North Korea

Defense One

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.

New York Daily News

In the Wreckage of the Trump–Kim Summit That Wasn’t

What our foreign policy of one cost us.

Jeffrey Lewis

Kim Jong Un is the Real Artist of the Deal, Not Donald Trump

The North Korean leader is outmaneuvering President Trump.

Punggye-ri nuclear test site, North Korea (credit: NTI.org and CNS)

Why North Korea is Destroying its Nuclear Test Site

But what would it take for the country to truly “denuclearise”?

Revealed: North Korea Is Secretly Selling Face Scanning Tech (src: Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Revealed: North Korea Is Secretly Selling Face Scanning Tech

The Daily Beast published an exclusive look at a new CNS report exposing North Korean subterfuge.

OP#36: The Shadow Sector: North Korea’s Information Technology Networks

OP#36: The Shadow Sector: North Korea’s Information Technology Networks

North Korea’s global IT network undermines sanctions and poses grave cyber-security threats.

North Korea and the United States

The Kim-Trump Summit Is Set. What Can We Expect?

An unprecedented summit requires unparalleled analysis.

Left to right: Dave Schmerler, Jeffrey Lewis, and Melissa Hanham

True Detectives

On California’s magnificent Central Coast, a group of North Korea experts track Pyongyang’s every nuclear move. But—if we’re listening—the story they’re telling us is also about ourselves.

North Korean Flags in Pyongyang

Optimism About Korea Will Kill Us All

The first step towards peace is lowering your expectations.

North Korea Nuclear / Radiological

The Word That Could Help the World Avoid Nuclear War

“Denuclearization” is a strange term, unique to the Korean Peninsula. But it works for now.