4/9/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.09.2026 at 05:29pm
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National Security News:
1. Here’s What We Know About the U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran—and What Happens Next
2. The Ceasefire That Wasn’t
3. Trump says he’s considering ‘joint venture’ with Iran for Strait of Hormuz tolls
4. How Tolls in the Strait of Hormuz Would Undercut International Law
5. A Prospectus for the ‘Tehran Toll Booth’ IPO
6. Why Iran Thinks It Won the War Despite Huge Military Losses
7. Trump Allies, U.S. Officials Fear Iran Victory Lap Is Premature
8. Exclusive | Trump Team Explores Punishment for NATO Countries That Didn’t Support Iran War
9. ICYMI: The Counterrevolution in the U.S. Foreign Policy, Power, Purpose, and the Burning of America’s Diplomatic Fleet
10. Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
11. An Army veteran is charged with sharing classified details of an elite commando unit
12. Taiwan matters: how the status quo underpins Indo-Pacific peace and prosperity
13. Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s civilization shocked even some supporters, raised war crime concerns
14. Writing A New Chapter in the Army’s “Jungle Book”: How the U.S. Can Gain Three Birds via Panama’s Hand and Leave China in the Bush
15. Quantum Power Parity: The Next Front in U.S.–China Strategic Competition
16. Inside the Race to Protect Submarine Cables From Sabotage
17. Naval Postgraduate School Alumni Lead Artemis II Homebound
18. TikTok Invests $1.16 Billion to Build Second Finland Data Center
19. What is Strategic Rivalry? Why Should We Care?
20. Iran’s Asymmetric Counterair Campaign: Attacking the U.S. Air Force’s Nests and Eggs
21. Want a Lethal, War-Winning Army? Read Ulysses S. Grant’s Memoirs
22. The Limits of Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Consequences of Overreliance on Military Force for Political Transformation Why Leadership Decapitation Fails: The Limits of Military Force
23. Arsenal in Transition: Lessons from World War II Industrial Conversion
24. Irregular Warfare’s Impact on Homeland Defense Scholars Colloquium Request for Papers
Korean News:
1. The violence of words is a violation of human rights
2. North Korea tests electronic warfare systems, cluster-bomb missile
3. North Korea rejects South’s reading of Kim Yo Jong remarks
4. Defense chief says plan to cut border unit troops to be executed ‘gradually’ by 2040
5. Over 2 Consecutive Days, North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Toward East Sea
6. FM says to send special envoy to Iran to address Middle East situation after U.S.-Iran ceasefire
7. S. Korea set to resume tourist rail service to northernmost Dorasan station near N. Korea
8. North Korean Strategic UAV Activity at Panghyon Airbase
9. S. Korea inks deal to export 112 more K9 howitzers to Finland
10. Seoul urges immediate departure of Korean nationals in Lebanon amid ongoing strikes
11. IAEA chief to visit S. Korea next week for nuclear energy discussions
12. North Korea Tests ‘Devil’s Weapon’ Cluster Bomb Missile
13. Iran War’s Lessons for the Korean Peninsula: Strategic Shifts and Nuclear Realities
14. North Korea mocks Seoul over drone apology. Time to reflect.
15. Pyongyang tells diplomats to drop denuclearization, push arms control instead
