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North Korea's Nuclear Program Isn't Going Anywhere

Sixty days since the Singapore summit, North Korea continues to expand its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals and has played its diplomatic hand brilliantly.

Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang

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U.S. Foreign Policy Aug 13, 2018 Snapshot

North Korea's Nuclear Program Isn't Going Anywhere

Sixty days since the Singapore summit, North Korea continues to expand its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals and has played its diplomatic hand brilliantly.

Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang

U.S. Foreign Policy Jul 9, 2018 Snapshot

How Diplomacy With North Korea Can Work

A broader North Korean peace process would actually do more to ease progress on denuclearization, as well as multiple other fronts.

Philip Zelikow

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol meet at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, July 2018.

U.S. Foreign Policy Jun 19, 2018 Snapshot

There Were No Losers at the Singapore Summit

Critics of the U.S.-North Korean summit in Singapore are wrong to label Pyongyang the "winner" of the meeting.

Chung-in Moon

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet at the start of their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore, June 2018.

Trump Administration Jun 15, 2018 Snapshot

The Big Winner of the Singapore Summit

Athough pundits debate whether it was North Korea or the United States that benefited the most from the summit, there was a less visible player that came out a clear...

Bonnie S. Glaser and Oriana Skylar Mastro

Trump Administration Jun 12, 2018 Snapshot

A Historic Breakthrough or a Historic Blunder in Singapore?

No previous U.S. president considered it prudent to embark on summitry with so little preparation or on terms so favorable to the other side, let alone to promise to...

Daniel R. Russel

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk after lunch at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018.

Trump Administration Jun 11, 2018 Postscript

Bringing Real News to North Koreans

What keeps Kim in power is not just nuclear weapons, but also the powerful narrative that is spun to keep the North Korean people from rebelling.

Jieun Baek

U.S. Foreign Policy Jun 8, 2018 Snapshot

North Korea Is Ultimately China's Problem

China is both the country most responsible for facilitating North Korea’s provocations and the one with the most to lose should the regime collapse.

Isaac Stone Fish and Robert E. Kelly

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Dalian, China in this undated photo released in May 2018.

Strategy & Conflict Jun 1, 2018 Postscript

A Better North Korea Strategy

The United States must embed its approach to North Korea within a broader strategy that advances long-term U.S. interests in the region, including, but not limited to,...

Victor Cha and Katrin Fraser Katz

Missiles at a military parade in Pyongyang, February 2018

Trump Administration May 30, 2018 Snapshot

Is a Deal With North Korea Really Possible?

Focusing on Trump and Kim’s game of hot and cold is that it is diverting focus from the more fundamental issue at hand: what a minimally successful agreement between...

Joseph Yun

U.S. Foreign Policy May 25, 2018 Snapshot

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Korea Summitry

With the June 12 Singapore summit off for now, the Trump administration needs to rethink its desire for a quick, sweeping deal that solves the problem posed by North...

Richard N. Haass

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in this May 9, 2018 photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, May 2018.

Trump Administration May 16, 2018 Snapshot

Deciphering Kim Jong Un's Motives

Trump should think strategically about the motivations of all the summit’s key players: North Korea, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia. What is it that they really...

Michael Green

Arms Control & Disarmament Apr 30, 2018 Snapshot

A Real Path to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

For all the remaining challenges, a comprehensive peace deal including real denuclearization by North Korea is achievable in a couple of years, if not in the months...

Chung-in Moon

Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Panmunjom, April 2018.

China Apr 9, 2018 Postscript

What China Gained From Hosting Kim Jong Un

For Beijing, the ultimate goal of the Xi-Kim meeting was not to patch up the relationship with Pyongyang but to shape the direction of upcoming U.S.–North Korean talks.

Oriana Skylar Mastro

U.S. Foreign Policy May/June 2018 Essay

Perception and Misperception on the Korean Peninsula

To have any chance of success, U.S. strategy toward North Korea must be guided by an accurate sense of how Kim’s regime thinks and what it knows about Washington....

Robert Jervis and Mira Rapp-Hooper

Seeing like a state: Kim watching a military drill, Pyongyang, November 2014

U.S. Foreign Policy May/June 2018 Essay

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The Right Way to Coerce North Korea

The Trump administration must ground its summit diplomacy and overall approach to North Korea in a strategy of comprehensive coercion that clearly defines U.S....

Victor Cha and Katrin Fraser Katz

From Pyongyang with love: a North Korean ICBM test, July 2017

Trump Administration Mar 26, 2018 Snapshot

When Trump Meets Kim Jong Un

Complete denuclearization is not possible in the meaningful future, and therefore, an immediate suspension of the most worrisome developments followed by a...

Toby Dalton and Ariel Levite

Trump Administration Mar 14, 2018 Snapshot

What a U.S.–North Korean Summit Means for Japan

Even if Trump and Kim hash out a deal, there is little reason for Abe to believe that Kim will give up his nuclear and missile capabilities.

Sheila A. Smith

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a joint announcement at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, February 2018.

North Korea Feb 23, 2018 Snapshot

Can South Korea Save Itself?

Forestalling a return to dangerous escalation will require more than just diplomacy between the two Koreas. President Moon Jae-in must find a way to bridge the divide...

Scott Snyder

Trump Administration Feb 12, 2018 Snapshot

Frustrations at the White House and the Pentagon

The disagreements between the White House and the Pentagon stem from more than mere wariness of Trump's volatility.

Julianne Smith and Loren DeJonge Schulman

Security Jan 30, 2018 Snapshot

How to Successfully Sanction North Korea

The key to a successful North Korea sanctions strategy is recognizing that such measures take time to achieve results.

Peter Harrell and Juan Zarate

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years in Pyongyang, in this handout photo provided by KCNA in May 2016.

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