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6/17/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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06.17.2026 at 05:09pm
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National Security News:

1. Department of War Restores U.S. Pacific Command Designation
2. Al Arabiya English obtains 14-point draft of US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding
3. Thwarted Plot to Attack White House Fight Involved Drones and Snipers, Officials Say
4. Iran Is Returning to Nuclear Talks No Longer Afraid of America
5. Oil Supply Could Far Outstrip Demand Growth if Middle East Peace Deal Holds, IEA Says
6. See Where Iran’s Billions of Dollars in Frozen Assets Are Held
7. China Moves to Boost the Use of Yuan Globally
8. Live Updates: G7 Leaders Praise Trump for U.S.-Iran Deal
9. NATO’s Rutte Says European Allies Set to Help Restore Gulf Shipping
10. How the United States is Learning from Drone Warfare in Ukraine
11. Five Years After the U.S. Withdrawal: Rethinking Engagement in Afghanistan in an Era of Great Power Competition
12. Trump Invokes Cold War-Era Law to Boost Munitions Production
13. Opinion | Why Does Trump Hate Anthropic?
14. SASC Bill Authorizes $1.5B for Security Aid for Taiwan, the Philippines
15. Mobilization as Deterrence: The Strategic Case for a Big Lift 2.0
16. Bridging the Lethality-Sustainment Gap in the Pacific
17. The President is winning the geopolitical battle with China
18. SOCOM wants hypervelocity rifle system to shoot experimental rounds
19. As Iran war’s said to end, Kissinger’s joke finally has come true
20. Beyond the Malacca Dilemma: China’s Emerging Corridor-Hedging Logic
21. Fear of Being Left Behind: Taiwanese Concerns After the Trump–Xi Summit
22. How Taiwan Is Balancing Between US and Chinese Visions of Energy Dominance

 

Korean News:

1. Department of War Restores U.S. Pacific Command Designation
2. From Epic Fury to the future: Korea advised to look beyond weapons exports
3. Trump vows to play role in advancing Korean Peninsula issues: Seoul official
4. South, North Korea should lead peninsular issues: Unification minister
5. Lee urges Trump to solve North Korea issue after Middle East deal
6. Breaking Down the State of Play in Sino-North Korean Ties
7. North Korea Condemns U.S.-South Korea Denuclearization Goal as ‘Empty Delusion’
8. More than a gesture: Kim Jong-un’s mannerisms after Hanoi summit collapse point to a humiliated, more wary leader
9. Lee reiterates need for Trump to take lead in lowering North Korea tensions
10. Seoul unveils plans to redraw military boundary near North Korean border
11. North Korea uses older Nvidia, Qualcomm tech to boost AI capabilities: report
12. North Korea confirms recalling its UK ambassador after a month in post
13. Mexican Military Jams Drone Spying on South Korea’s Training
14. North Korea calls Xi Jinping’s visit a “diplomatic victory”
15. North Korea cracks down on moonshine as grain prices spike

About The Author

  • Dave Maxwell

    David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is the Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal.

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