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 Michael Macarthur Bosack
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 and John Walcott
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
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.
Commentary / World Dec 18, 2018
by Atsuhito Isozaki
Both Washington and Pyongyang are going to need to make concessions.
Commentary / Japan Aug 8, 2018
by Kuni Miyake
Was the U.S.-North Korea summit a great first step for peace in Northeast Asia? Hardly.
Editorials Jul 23, 2018
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
While every effort must be made to encourage North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, blind faith and naivete will not defend Japan.
Commentary / World Jun 25, 2018
by Christopher R. Hill
Whether Trump's values-free approach works depends on the diplomacy that follows.