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The Trump-Kim Meeting Was Great TV. It Was Also Something Much More Important.

With his visit to the Demilitarized Zone, the president is opening the door for real negotiations. President Trump’s 50-minute-long meeting on Sunday with Kim

July 1, 2019
Joel S. Wit
Commentary

The North Korean Economy—June 2019: Kim Jong Un’s Reforestation Plans: The Dilemma of Forests Versus Food and Fuel

North Korea’s environmental problems have not garnered nearly as much attention as its nuclear and missile programs, signature construction projects or vague

July 1, 2019
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Commentary

The Real Agenda of Xi Jinping’s First Trip to North Korea

After many years of speculation about a visit to the DPRK by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the suspense finally came to an

June 25, 2019
Yun Sun
Commentary

We Don’t Need Airstrikes to Restore Deterrence in the Strait of Hormuz

We Don’t Need Airstrikes to Restore Deterrence in the Strait of Hormuz Dr. Christopher Bolan argues convincingly that one reason U.S. deterrence

June 25, 2019
James Siebens
Commentary

Hikvision: The Dilemma of a Surveillance Company

By Qiongyi Chen Without much notification to its people, the Chinese government has carried out a massive project of installing 176 million cameras

June 24, 2019
Commentary

North Korea: The Pot Still Boiling

The debate roiling the leadership in Pyongyang is in its fourth week and appears to have heated up. That the Chinese leader

June 20, 2019
Robert Carlin
Commentary

CHINA’S XI JINPING WILL REPORTEDLY GIVE KIM JONG UN 100,000 TONS OF FOOD TO FEED HUNGRY NORTH KOREANS

Chinese President Xi Jinping may be offering up to 100,000 tons of food in humanitarian aid to North Korean supreme leader Kim

June 20, 2019
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Commentary

Mixed Signals on Engagement

Since mid-May, there have been signs of a high-level policy discussion in Pyongyang over how to proceed with diplomatic engagement with Washington.

June 10, 2019
Robert Carlin
Commentary

Abe Tries to Move the Needle on Japan’s North Korea Policy, but Will it Matter?

The abduction issue (rachi mondai) has been a major constraint on Japan’s policy toward North Korea for the last several decades. In the

June 3, 2019
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

Memo to Donald Trump: It’s Time to End-Run Your Advisers on North Korea

This article is a reprint of Joel Wit and Richard Sokolsky’s op-ed originally published in The National Interest on May 19, 2019. It is

May 22, 2019
Joel S. Wit
Commentary

Taiwan and North Korea: Star-Crossed Business Partners

Last month, the world learned that North Korea attempted to sell submarine designs to Taiwan in 2016. As Taiwan and North Korea

May 14, 2019
Pamela Kennedy
Commentary

DPRK Firing Drill: Message to the Blue House

Pyongyang has reported that on May 4, Kim Jong Un observed an east coast firing drill of “large-caliber long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical

May 5, 2019
Robert Carlin
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