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Mike Pompeo
Making Sense of the August Fizzle in the US-North Korea Negotiations
By Ankit Panda
U.S.-North Korea diplomacy is at an impasse. Will September produce a breakthrough or a collapse?
North Korea Has the Trump Administration All Figured Out
By Ankit Panda
Pyongyang is working to decouple Trump from his deputies.
Pompeo's $113 Gambit to Preserve Asia's Status Quo: Necessary, But Not Sufficient
By Ankit Panda
Don't fall into the trap of comparing apples to oranges.
Pompeo's Indo-Pacific Speech: Geoeconomics on a Shoestring
By Ankit Panda
Don't expect a quantitative rout of the Belt and Road from the United States.
US Intelligence: North Korean Engine Dismantlement at Sohae Reversible ‘Within Months’
By Ankit Panda
North Korea's dismantlement of a missile engine test stand has begun, but is easily reversible, U.S. intelligence finds.
Even After the Singapore Summit, Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula Might Be a Pipe Dream
By Ankit Panda
North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons. Successful U.S. diplomacy hinges on that realization.
China Is Standing in the Way of North Korea Negotiations
By Willis L. Krumholz
The solution involves realistic goals, trust building, and the willingness to walk away.
Assessing South Korea's Role as an Indo-Pacific Middle Power
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
What's driving South Korean thinking about the future of Asia?
The One Weird Trick to Successful Negotiations With North Korea in 2018
By Ankit Panda
Leave unilateral disarmament at the door, North Korea tells the United States.
After North Korea, Pompeo Visits Japan to Meet With US Allies
By Mina Pollmann
The abductee issues continues to complicate Japan's approach to North Korea.
Trump’s North Korea Policy: Treating Reality Like Reality Television
By Clint Work
The gap between Trump’s portrayal of events and the reality on the ground is cause for serious concern.
North Korea Talks: Getting Around the Sequencing Problem
By Joshua Nezam
The sequencing problem requires coordination between the U.S., China, and Korea to pressure meaningful steps from Kim.