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Ensuring Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region and Beyond

OPINION — The recent summit of President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung further solidified a special relationship. It’s a [...] More

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April is likely to be a busy month for North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — On March 24, North Korea successfully launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) called the Hwasong-17. The missile [...] More

Where are Tensions with North Korea Headed?

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development [...] More

Who is Kim Yo-jong?

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un made headlines over the weekend as she threatened military action against South Korea, and deemed the [...] More

Kim Jong Un's Frustration and the Risk of Hybrid Warfare

Kim Jong Un's Frustration and the Risk of Hybrid Warfare

EXPERT OPINION — Kim Jong-un is a desperate man. He has long believed that Donald Trump’s unpredictability and their quirky friendship offers him the [...] More

Kim Jong-Un's Bad Advice

Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani was the former Special Envoy for Negotiations with North Korea. OPINION — North Korea’s leader, Kim [...] More

How Foreign Leaders Play President Trump

OPINION — Donald Trump as president displays weakness toward those he envies as strong foreign leaders, while he acts like a bully toward leaders he [...] More

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Twitter Diplomacy and North Korea

Twitter Diplomacy and North Korea

The significant weekend visit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un started with a Tweet last Thursday as President [...] More

What Could a Russia-North Korea Summit Mean?

Thursday’s expected summit between DPRK Chairman Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia follows on the heels of [...] More

What to Make of North Korea's Recent Weapons Test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of as a new ‘tactical guided weapon’ on Wednesday in the country’s first weapons test since talks [...] More

So, After Hanoi: What is Kim Thinking?

Former State Department Regional Medical Officer and Psychiatrist, Kenneth Dekleva pieces together recent news from the Hanoi Summit with a focus on [...] More

China as the Third Player in the Hanoi Summit

Bottom Line Up Front: The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, held on February 28, produced no [...] More

Dispatches from Hanoi

After much anticipation of a signing ceremony between the U.S. and North Korea, President Donald Trump and North Leader Kim Jong-un left Hanoi with [...] More