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Policy Paper

Wonsan’s Beach Resort: New Construction Underway

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Peter Makowsky and Jenny Town The Wonsan beach resort is one of Kim Jong Un’s

May 24, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

The Chinese Perception of the U.S.-China-ROK Triangle

Since being applied to U.S.-Soviet-China trilateral relations after the Sino-American rapprochement in the early 1970s, the notion/theory of “strategic triangles” has been

April 30, 2019
Yun Sun
Policy Paper, Stimson in the News

After New Start, What?

***This this a three-part essay originally published in Arms Control Wonk and combined into a single piece*** New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty One

April 23, 2019
Michael Krepon
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Submarine Shipbuilding Continuing at Slow Pace

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jack Liu, Peter Makowsky and Jenny Town Recent commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s Sinpo

April 12, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

The Quad: Alliance or Alignment?

WITH the third meeting within a year of the quadrilateral security dialogue, or ‘Quad’, between officials from Australia, India, Japan, and the

April 10, 2019
Heather Byrne
Policy Paper

A Snapshot of North Korea’s Supply Chain Coal Activity – Part II

Analysis by Peter Makowsky, Jenny Town and Samantha Pitz Based on an initial look at North Korea’s coal industry, the country’s larger coal

April 1, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launch Facility: No New Activity Since March 8

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jack Liu, Peter Makowsky and Jenny Town. Recent commercial satellite imagery of the Sohae Satellite

March 13, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

A Snapshot of North Korea’s Supply Chain Coal Activity

Stimson Center’s 38 North project, in partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), has created a snapshot of the DPRK’s coal industry

March 8, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launch Facility: Normal Operations May Have Resumed

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jack Liu, Irv Buck and Jenny Town Commercial satellite imagery from March 6 of North

March 7, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Tongchang-ri: Rebuilding Commences on Launch Pad and Engine Test Stand

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jack Liu and Jenny Town Reports of a recent briefing by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS)

March 5, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

What Happened in Hanoi?

We now know that President Trump is not only a practitioner of the “madman theory” of international politics but also at the

February 28, 2019
Jenny Town
Policy Paper

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 Implementation: More of the Same or Brave New World?

After fourteen years of outreach on United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, most countries understand their obligations under the resolution. For most

February 19, 2019
Seema Gahlaut
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