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North Korea
The Case Against Nukes in South Korea
By Bruce Klingner
Nuclear weapons aren't a solution to growing South Korean doubts about U.S. resolve and commitment.
A Wide-Ranging Agenda: What Trump's First Asia-Pacific Tour Means
By Ankit Panda
Will the administration unveil a new strategy for the Asia-Pacific during Trump's Asia trip?
US, ROK Navies Hold Military Drill off Korean Peninsula
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The naval exercise involves a U.S. carrier strike group and some of South Korea’s most advanced surface warships.
Is There Still Room for Sanctions to Succeed in North Korea?
By Qiheng Chen
North Korean marketization may lend hope for sanctions to work, if the U.S. and China can coordinate.
Democracy vs North Korea
By David Straub
Why have democracies proven unable to halt the North Korean dictatorship’s development of nuclear weapons?
Would China and Russia Support a North Korean Insurgency?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
It likely depends on North Korea’s use of weapons of mass destruction in a conflict with the U.S. and South Korea.
Kim Jong-un Emphasizes Economic Self-Reliance After Sanctions
By Ankit Panda
North Korea's supreme leader outlined the salience of economic self-reliance in a recent speech.
US Leadership in Asia and the Future of Geopolitics
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Jamie Fly.
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.
Trump's Dangerous Twitter Rebuke of Tillerson May Make Diplomacy Impossible With North Korea
By Ankit Panda
Trump's comments risk serious destabilization and even war.
Forget Diplomacy With North Korea if Trump Decertifies the Iran Deal
By Troy Stangarone
Reopening the Iran deal risks placing the United States in the middle of two nuclear crises.
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.