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North Korea Brief I: Path to Progress on Negotiations

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA – SEPTEMBER 9, 2018: Performers take part in the Arirang Mass Games marking the 70th anniversary of the foundation of North Korea, at May Day Stadium. Alexander Demianchuk/TASS (Photo by Alexander DemianchukTASS via Getty Images)
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Posted: September 10th, 2018

By Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Former director of East Asia Operations, CIA

Ambassador DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate Director of National Intelligence and Mission Manager for North Korea, was the Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks with North Korea, and served as the Director of the National Counter Proliferation Center, ODNI.  He currently serves on the Board of Managers at Sandia National Laboratories.

Experts cited the lack of intercontinental ballistic missiles in North Korea’s 70th anniversary parade celebrations over the weekend as a sign that the nuclear nation remains committed to denuclearization talks with the U.S.

But in the weeks before the anniversary celebration, President Donald Trump cancelled a high-level meeting meant to push forward with denuclearization efforts that was followed by allegations out of Pyongyang, accusing the U.S. of double dealing and hatching a ‘criminal plot’.

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