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How the US Department of Energy Shapes North Korea Policy
By Austin Bodetti
The DOE’s in-house intelligence agency specializes in monitoring nuclear proliferation.
Military Stalemate: How North Korea Could Win a War With the US
By Franz-Stefan Gady
It's time to reexamine the assertion that North Korea’s defeat is preordained.
The Chinese Dream in Peril: Xi Jinping and the Korean Crisis
By Anthony Miller
Beijing has a vested interest in the status quo -- not in the Kim dynasty.
War of the Dragons: Why North Korea Does Not Trust China
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The legacy of the Sino-Vietnamese War continues to cast a shadow on China-North Korea relations.
Sorry, an Oil Embargo Won’t Lead to North Korea’s Capitulation
By Paul Musgrave and Yu-Ming Liou
Conventional wisdom on the effectiveness of oil embargoes is mistaken.
North Korea: The End of the Nuclear Taboo?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Is the North Korean nuclear crisis slowly eroding the so-called nuclear taboo?
Something New, Something Old: North Korea's Next Missiles
By Ankit Panda
The Pukkuksong-3 SLBM enters the scene and an old name, the Hwasong-13 ICBM, makes a return.
Denuclearization Is Dead, Now Let’s Bury It
By Michael Haas
The US does have a credible military option for dealing with North Korea. It’s called nuclear deterrence.
The North Korean Endgame
By Liubomir K. Topaloff
There is only one feasible choice for solving the issue: treat Pyongyang as a rational actor.
Alt-Reich: North Korea and the Far Right
By Bradley Jardine and Casey Michel
White nationalists, neo-Nazis, and others are turning to an unlikely ally in their bid to “make the West great again.”
The Day After the Second Korean War
By John Reid
The greatest threat to U.S. victory in a Korean war scenario isn't the North Korean military. It's postwar insurgency.
What Would the Second Korean War Look Like?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The first 24 hours of war on the Korean peninsula could cost hundreds of thousands of lives.