6/16/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.16.2026 at 04:30pm
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National Security News:
1. Can Clausewitz’s “Center of Gravity” Survive the Digital Age?
2. Why the U.S.-Iran Deal Might Work, and Why It Might Not
3. Opinion | Trump Stages an Iran Retreat (WSJ Editorial Board)
4. Opinion | Trump, Cynicism and the Deal (Walter Russell Mead)
5. FBI arrests 5 people in connection with drone attack plot against White House UFC Freedom 250 event
6. When War Echoes at Home: Domestic Radicalization and Irregular Conflict
7. Naval Mines Might Still Stymie Gulf Shipping After War
8. Israel Is Alarmed by Trump’s Deal With Iran
9. How Ukraine Uses A.I. to Knock Deadly Russian Drones Out of the Skies
10. Exclusive | The Dangerous Tech Found Aboard ‘Dark-Fleet’ Tankers Captured by the U.S.
11. The Iran War Permanently Altered the Global Economy
12. America’s New Critical Minerals Playbook
13. Policy hurdles, disconnect with Pentagon office lead to ‘mixed success’ for major SOCOM programs, watchdog says
14. The VA and Artificial Intelligence
15. US firms pay price for Trump’s China tariffs, export controls, study finds
16. China declares branch of ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ as official party doctrine
17. NATO’s Permanent Crisis: The Alliance Has Survived 80 Years of Disagreement—and It Will Survive Again
18. The White House Is Ratcheting Up Its War Against Anthropic
19. How Anthropic lost the White House’s trust — and then its flagship product
20. The U.S. Had No Choice but Diplomacy—Yet Again
Korean News:
1. State-engineered belief: how north Korea replaced God with Kim dynasty
2. South Korea’s other defection crisis: N. Korea researchers exit field
3. South Korea vows to replace hostility with peaceful coexistence
4. There’s no logic behind Trump’s North Korea-Iran nuclear paradox
5. Commentary: Will South Korea be America’s ‘dagger in the heart of Asia’?
6. North Korean expert set to appear virtually at South Korean peace forum
7. Rival S. Korea parties agree to launch parliamentary probe on election ballot shortage
8. South Korean music festival plays out against discord in reunification hopes
9. On the DMZ Peace Trail, South Koreans hike the front lines of a frozen war
10. Trump’s captionless Kim Jong-un photo sparks talk of renewed North Korea diplomacy
11. Lee set to attend G7 summit in Evian to discuss global challenges
12. N. Korea touts economic achievements ahead of key party meeting
13. Dutch warship completes mission to monitor North Korean sanctions evasion
14. Acquittal upheld for Seoul official accused of covering up North Korean shooting
