Pyongyang and Beijing No Longer “Close as Lips and Teeth”
Pyongyang has responded to the UN Security Council’s unanimous decision June 2 to expand sanctions for North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs by lashing […] More
North Korea
U.S, North Korea Play Cat and Mouse Game Over Nukes
Editor’s Note: The North Korean test on Tuesday of what is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of hitting Alaska, has the U.S. […] More
Lessons Learned After 25 Years of Failed Negotiations
Twenty-five years of failed negotiations with North Korea. Since 1993, our efforts to halt North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons have failed. What have we […] More
Best Of: How U.S., South Korean Special Ops Would Fight in a New Korean War
The situation between the US and North Korea remains tenuous and characterized by uncertainty. North Korea’s cancellation of the upcoming summit with South Korea over […] More
Pyongyang Milking a Fortuitous Window of Opportunity
There could not be a riper time than the present for North Korean provocations. Over the past six months, leadership changes took place in both […] More
Only Option for Shielding America from North Korean Missiles
In the late 1990s, the United States returned to the idea of building a system that could defend the homeland from long-range missiles launched by […] More
Defending the U.S. from North Korean Long Range Missiles
North Korea’s successful launch of the road-mobile intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile on Sunday yet again demonstrated the Kim Jong-un regime’s perseverance and improving technical acumen […] More
Developing an Effective Missile Defense
For decades, North Korea’s continued advancements in ballistic missile technology has sustained U.S. interest in missile defense that can protect the U.S. homeland from nuclear-tipped […] More
Diplomacy the Best Defense Against North Korean Missiles
Imagine the middle of nowhere Alaska. Got that in your head? Great. Now drive 2½ hours further into nowhere and you have arrived at Fort […] More
Will Moon Bring Back Sunshine Policy in South Korea?
From day one, South Korea’s new President, Moon Jae-in, has shown he will be a different type of leader. He confirmed a campaign promise that […] More
Will Moon Push for Engagement with Pyongyang?
In his first days in office, newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in has tried to reassure the governments of the United States, Japan, and […] More
South Korea Elects Candidate for Change
Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday. Moon’s decisive win, with approximately 40 percent of the vote and a 14 percent […] More
Sabre Rattling in Korean Peninsula: No End in Sight
Can there be serious negotiations so that diplomacy may end the growing threat of a military confrontation on the Korean Peninsula? Not yet, is my […] More
Tillerson Lays Out Vision for Scaled-Down State Department
In a wide-ranging address to State Department employees Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson laid out his vision for the future of the department, the […] More
Are our Assumptions about North Korea Right?
There is an important emerging gap in thought over whether North Korea is several years away from having the ability to threaten the continental United […] More
Trump Just Can’t Say or Do Anything that Comes to His Mind
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at age 33, is continuing his father’s and grandfather’s pattern of wild threats and bluster to cloak development of nuclear […] More
Trump’s North Korea Strategy Remains Unclear
As North Korea’s provocations increase, questions have been raised about whether the Trump Administration’s responses have made matters worse and if there really is a […] More
Confusion + Confrontation = Trump Foreign Policy
President Donald Trump may be the only world leader impressed with the impact of the recent United States use of Tomahawk missiles in Syria and […] More