Preview One year into the unorthodox presidency of Donald Trump, the United States faces an array of complex and dangerous foreign policy challenges that require…
Country or Region: North Korea
Preview President Donald Trump has made a number of sometimes contradictory comments related to nuclear weapons during his political campaign and since his election.
Preview The nuclear danger posed by North Korea is not new. But since the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a bad situation…
Preview North Korea in July test-launched two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Such long-range capability, coupled with nuclear warhead advances,…
Preview The Trump administration’s recently completed North Korea policy review calls for “maximum pressure” on Pyongyang, but leaves open room for engagement. Although President Donald…
Preview North Korea’s test of a ballistic missile capable of longer ranges poses an immediate challenge to newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who…
Preview With the ink barely dry on the historic Trump-Kim summit agreement, Moscow is already maneuvering itself to take advantage of rapprochement on the Korean…
Abstract Russia has historically been conditioned to exist within the European cultural tradition. However, its recent pivot to Asia poses a serious question to its…
Abstract Diplomacy has failed because North Korea remains determined to build its nuclear arsenal. Resuming talks would achieve nothing, when it is so close to…
Abstract The relation between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is of substantial strategic prominence in the security landscape of…
Abstract A widely-held perception is that the image of North Korea among most Chinese people has changed from that of a socialist comrade and ‘little…
Abstract Kim Jong Un’s meeting with Moon Jae-In and the coming summit with Donald Trump do not constitute a volte-face by the North Korean leader.…
Abstract While the spotlight has focused on multilateral economic sanctions in the post-Cold War era as a non- military means of exercising force by the…
Abstract Negative security assurance (NSA), a key for sustaining the NPT, is supposed to provide a strong incentive for non-nuclear states to keep their status.…
Abstract Why does North Korea continue to insist on maintaining a nuclear program despite its potential to be detrimental to the regime in the long…
