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Building Post-INF Missiles Would Be a Waste, or Worse
New U.S. intermediate-range ground-launched missiles would deliver more undesirable effects than tactical utility.
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A Bigger Foreign-Policy Mess Than Anyone Predicted
In the 2010s, global affairs turned out far worse than the most pessimistic scenario foretold by U.S. intelligence experts.
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Progress, Peril, Hope: The Nuclear Decade in Review
U.S. policies that restrained and shrank atomic arsenals have been abandoned. Yet there are hopeful trends as well.
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Inside the Collapse of Trump’s Korea Policy
When it comes to America’s last-ditch effort to prevent North Korea from becoming a nuclear power, timing has been everything. Now time’s running out.
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The Trump Administration’s ‘Denuclearization’ Is A Road to Nowhere
U.S. policy will remain stuck as long as the administration continues to convince itself that the North’s nuclear dismantlement can be achieved on Washington’s timeline.
Threats
How North Korea Soured on Donald Trump
Kim Jong Un only wanted to engage with the president. Now he’s turning on him.
Policy
Esper, Milley Push South Korea to Pay More for US Troop Protection
South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo declined to confirm reports that Trump is asking for a 400-percent hike.
Ideas
On North Korea, the Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost
One of the downsides of highly personalized diplomacy is that when the person in question is debilitated, the diplomacy suffers.
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Imagine If Obama Had Done This
Republicans have tolerated plenty of foreign-policy moves by Trump that they would never have let his predecessor get away with. Will that continue with Iran?
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Challenges Pile up on US-South Korea Alliance Agenda
Summer 2019 has been a watershed moment for trends that threaten to compromise South Korea’s position in Northeast Asia.
Threats
The Biggest Winner Of the Japan-South Korea Dispute? China
The Pentagon is on edge after Seoul ends an intelligence-sharing agreement with Tokyo.
Ideas
How Long Can Trump Keep Ignoring Kim’s Missile Tests?
It’s becoming harder for the president to overlook the fact that the man with whom he claims to have fantastic chemistry is literally going ballistic.
Threats
South Korea's Tough Choice: The US or China?
Caught between its security ally and its top trading partner, Seoul is trying to have it all.
Ideas
Trump Is Running Out of Time to Denuclearize North Korea
So what does he have time to accomplish?
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China Should Consider Supporting a Korean Nuclear Deal
If Beijing hoped that a nuclear North Korea would decrease U.S. presence in the Pacific, that strategy has backfired.
Threats
The Day America's Denuclearization of North Korea Died
The first Trump-Kim summit was about convincing Pyongyang to give up nuclear weapons. By the third meeting, it never even came up.
Policy
The Normalization of Meeting Kim Jong Un
Trump probably won’t convince the North Koreans to give up their nuclear weapons. But that doesn’t mean he has accomplished nothing.
Science & Tech
North Korea’s Nuclear Bomb Is Much Bigger than Previously Thought
A new look at 2017 test data reveals an explosion 16 times as powerful than the one that leveled Hiroshima.
Ideas
The Disturbing Logic of Trump’s Lovefest With Kim Jong Un
“The cheapest concession you can make in a negotiation is to give the other fellow a little respect.”
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