6/18/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.18.2026 at 05:18pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump Signs Iran Deal, Says He Wants to Avoid ‘Economic Catastrophe’
2. Douglas Murray: How Trump Fell Into the Iranian Trap
3. Niall Ferguson: It’s Too Soon to Call This a U.S. Surrender
4. An Annotated Analysis of Trump’s Iran Deal
5. America’s Power Under Strain: Iran War Reveals U.S. Limits, Allies Pay The Price – OpEd
6. Five Things the Hormuz Crisis Taught Us About the Global Economy
7. Here’s how Trump’s memo of understanding with Iran compares to the Obama nuclear deal
8. From Sea Denial to Market Shock: Maritime Swarms and the Weaponization of Global Energy Logistics
9. As the Iran war comes to a close, is the US pulling warships back to the west Pacific?
10. Why Trump’s Pentagon Abandoned ‘Indo-Pacific’
11. Exclusive | How Hackers Found a Back Door Into the American Living Room
12. Hezbollah’s Iranian Oil for Venezuelan Gold Scheme
13. Sen. Kelly amendment in defense bill would ensure ‘ultimate human responsibility’ in AI-powered kill chain
14. America’s AI Kill Switch Has No Rules | Lawfare
15. Remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the 2026 NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels (As Delivered)
16. Australia’s military operations in the South China Sea
17. Military AI Is Killing the Big Army Mindset, and GenAI.mil Is Just the Beginning
18. Hegseth Announces Review of U.S. Forces in Europe, Threatens NATO Cuts
19. Iran Won the War but May Lose the Peace
20. China Is Pulling Up the Ladder Behind It
Korean News:
1. Senate confirms Michelle Steel as U.S. ambassador to S. Korea
2. The great paradox of the Jeju Forum
3. A free North Korea will need founders, too
4. When democracy loses trust
5. N.K. leader’s sister slams G7 call for denuclearization, defends nuclear arms as ‘means of self-defense’
6. Lee asks Trump to play ‘peacemaker’ role on North Korea, lauds Iran peace deal at G7 summit
7. South Korea urged to rethink security in critical minerals race
8. Korea opts out of G7 leaders’ supply chain declaration as Lee balances China ties
9. Chinese envoy visits Korean War cemetery in North Korea
10. Vice N. Korean FM vows deeper cultural cooperation with China at Chinese Embassy event
11. Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Upgrading Ports for New Larger Destroyers – Analysis
12. North Korean art students ordered to glorify troops sent to Russia
13. Canada nears decision on Korean, German submarine bids
14. North Korea’s new mining and farm housing turns vacant within years
15. Defense ministry pushes to establish housing complexes for service members
16. Military moves to harden key facilities against drone swarms
17. U.S. commander calls civic group a bridge for Korea alliance
18. Brian Davis on how the US military collects intel: North Korea Unpacked
