean leader’s 1st public reference to ‘one-China’ principle points to closer bilateral ties: Seoul

7. Lee voices hope for courageous step toward peace amid war in Middle East

8. S. Korea dispatches envoys to Algeria, Libya for alternative supply chains amid Mideast crisis: FM

9. South Korea’s rushed embrace of Kim Jong Un’s ‘two-state theory’ is sowing confusion

10. Middle East oil shock doubles North Korea freight costs, squeezes traders

11. Defense chief says yet to receive U.S. request for support related to Strait of Hormuz

12. Top S. Korean, U.S., Japanese admirals to hold talks in Seoul

13. Sweden could become South Korea’s most valuable European partner

14. Middle East turns to Korean air defense amid missile threats

15. Wang Yi’s Pyongyang Visit: Kim Jong Un Signals Renewed Efforts to Improve Ties but Alignment Still Lacking

16. Who is Michelle Park Steel, Trump’s pick for ambassador to Korea?