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Commentary / World Jul 2, 2019

by Thomas Cynkin

It's difficult to imagine a scenario where North Korea reaches an agreement with the U.S. that China opposes.

Editorials Jul 2, 2019

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.

Commentary / World May 28, 2019

There might be a method to Trump's madness

by Eli Lake

A defector from the authoritarian regime sees a U.S. president carefully keeping his options open.

Commentary / Japan Mar 4, 2019

Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?

by Kuni Miyake

The second U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi was a fiasco and provided no relief for Japan.

Commentary / World Mar 4, 2019

What's next for U.S.-North Korea talks?

by Yuki Tatsumi

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.

Commentary / World Feb 19, 2019

Summit won't shift North Korea's strategic calculus

by Stephen R. Nagy

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.

Commentary / World Jan 29, 2019

Trump's North Korean road to nowhere

by Kent Harrington

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

by Katharine H.S. Moon

Before substantive denuclearization can progress, the U.S. needs to adopt measures toward reconciliation with both Pyongyang and the North Korean people.