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Trump’s North Korea Agreement Makes War More Likely

July 6, 2018

Few observers believe that the agreement signed between US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 will result in North Korea actually giving up its nuclear weapons. But, oddly, some observers—not just the administration’s boosters—have praised the agreement anyway because they argue it makes peace more likely. The opposite is true: Trump and Kim’s rash and meaningless gesture has now made war more likely.

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Manning Quoted in Yonhap News on the Aftermath of the US-North Korea Summit

June 20, 2018

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Manning in Global Times: Take Northeast Asian States On Board to Solve North Korea Crisis

June 17, 2018

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Pavel Quoted in The Hill on Trump's Decision to Cancel Military Exercises with North Korea

June 17, 2018

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Beyond the Trump-Kim Summit: A Coalition is Critical for Achieving Denuclearization

June 16, 2018

In the wake of US President Donald J. Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, R. Nicholas Burns, an Atlantic Council board member who served as US undersecretary of state from 2005 to 2008, discussed the tough work that lies ahead and lessons from a not too distant past.

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Slavin Joins the International Institute for Strategic Studies to Discuss Diplomacy with Iran and North Korea

June 15, 2018

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How to Increase Pressure if Diplomacy with North Korea Fails

June 15, 2018

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The uncertain results of President Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un underscore the fact that the United States needs to keep developing tools to intensify the “maximum pressure” campaign that helped bring North Korea to the negotiating table. If North Korea proves unwilling to denuclearize and diplomacy breaks down once again, the Trump administration will need game-changing options in its sanctions arsenal. In “How to Increase Pressure if Diplomacy with North Korea Fails” authors Daleep Singh, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and Peter E. Harrell, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, explain that a truly “maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea would require the credible threat of targeted sanctions against China. The authors identify opportunities to increase pressure on China to curtail its economic support for North Korea by proceeding in three parts. First, Singh and Harrell assess China’s financial vulnerabilities. Second, they review key US sources of leverage. Finally, the authors provide specific recommendations on potential sanctions if the current diplomatic opening with North Korea fails to resolve the crisis.

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Slavin in Axios: Why Trump Can’t Replicate the North Korea Summit with Iran

June 13, 2018

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Vershbow Joins VOA Korea to Discuss Kim-Trump Summit

June 13, 2018

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Rosenblum in The Cipher Brief: Twitter Linkedin Facebook Instagram The National Security Winners and Losers from Singapore Summit

June 13, 2018

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