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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2019
Trump and Kim meet; Xi bides his time
It's difficult to imagine a scenario where North Korea reaches an agreement with the U.S. that China opposes.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2019
Trump's reality TV at the DMZ
While history was being made at the DMZ on Sunday, an old danger persists: Trump's hunger for a deal will result in the legitimation of North Korea's nuclear program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019
There might be a method to Trump's madness
A defector from the authoritarian regime sees a U.S. president carefully keeping his options open.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2019
Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?
The second U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi was a fiasco and provided no relief for Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2019
What's next for U.S.-North Korea talks?
Now that the U.S. has exhausted what it usually considers its ultimate diplomatic mean — a summit with the its president — how to move forward from this point on will be uncertain at best.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2019
The upside of 'no agreement' in Hanoi
By walking away at the Hanoi summit, both the U.S. and North Korea now have an opportunity to reconvene talks at the working level and allow for greater creativity in reaching long-term, sustainable solutions that summit diplomacy was unlikely to achieve.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2019
Summit won't shift North Korea's strategic calculus
Without a substantial agreement in Hanoi, we are likely to see Pyongyang retain its nuclear deterrent while it continues its modus operandi of extracting concessions for modest compromises.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2019
Trump's North Korean road to nowhere
Judging by the outcome of the first meeting between Trump and Kim, U.S. allies in the region have good reason to be deeply concerned.
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2019
If at first you don't succeed ...
Trump must insist on genuine progress in North Korean denuclearization, not the mere illusion of such.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2019
Think small to denuclearize North Korea
New Year's traditions differ across the Pacific. Americans break out bottles of champagne and wake up with headaches and fuzzy memories. Koreans try to maintain sobriety in order to bow to family elders on Jan. 1 and receive blessings for the peace, prosperity and health of their entire clan. Such cultural...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2018
The U.S.-North Korea deadlock
Both Washington and Pyongyang are going to need to make concessions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2018
Strike while the iron is hot
Was the U.S.-North Korea summit a great first step for peace in Northeast Asia? Hardly.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2018
The wrong time to ease pressure on Pyongyang
Japan cannot rely on economic pressure alone. It must prepare a more sophisticated and variegated diplomatic strategy to engage North Korea.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2018
The North Korean threat remains
While every effort must be made to encourage North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, blind faith and naivete will not defend Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2018
The despot and the diplomat
Whether Trump's values-free approach works depends on the diplomacy that follows.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2018
Trump's approach to Kim is amoral, and it may work
By building a personal rapport with the North Korean dictator, Trump is at least in a position to ask for what he wants.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2018
The art of unraveling a potential deal
At a time when even U.S. allies are finding it difficult to rely on an unpredictable and capricious Trump administration, Kim's strategy will likely seek to safeguard his nuclear 'crown jewels' for the time being.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2018
Time to ban weapons of male destruction
The world cannot afford to trust the impulsive men who have their fingers on the triggers of some 15,000 nuclear warheads.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2018
A valuable first step toward Korean peace
Japan must work closely with the U.S., South Korea, and China to ensure that North Korea commits to irreversible denuclearization and then follows through on that promise.
EDITORIALS
Apr 24, 2018
Risk grows as Korean diplomacy intensifies
U.S. and South Korean diplomacy with North Korea can only succeed if it is realistic and hard-nosed.

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