Mystery Clouds North Korea’s Chemical Arsenal
North Korea has been brazen in displaying its nuclear capabilities and missile ambitions, but lets the world know virtually nothing about its age-old and lethal […] More
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North Korea No Stranger to Calculated Risks
Despite years of international sanctions and recent pressure from the Trump Administration, North Korea’s missile program has continued to rack up successes and acquire new […] More
Time is the Enemy in Halting North Korea Nuke Ambitions
North Korea’s July intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests have crossed a new capability threshold, allowing Pyongyang to potentially reach the continental United States. Further, U.S. […] More
North Korean Missile Program Nears its Peak
Days after threatening a missile test aimed at the waters off the coast of the American territory of Guam and just ahead of the annual […] More
No Way to Convince Kim to Give Up Nukes
One of the key responsibilities of the Intelligence Community is to provide the president with the other guy’s perspective. How does he/she see the world […] More
U.S. to Slash Visas for Russians After Cuts to Embassy Staff
The United States is cutting back on issuing non-immigrant visas to Russians. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow will temporarily stop issuing the visas next week, […] More
No Direct Way to Denuke Pyongyang
The United States and its allies need to focus first on freezing North Korea’s current nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs with a goal of […] More
Averting War on the Korean Peninsula
Potential conflict on the Korean Peninsula was averted this week when the North Korea media announced that Kim Jung un delayed a decision on firing […] More
Bannon Reveals the Obvious on North Korea: ‘They Got Us’
U.S. military intervention to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis is not an option, according to top White House advisor Steve Bannon, who provided a […] More
The Sound and the Fury: Sonic Weapons in Cuba
Talk of espionage today has focused on Russian spies and the hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But recent reports of painful and unexplained […] More
North Korea Threat Greatest to Neighbors but Looms for U.S.
The nightmarish threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program appears more real than ever, but the devil is in the details. This summer’s most recent […] More
Don’t Double-Dare Kim
In the wake of President Donald Trump saying threats to the United States from North Korea would be met with “fire and fury,” Defense Secretary […] More
How Reliable Are North Korea’s Nukes?
After President Donald Trump’s vow that any threats from North Korea “will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power the likes of which this […] More
Dousing the Fire & Fury: Mixed Signals from Trump Administration to Kim
Top Cabinet officials sought to dial back the rhetoric while still pushing a strong message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un following President Donald Trump’s […] More
Trump Threatens North Korea with “Fire and Fury”
President Donald Trump vowed to respond to North Korea with “fire and fury” if the rogue nation continues to threaten the United States. Speaking to […] More
Permitting North Korea Even a Few Nuclear Weapons is a Mistake
My first meeting with the North Korean delegation to the Six Party Talks in 2003 was instructive. Their lead negotiator, First Vice Foreign Minister Kim […] More
Tearing up the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Fool’s Errand
The new sanctions slapped on Iran (and Russia and North Korea) last week by the U.S. Congress—and the sanctions placed the previous week on the […] More
Former Diplomats: U.S. Embassy Staff in Moscow Will Rise to the Challenge
In retaliation for the wave of new sanctions the United States Congress passed, Moscow has ordered the U.S. cut 755 diplomatic staff by September. The […] More