East Asia

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.

North Korea flag and stop sign (Src: Shutterstock)

Walls and Ladders: The Latest UN Report on DPRK Sanctions

Commentary published in War on the Rocks.

Donald Trump

Trump is Walking into Kim Jong Un’s Trap

The North Koreans have sought a visit from a sitting president of the U.S. since the Clinton administration.

Joshua Pollack

Good Words from DPRK, but Actions Will Be Harder

Op/ed in the NY Daily News by NPR Editor Joshua Pollack

Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump [Src: Shutterstock]

The Trump-Kim Summit Won’t End Well

This is no way to run nuclear diplomacy.

Richard Engel of NBC News interviews Jeffrey Lewis in Monterey.

NBC News Features Innovative Work of CNS Researchers

“Middlebury isn’t a secret department of the CIA, the NSA, – it is part of a liberal arts college. There are no spies here, just a team of researchers working what is known as open source intelligence.”

Jeffrey Lewis on PBS Newshour

CNS “Sleuths” Featured on PBS Newshour

VIDEO: The open-source analysts show Miles O’Brien how to decode North Korean propaganda.

Kim Jong Un presides over military parade. Image credit Omgyjya North Korea/Flickr

To North Korea, Trump’s Military Parade Will Look Like Fear, Not Strength

Jeffrey Lewis’s op/ed in the Washington Post