Prime Minister Kishida’s Successful Visit – A Time to Reflect
OPINION — The state visit of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was a timely reminder, by one of our closest allies, that the tense situation […] More
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Putin’s Strategic Success with North Korea and China
OPINION — Vladimir Putin has compared himself to Peter the Great, as he tries to recreate the Russian Empire. On August 8, 2008, Russia invaded […] More
Assessing the Threat Matrix, from the Mideast to Ukraine to an Anti-U.S. Axis
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS – From the Middle East to Russia’s war on Ukraine, cybersecurity to disinformation to the emergence of an axis of powers – […] More
Decoding Kim Jong Un: Has the North Korean Leader Chosen War?
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – Has Kim Jong Un decided to go to war? A blizzard of bulletins from North Korea has sparked a debate among […] More
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China’s President has Power Over Kim Jong Un. Will he Use it for Denuclearization?
OPINION – During the past two years, North Korea has launched over 100 ballistic missiles, to include hypersonic, short and intermediate-range, cruise, and submarine-launched ballistic […] More
Containing the North Korean Nuclear Threat will not be easy in 2024
OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — On December 18, 2023, North Korea successfully launched a solid fuel, road mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) – Hwasong-18 – […] More
A Psychiatrist’s Take on Those Holding Global Power in 2024
OPINION — As President Joseph Biden enters a key election year in which many national polls show him trailing former President Donald Trump – his […] More
Track 2 Talks Aimed at Preventing Conflict with China
OPINION – The need to avoid war and military confrontation was the focus of Track 2 talks with China following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) […] More
How the War in Ukraine is Driving a New Global Order
Is the Ukraine a Global Inflection Point? And if so, with what Consequences? OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Since early on in the Ukraine war, […] More
North Korea is a Case Study on whether China will still Collaborate for the Greater Good
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In numerous Track 2 discussions between former U.S. government officials, academics and their Chinese counterparts, the 2003-2009 Six-Party Talks process is cited […] More
The Difficult Case of Army Private Travis King
PAJU, SOUTH KOREA – JULY 19: A U.S. soldier crossed the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas without authorization. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) […] More
The North Korean Scenario That Should Keep You Up at Night
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE/OPINION — It should be obvious that North Korea’s recent launches of three Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) is a message not only to the […] More
What’s Behind Sending a U.S. Sub to South Korea?
ANALYSIS / INTERVIEW – The last time a nuclear-armed American submarine docked in South Korea, Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader, was not yet born. Forty-years […] More
North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Are a Threat to All Nations
OPINION — The Joint Statement of the Xi Jinping – Vladimir Putin summit expressed concern about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. That was an understatement. North […] More
After Moscow, What is China’s Next Move?
ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended talks in Moscow this week by declaring that their alliance was driving geopolitical change […] More
U.S. and South Korea Back to Pre-Trump Strategies on North Korea
OPINION — The U.S. and South Korea are returning to a pre-Trump era of detailed military planning and large-scale joint exercises in reaction to North […] More
The U.S. Needs a More Comprehensive Strategy for North Korea
OPINION — In 1991, President George H.W. Bush ordered the withdrawal of all U.S. based tactical nuclear weapons from South Korea. In 1992, South Korea […] More
It’s Time to Accept that North Korea is a Nuclear Power
OPINION — It’s time for the U.S. to drop denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as its goal and begin to deal with North Korea as […] More
It will take the U.S. and China to Defuse the Impasse with North Korea
OPINION (Updated)– On November 2, Pyongyang launched an unprecedented 23 missiles and, on November 3, launched three additional ballistic missiles, that according to Japanese and […] More