6/8/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.08.2026 at 08:00pm
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National Security News:
1. Ideas Without Rank: Small Wars Journal and the Democratization of Strategic Thought After 9/11
2. The Essence of Irregular, Unconventional, and Political Warfare: Solving Complex Political-Military Problems and Creating Dilemmas for Adversaries
3. How SpaceX Became Embedded in America’s War Machine
4. Opinion | Ukraine Is Tired and Brimming With Energy
5. Trump vows to bring American boots to Iran as ceasefire crumbles
6. Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least 19 in Southern Philippines
7. Trump Tells Israel and Iran to Stop Exchanges of Fire
8. How Chinese drink chains are testing the limits of soft power in the US
9. After Months of War, Iranians Sink Into Disillusionment and Despair
10. Greeted as Liberators? How Americans Think About U.S. Military Interventions
11. The Day After in Cuba: What American Military Force Can and Cannot Do
12. Trump eyeing purchase of Chagos Islands to secure Diego Garcia
13. ‘Xiplomacy’ lets China take centre stage
14. Moscow’s New Military Partner Has Something Russia Needs More Than Allies (The Taliban)
15. Did China Overestimate the Geopolitical Returns of Its Latin America Strategy?
16. Airpower Under the Nuclear Shadow: Lessons from Operation Sindoor for Limited War Doctrine
17. Philippines’ UN loss strengthens case for minilateralism
18. Are NOTAMs China’s New Airspace Denial Tactic?
19. What the Iran War Shows About the Future of Warfighting
20. The Bipolar Trap: The Real Danger in the Trump-Xi Era
21. The March of Folly Comes to Hormuz | Opinion
Korean News:
1. The World’s Most Surprising Economic Success Story Is…North Korea
2. Lee reiterates need to halt N.K.’s nuclear, missile buildup as ‘realistic’ short-term goal
3. Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea amid shifting geopolitical landscape
4. South Korean president orders probe into election agency
5. What Xi and Kim Want From Their Summit in North Korea
6. China’s Xi Visits North Korea Amid Concerns Kim Drifts Closer To Moscow
7. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledges ‘unwavering’ support for North Korea and Kim Jong-un
8. U.S. Experts: “Xi Jinping’s Visit to North Korea Attempted to ‘Strengthen Influence’… Low Likelihood of ‘Denuclearization Discussions’”
9. U.S. Court Orders North Korea to Pay $400 Million in Damages to USS Pueblo Crew and Others
10. Warmbier’s Parents Seek Recovery of Assets Linked to ‘AQ Khan Network’ Worth $17 Million
11. A ‘Miraculous Transformation’: How Kim Jong-un Fortified North Korea
12. How Chinese drink chains are testing the limits of soft power in the US
13. Korea Worked Hard for This Boom. Enjoy It
14. Xi’s North Korea visit puts a Trump-Kim summit back in play
15. Korea’s identity and grand strategy in post-liberal age
16. S. Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine program poses no proliferation concerns: IAEA chief
