9/25/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. Xi’s Remarks at Arrival Ceremony at the White House
2. President Xi Jinping Holds Talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump
3. U.S. Government Airs Pro-Trump, Anti-Communism Ad
4. Diplomats ordered to use ‘super intelligence’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence’ in Trump push
5. Five takeaways from Trump’s summit with Xi in Washington
6. Iran Proposes 7-Day Plan to End War
7. Why did Xi and China’s first lady bring their own flasks to White House banquet?
8. The Chinese roots of ‘gung-ho’ as Trump and Xi look to shared history
9. Mr. Xi Makes His Taiwan ‘Independence’ Move
10. Senate Republican: Iranian leaders ‘part of a colony of reptiles’ that also includes China, Russia, North Korea
11. US allies are increasing ties with other countries to reduce their dependence on America
12. U.S. Special Forces Operate Helicopter From Autonomous Barge for the First Time
13. Navigating a More Uncertain World: Lessons from CIA’s Red Cell
14. A warning about ‘model welfare’ (AI)
15. US and Poland near deal for American base with 10,000 troops
16. Pentagon probing how shipment of F-35 fighter jet parts was diverted
17. The Coming Taiwan Crisis: Use Today’s Calm to Prepare for the Next Perfect Storm
18. How Iran Changed War: The Lessons of Tehran’s Use of Precise Mass
19. EdgeTheory Lab and the National Center for Narrative Intelligence Launch New Program for Professional Certification in Narrative Intelligence
20. The Pacific Drone Arms Race Has No Rules
21. Giving Time Back to the Rifle Company
22. Centauri, High Valyrian, and Klingon: Why Advanced Encryption Standards Cannot Replace Low-Density Human Dialects
23. AI firm leaders tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
24. Xi Jinping got the red carpet treatment from Trump – but not everything he wanted
Korean News:
1. North Korea’s Irregular Warfare After Ukraine
2. Ulchi Freedom Shield: One Shortened Exercise Does Not Mean US–South Korean Conventional-Nuclear Integration Is Breaking Down
3. US allies are increasing ties with other countries to reduce their dependence on America
4. Why do we pursue denuclearization when Kim Jong Un tells us he won’t?
5. Kim’s Second Byungjin: 21 Years After the Six-Party Talks Agreement
6. Sister Before Daughter: Kim Yo Jong and the Normalization of Female Paektu Authority for Kim Ju Ae
7. New defense chief Kang faces pivotal test on South Korea’s military overhaul
8. JCS chief visits Army unit ahead of on-site probe into suspected DMZ land mine blast
9. Opposition Blames Lee Jae Myung for DMZ Probe Delay
10. Lee reaffirms he will not seek reelection through constitutional revision
11. Coupang dispute raises stakes in Korea’s $350 bil. US investment talks
12. North Korea starts building new warships on both coasts: Satellite imagery
13. Likely Russian ship docks in North Korea’s Rason port for first time since May
14. Settling in Seoul: How university helped me find my place in South Korea
15. N. Korean official says S. Korea to become target of ‘collective punishment’
16. The strangest details Soviet archives reveal about 1970s North Korea
