Business
Congress Rushes Pentagon $4B for Missile Defense Improvements
The emergency bill is light on details, but it appears to fulfill the military’s wide-ranging November request.
Threats
Here’s Why the Trump Administration Called Out North Korea’s Cyberattacks
The attribution announcement made three big arguments and North Korea’s culpability was only one of them.
Science & Tech
Russia, N. Korea Eye Bitcoin for Money Laundering, Putting It on a Crash Course with Regulators
Thieves and sanctioned countries are targeting the digital currency’s exchanges, setting up a fight between governments and cryptocurrency powerhouses.
Threats
China May Be Preparing Refugee Sites in Case of a Korean War
A leaked document from a Chinese telecommunications company hints that Beijing is anticipating an influx of war refugees.
Ideas
The North Korea Debate Sounds Eerily Familiar
Trump’s national-security officials are making many of the same arguments Bush’s did in 2003.
Science & Tech
Newly Revealed Experiment Shows How F-35 Could Help Intercept ICBMs
In 2014, the sensor-studded plane demonstrated an ability to track missiles, leading to a “tactically significant” improvement in targeting.
Ideas
North Korea’s New Missile Is a Game-Changer
Photos show a nose cone big enough to carry multiple warheads, plus countermeasures that U.S. missile defenses have never been tested against.
Science & Tech
USAF General on Countering North Korea: ‘The Enemy Has Closed the Gap’
Various weapons meant to deter North Korea from developing nukes will arrive only in time to deter Kim from using them.
Threats
North Korea’s Military Capabilities, In Review
North Korea has embarked on an accelerated buildup of weapons of mass destruction and modernization of its already large conventional force.
Threats
North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean?
Pyongyang’s message boils down to ‘it’s no use shutting the gate after the horse has moved on.’
Ideas
America Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea
Trump administration officials still think they might persuade the Kim regime to disarm. This belief is mistaken, and dangerous.
Threats
How the US and China Differ on North Korea
They are at odds over the nature of the threat posed by Pyongyang.
Ideas
‘Military Options’ Against North Korea Isn’t the Problem—Loose Talk Is
There are a lot of ways for things to go wrong.
Ideas
The Contradiction at the Core of Trump's North Korea Strategy
The president’s national-security advisers say they’re running out of time to do something extremely time-consuming.
Ideas
Let's Walk This Through: If North Korea Launches An ICBM, Then...
It takes a lot of rosy assumptions to get to President Trump’s 97% chance of success.
Ideas
Two Nuclear Deals, Two Countries, Three Decades Apart
Does the failed nuclear agreement with North Korea have lessons for the Iran deal?
Science & Tech
North Korea Is Testing Not Just Bombs, But the Entire Global Nuclear Monitoring System
It is a miracle of statecraft and science that this collaborative international infrastructure has actually come into being.
Ideas
Waltzing Toward a Two-Front Global War
The U.S. just might be one step away from a war with North Korea, and two from a fight with Iran.
Threats
If North Korea Fires an ICBM, the US Might Have to Shoot It Down Over Russia
Missile-defense physics may require interceptors to fly into ‘the teeth of the Russian early warning net.’
Threats