AM Nukes Roundup – June 9 – Xi Vows Deeper Ties With Kim While Again Avoiding Nuclear Issue

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June 9, 2026

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PEACE & SECURITY EDITORIAL CALENDAR

June 11: Anniversary of JFK's "A Strategy of Peace" Speech (1962)

June 12: Anniversary of Singapore Summit (2018)

June 12: Anniversary of Nuclear Freeze Rally/Rally for Disarmament in NYC (1982)

June 13: Anniversary of withdrawal from ABM Treaty (2002)

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NEWS CLIPS

KOREA

 

China Reasserts Itself, to Contain North Korea’s Tilt Toward Russia

David Pierson, Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times - June 8

 

China’s Xi Jinping calls for strengthened ‘strategic cooperation’ with North Korea in rare summit with Kim Jong Un

Simone McCarthy, Yoonjung Seo, CNN - June 8

 

Lee calls for talks with North Korea on nuclear moratorium as Xi meets Kim

Joon Ha Park, NK News - June 8

 

Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea

Hyung-jin Kim, Ken Moritsugu, AP News - June 8

 

Xi Vows Deeper Ties With Kim While Again Avoiding Nuclear Issue

Nectar Gan, Bloomberg - June 8

 

Xi Gets Warm North Korea Welcome as Kim Draws Nuclear Red Line

Bloomberg - June 8

 

China’s Xi Goes to North Korea to Court Kim

John Feng, Newsweek - June 8

 

Xi’s North Korea Trip Puts Kim Jong Un at the Center of the World

Tom O'Connor, Newsweek - June 8

 

IRAN

 

Israel Halts Strikes After Trump Claims Progress Toward Nuclear Talks, Officials Say

Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Ronen Bergman, New York TImes - June 8

 

IAEA calls on Iran to 're-engage' as West pressures it with resolution

Francois Murphy, John Irish, Reuters - June 8

 

Trump denies that he campaigned on ending wars: ‘I didn’t promise anything’

John Bowden, The Independent - June 8

 

US Pushes Iran Rebuke Over Uranium Missing Since Bombings Began

Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg - June 8

 

EUROPE

 

Macron’s nuclear pact expands across Scandinavia as global forces surges

Jonas Olsson, Breaking Defense - June 8

 


OPINION & COMMENTARY


WEEKLY DIGEST: CHINA

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR

 

China’s Xi Jinping calls for strengthened ‘strategic cooperation’ with North Korea in rare summit with Kim Jong Un

Simone McCarthy, Yoonjung Seo, CNN - June 8

 

US says BYD, Baidu and Alibaba and other tech giants are aiding China's military

Michael Martina, David Shepardson, Reuters - June 8

 

China Builds an Economic Fortress as Global Tensions Rise

Alexandra Stevenson, Murphy Zhao, New York Times - June 5

 

Falling Chinese oil imports ‘shield’ global market from higher prices

Edward White, Malcolm Moore, Financial Times - June 4

 

Rubio says US and China must keep talking despite deep differences

Dewey Sim, Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post - June 3

 

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR OPINION

 

Brian Fonseca: The U.S. Can’t Exclude China From Latin America

OPINION: Foreign Policy - June 8

 

Wang Xiangwei: On Taiwan, the Trump-Xi summit offered more than optics

OPINION: South China Morning Post - June 7

 

Jessica Chen Weiss: The US-China decoupling fantasy

PODCAST: Financial Times - June 5

 

Deng Yuwen: Why China's defense minister skipped Shangri-La forum

OPINION: Foreign Policy - June 4

 

Mike Mochizuki: Japan can’t hedge against Trump without stabilising relations with China

OPINION: East Asia Forum - June 3

 

Jake Werner: The China Consensus and Trump's Xi Meeting

PODCAST: American Prestige - June 3

 


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