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Pyongyang’s Bet: Nuclear Growth and Great Power Support

OPINION – North Korea is building more nuclear weapons and more sophisticated ballistic missiles to target the region and the U.S., while ensuring [...] More

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Talking to Kim Jong Un Could Help Freeze His Nuclear Ambitions

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un publicly announced that he’s prepared to meet with President Donald Trump: “If the US drops its hollow obsession with [...] More

Ensuring Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region and Beyond

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

How U.S. Dialogue Can Break the North Korea-Russia Alliance

It’s time to resume talks with North Korea. During the past five years, when we didn’t talk to North Korea, they built more nuclear weapons and [...] More

Dead Drop: May 30

A GOLD MEDAL SPORT: Remember those senior members of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s staff who were summarily fired for – well, it was never [...] More

Kim Jong-un Doubles Down on Nuclear Threat

Kim Jong-un Doubles Down on Nuclear Threat

OPINION — It should be crystal clear: North Korea has nuclear weapons not only for defensive deterrence purposes but, according to Kim Jong-un, to [...] More

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

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

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

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