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The Mystery at the Heart of North Korea Talks
The parties have yet to agree on what exactly should be "denuclearized." But one South Korean official has a plan to close the gap.
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Here’s What Trump Actually Achieved With North Korea
It wasn’t what he said. But it was much more than nothing.
Policy
Donald Trump Actually Seems to Believe He Denuclearized North Korea
The president claims the nuclear threat is gone, but that's not what he achieved in Singapore.
Ideas
A Summit Short on Details, Yet Better Than War
The good news is that the Trump administration already has plans to continue the talks.
Threats
Trump-Kim Summit: North Korea Experts Will Breathe a Sigh of Relief If…
10 experts' answers, ranked in order of apparent increasing difficulty.
Ideas
Rick Perry Should Not Be Allowed to Pick Nuclear Weapons
The Trump administration and its allies in Congress want the Energy Secretary to determine whether to develop a new class of low-yield nuclear weapons.
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Four Ways North Korea's Nukes Spell Trouble for the US — Even If They're Never Used
Kim Jong Un's ability to export anything from ICBM plans to working warheads gives him tremendous leverage, while boxing in U.S. responses.
Ideas
What Would Denuclearization Look Like in North Korea?
Success will start by closing the gap between what the U.S. and North Korea mean by the term.
Ideas
North Korea Wants to End up Like Pakistan, Not Libya
A poor country made enormous sacrifices to get nuclear weapons—and has them still.
Ideas
What Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Don't Know About Their Own Standoff
If the Cuban Missile Crisis is any indication, today’s leaders may be dangerously misinformed about the nuclear crisis.
Ideas
How to Bring the US-NK Rollercoaster Back to Earth
It starts with a sober assessment of what’s possible. Not on that list: Pyongyang somehow forgetting how to make nukes.
Ideas
WTF: A Few Morning Thoughts on US-North Korea Relations
Kim Jong Un doesn’t need to dance with Trump. He’s got his own nuclear weapons.
Threats
The Word That Derailed the Trump-Kim Summit
The Americans and the North Koreans were all set for a historic meeting. Then they started talking about Libya.
Ideas
Former South Korean National-Security Adviser: The US May Have to Withdraw Some Troops
Breaking with his fellow conservatives, Chun Yung Woo says "there will be no solution" to the North Korean nuclear crisis without willingness to compromise on the U.S. alliance.
Ideas
What the North Koreans Told Me About Their Plans
I was one of a handful of former officials to meet with them when they were just developing their current strategy. Those talks offer the best information we have about how to achieve denuclearization.
Threats
The Campaign to Denuclearize North Korea Crashes Back to Earth
Kim Jong Un "has been playing a high-risk, high-return game. And he has never lost a bet thus far.”
Science & Tech
Pentagon Wants Cloud Secure Enough to Hold Nuke Secrets
The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud will be designed to store the military's most sensitive classified information.
Ideas
'All Is Shambles': The Days After the Iran Deal
Prominent advocates for withdrawal grappled too little with the possibility that the president cannot pull this off.
Ideas
Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks
Many of the assumptions that guided America’s march to conflict in 2003 still dominate American foreign policy today.
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