6/4/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.04.2026 at 06:21pm
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National Security News:
1. U.S. and intelligence allies issue rare joint warning about China
2. China Uses LinkedIn to Lure Spy Recruits in West, U.S. and Allies Warn
3. Lariat Advance: Insights from the Cold War for the Twenty-First Century
4. Opinion | What the U.S. Has Accomplished in Iran by Condoleezza Rice
5. Opinion | Trump Talks, Iran Escalates
6. Ukraine is now the world’s AI war lab
7. Exclusive | The Kennedy Who Says She Left the White House Over Concerns About CIA Spending
8. The Strait of Hormuz Is Getting Less Dire by the Day
9. Cognitive Warfare: A New Strategic Frontier?
10. Operational-Level Maneuver: Why Tactical Success Alone Is Not Enough
11. From Ukraine to Israel, the death of the tank has been greatly exaggerated
12. The Pacific Defence Pact is the wrong answer to the right question
13. Hopeful Eagle, Crouching Dragon
14. TikTok warped Americans’ view of the Iran war — one post at a time
15. The U.S. and Taiwanese Militaries Can’t Really Fight Together
16. Officers only: New report lays out what a ‘US Cyber Force’ could look like
17. The American Military’s Coming Marathon
18. The Transatlantic Crucible
19. Merrill’s Marauders: America’s Original Asymmetric Warfare Group
20. A Songwriter’s Unspeakable Family Secret (Book Review)
21. IMPORTANT UPDATE/ADDITION: Xi’s new US-China formula signals a self-confident shift in terms
Korean News:
1. North Korea unveils new nuclear fuel plant, vows ‘exponential’ growth
2. Unification minister floats 4-way peace talks involving 2 Koreas, U.S., China
3. What Seoul must do to achieve peaceful coexistence with North Korea
4. Russia-DPRK Munitions Economy: Building North Korean Capabilities
5. Ruling party wins landslide in local elections despite losing Seoul to incumbent mayor
6. Court Upholds Travel Ban on Morse Tan
7. Pyongyang’s postwar problem: What happens to North Korea when Russia no longer needs it?
8. Editorial: No Normal Election Runs Out of Ballots
9. S. Korea assesses nuclear cooperation consultations with U.S. as success
10. Critical ballot shortage failure
11. Was the Starbucks Korea ‘Tank Day’ fiasco caused by AI?
12. Gov’t to compensate family of N. Korean defector-turned journalist abducted by Pyongyang
13. The world still fears American retreat
14. S. Korean, U.S. Marine chiefs discuss expanding military cooperation, joint drills
15. Russian ship tied to North Korean arms smuggling docks at Indian port
16. The U.S. and Taiwanese Militaries Can’t Really Fight Together
