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Trump Should Not Let North Korea Missile Report Get to Him

November 14, 2018

Presidential anger would risk United States being blamed for Pyongyang’s actions
A report released this week that exposes the existence of more than a dozen hidden missile bases in North Korea may not be news to intelligence services in Seoul and Washington, but the exposure has important political implications for US negotiations with the North, and indeed stability on the Peninsula. Equally, it highlights the power of crowdsourcing, open-source intelligence gathering, and analysis by the public at large. This, too, has implications for policy making well beyond the report’s findings.

The Washington Post reported on November 12 on how a small group of Korea experts pieced together publicly available satellite imagery and interviews with North Korean defectors and government officials to identify thirteen undeclared missile bases. They conclude more bases may be hidden. The Washington Post reported on July 30, 2018, that North Korea could be constructing new missiles at the same factory that produced its first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.

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Manning Quoted in VOA on Abrupt Cancellation of US-N. Korea Meeting

November 13, 2018

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Manning Quoted in Radio Free Asia on North Korea Nuclear Issues

October 29, 2018

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Manning in Global Times: Can Pompeo Trip Turn Vague Commitment Into Actions?

October 7, 2018

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Trump Puts America First at the United Nations

September 25, 2018

US President Donald J. Trump on September 25 used his second address to the United Nations General Assembly to reaffirm his commitment to an America First approach to foreign policy.

“America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination,” Trump told the gathering of world leaders at the opening of the 73^rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He laid out his vision for US foreign policy, with an emphasis on protecting US sovereignty from global governance and rising globalization.

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Vershbow Joins Fox Business to Discuss North Korea

September 24, 2018

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Manning in the Hill: Positive Moon-Kim Summit Creates a Diplomatic Opening in North Korea

September 21, 2018

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Testing North Korea's Nuclear Offer

September 19, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to dismantle missile facilities in the presence of international inspectors and take steps toward denuclearization—provided the United States takes “corresponding measures.”

US President Donald J. Trump called Kim’s pledges “very exciting” on Twitter.

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Manning in Nikkei Asian Review: North Korea Needs a New Approach

September 11, 2018

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US-North Korea Impasse Puts South Korea in a Bind

August 30, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has prioritized mending ties with North Korea. His high-stakes diplomacy is playing out on the sidelines of a US effort to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. Moon’s effort has been marked by a historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a rare, albeit brief, reunion of families divided by the war six decades ago. There are, however, limits to how far Moon can proceed absent progress in US-North Korean diplomacy.

Moon has staked his presidency on achieving peace with North Korea. These stakes are especially high. “That’s what a lot of us are worried about,” said Robert Manning, a senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, referring to the political risk facing Moon. “The South Koreans have tried to walk right up to the edge of doing things that advance North-South relations without going over the line. The stalemate of our policy is putting them in a really difficult position,” he added.

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