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U.N.: North Korea is avoiding sanctions
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According to a new United Nations report, North Korea is violating sanctions through ship-to-ship transfers, cyber attacks and building nuclear weapons. Neil Bhatiya, an assoc...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Kristine Lee What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations
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This past year, Kim Jong-un achieved foreign-policy breakthroughs long sought by his family’s regime through a combination of deft diplomacy, a burgeoning nuclear program, and...
By Kristine Lee
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The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Neil Bhatiya What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations
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With the suspension of the summit in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, the diplomatic process to resolve the status of North Korea’s dangerous wea...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Summit Datebook 2: After Hanoi, relieved but still curious
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Kim Jong Un undisputedly won the first round of summitry in Singapore last June. He was masterful at playing US President Donald Trump by pocketing a key American bargaining c...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Inevitable Return of Muddling Along in North Korea
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Since the collapse of nuclear talks in Hanoi last week, North Korea experts have argued about what went wrong. Donald Trump should have structured his offer differently, some ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Summit datebook: From Hanoi, with curiosity
I landed in Hanoi a few days ago, curious. Curious about a once-divided country, now a growing economy, with South Korean footprints all over its business and pop culture, tha...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Trump-Kim Summit and Beyond: What Positive Outcomes Look Like
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On February 27, United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for a second time in Hanoi in a bid to make concrete progress on their June ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Needs a Real Deal, Not a Trump Special
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The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be a decisive moment. Another meeting that ends, as Singapore did, with faux pea...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea and America’s Second Summit: Here’s What Ashley Feng Thinks Will Happen
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At the end of February, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un will reportedly meet for the second time. The summit promises to be much like the fir...
By Ashley Feng
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To succeed with North Korea, prepare for failure
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Last year Kim Jong Un wagered that he could transform North Korea’s relations with the United States, South Korea and other powers. Despite months of flashy diplomacy, North K...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Preparing for a “Decent Chance” of Success and Failure with North Korea
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In a presidential tweet on Wednesday, President Donald Trump sounded cautiously hopeful regarding negotiations with North Korea. “Decent chance of Denuclearization,” he announ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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What North Korea wants from the next US summit
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Following their historic meeting in Singapore last June, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are preparing for another summit in late February. Their...
By Duyeon Kim
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Can the U.S. Reinstate “Maximum Pressure” on North Korea?
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The diplomatic sprint to North Korean denuclearization has slowed to a crawl. Earlier last month, North Korea abruptly canceled talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,...
By Eric Brewer
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Amb. Nuland on N. Korea: The U.S. 'needs to get back into real diplomacy'
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Amb. Victoria Nuland, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and former Assistant Secretary of State, joins Ali Velshi to discuss reports that North Korea is moving ahe...
By Victoria Nuland
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How to Tell When North Korea Starts to Denuclearize
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On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned from what he described as “productive” conversations with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Although details are still emer...
By Eric Brewer & Jung H. Pak
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Pyongyang Declaration: Bringing peace to the Koreas beyond symbolism
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Symbolism and atmospherics are often just as important as literal deliverables in Korean culture. This symbolic approach is not necessarily understandable to Western minds acc...
By Duyeon Kim
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CNAS Commentary: Maximum Pressure AND Engagement after the SOTU
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President Donald Trump’s State of the Union pledge of "total American resolve" to denuclearize North Korea signals that we are now in a period of heightened danger in Northeas...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Cataclysm That Would Follow a 'Bloody Nose' Strike in North Korea
Since last summer, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has been building a case for the use of preventive force against North Korea. In interviews and public statements, h...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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PacNet #10 - Olympic Pause: Testing, Not Trusting North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in faces mounting domestic criticism for inviting North Korea to participate in the Winter Olympics. Although Kim Jong Un is reaping favorable...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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David Asher on CNN: US military drills postponed - a win for Kim?
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The US and South Korea won't hold military drills during the Winter Olympics. Is North Korea's Kim Jong Un getting exactly what he wants, with nothing in return? CNAS' David ...
By David Asher
