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6/21/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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06.21.2026 at 04:49pm
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National Security News:

1. AI Video – DOD/W Funding, etc.
2. SOF Weekly Brief June 20, 2026
3. The Culminating Point? The Big Five, 21 June 2026 edition
4. War in Lebanon Casts Shadow Over Renewed Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks
5. Vance Heads to Peace Talks, After Iran Says It Closed Strait of Hormuz
6. What Changed After Almost Four Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much.
7. The U.S. Is Ramping Up Economic Warfare. Its Enemies Aren’t Blinking.
8. This Futuristic Japanese Warship Is on the Market and Winning Fans
9. Iran as China’s “Counter-Pivot”: The Strategic Implications of Operation Epic Fury for America’s Competition with China
10. When the Davidson Window Meets the ‘Xi Window’
11. Beijing planning more surveys east of Taiwan to assert sovereignty, state media reports
12. Most Taiwanese prioritize ties with US, Japan: survey
13. Opinion | China erects a new Great Wall
14. Book Review: China’s Wars: The Politics and Diplomacy Behind Its Military Coercion
15.Where One Nation’s foreign policy stands on Taiwan, foreign aid, the UN and ‘more missiles’
16. Exclusive: Trump admires China’s Xi as “very smart” with “great stature”
17. The emerging armamentarium of cognitive warfare with Dr. James Giordano (Video) | CSI Talks #19
18. US fears China has obtained vital AI machine from Europe

 

Korean News:

1. The U.S. Is Ramping Up Economic Warfare. Its Enemies Aren’t Blinking.
2. Prime Minister Kim Declares ROK-U.S. Alliance ‘Global Pivotal’
3. How Korea survived five historic invasions
4. All 6 THAAD launchers return to Seongju from Osan
5. Protests over ballot shortage continue for 17th day
6. How should we respond to conspiracy theories in the public square?
7. OPCON transfer must strengthen, not weaken, the alliance
8. In praise of Korean-US relations

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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Adolph Howe

I found the analysis on North Korea’s recent military activities quite enlightening. It raises some important questions—how do you think these developments might impact U.S. relations with South Korea? I recall reading about similar tensions during a history class, which sparked my interest in how global dynamics shift over time. fnaf 2

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