Ideas

The Trump-Kim Summit Is Diplomacy. Democrats Should Support It.

Trump has wisely shifted tactics. Democrats should not let politics undermine reasonable diplomacy.

Ideas

The United States Is Still Trying to Sell North Korea on Denuclearization

Days before Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un, an administration official admits that Kim may not be prepared to part with his nuclear weapons.

Ideas

Is Trump’s Hard Bargaining Fraying US-South Korean Ties?

President Trump is undermining his peace initiative with North Korea by abruptly raising the cost to South Korea for U.S. security.

Policy

Trump Announces Second North Korea Summit in State of the Union

The president stuck to the teleprompter in his 82-minute SOTU speech, the second-longest in history.

Ideas

A Strategic Disaster Looms at the 2nd Trump-Kim Summit

The Trump administration has declined to rule out withdrawing its troops from South Korea.

Ideas

What we learned in 2018: Averting war with North Korea

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.

Ideas

The Korean War is Ending — With or Without Denuclearization

Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula is happening faster than denuclearization. The United States might not be willing to accept that.

Ideas

Ep. 29: Ambassador James Jeffrey on Syria; Plus Sue Mi Terry of CSIS and Evan Medeiros of Georgetown University

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Ideas

Here’s the Real Value in the U.S.-South Korean Alliance

As the U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting convenes for a 50th time, it's worth reviewing the annual meeting's record of accomplishment.

Ideas

Is North Korea Denuclearizing? Here’s How We’ll Tell

Kim Jong Un may not be giving up his arsenal now. But that doesn’t mean he can’t get there eventually.

Ideas

Moon’s Praise-and-Pressure Plan to Get Trump to Help End Korean War

“You are, indeed, the only person who can solve this problem,” Moon said of Trump—just before he amped up the pressure.

Ideas

Moon Brings Korean Peninsula One Step Closer to Peace

As talks with Washington seemed to stall, Seoul created its own path with Pyongyang.

Ideas

Ep. 20: Jeffrey Lewis on nuclear war; Loren DeJonge Schulman; the Houthi 'war machine' and more.

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Threats

Japan’s New Ship-Based Interceptor Shoots Down a Ballistic Missile in Test

It’s the fifth successful test of Japan’s ability to intercept ballistic missiles from warships.

Ideas

Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’

The UN ambassador offered an explanation for abandoning one nuclear deal while pursuing another.

Ideas

Donald Trump Sorrowfully Cancels Another North Korea Meeting

For the first time since his summit with Kim Jong Un, the president acknowledged that nuclear talks aren’t going well.

Ideas

Two Ways to Read the Newest Intelligence on North Korea

Is Kim Jong Un serious about denuclearizing? Or is he out to trick the United States?

Ideas

The Meaning of North Korea’s Remains Transfer

The Korean War never officially ended. But its participants are now chipping away at the last sources of hostility.