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Jul 28, 2020

Robert Manning quoted in VOA Korea on the US stance on DPRK denuclearization

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Jul 16, 2020

Grieco in Strategic Studies Quarterly: “Diplomatic outreach to North Korea has exposed the limitations of personal diplomacy”

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In fall 2020, Grieco was featured in Strategic Studies Quarterly, in which she assessed the results of the Singapore Summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un. “The US urgently needs not only to recalibrate its negotiating position but also to shift its objective—from denuclearization to limiting the size and sophistication of North Korea’snuclear missile arsenals. […]

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Jul 8, 2020

Garlauskas on the re-emergence of Kim Yong Chol

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Markus Garlauskas, the former US National Intelligence Officer for North Korea and Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Asia Security Initiative, published on July 8, 2020 an article, “What the re-emergence of Kim Yong Chol could mean for North Korean policymaking” for NK News. In the article, Garlauskas discusses how Kim Yong Chol, who had been […]

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Jun 28, 2020

Kroenig quoted in The Washington Times on restarting nuclear testing

By Matthew Kroenig

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Jun 26, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford Discuss Iran Nuclear Deal in Foreign Policy

By Atlantic Council

On June 26, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig and the Cato Institute’s Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss former national security advisor John Bolton’s impact on the Trump administration’s Iran policy and the consequences of pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.

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UkraineAlert

May 31, 2020

To stop Putin, the Western world must revisit the 1994 Budapest Memorandum

By Oleksii Reznikov

Ukraine's Deputy PM for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksii Reznikov says trust must be rebuilt before there can be peace with Russia. Returning to the framework of the Budapest Memorandum would be a step in the right direction, he argues.

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May 1, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy: What is the potential fallout from regime collapse in North Korea?

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On May 1, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig and the Cato Institute’s Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they debate the potential fallout from regime collapse in North Korea, with Kroenig arguing that this scenario opens the door to a denuclearized […]

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Apr 6, 2020

Why a new nuclear deal with Iran is needed now

By Pierre Goldschmidt

There is thus no alternative to behind the scenes good faith negotiations with all the parties to hammer out a new agreement. The best guarantee that Iran's nuclear program is and will remain exclusively peaceful would be for Iran to adopt the so-called "nuclear gold standard”—a legally binding obligation to forswear enrichment and reprocessing technology. Iran, however, has repeatedly stated that it will never give up what it considers its right under the NPT to enrich uranium.

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Feb 27, 2020

The lesson of Crimea: Appeasement never works

By Oleksiy Goncharenko

The international community's weak response to Vladimir Putin's 2014 seizure of Crimea was a watershed moment for global security but attempts to appease Russia continue despite six subsequent years of hybrid warfare.

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Feb 5, 2020

The case for extending New START

By Alexander Vershbow

US and global security would be greatly enhanced by extending New START for another five years. Extension would preserve the last effective and verifiable agreement that limits the strategic arms competition between the United States and Russia and make it easier to maintain deterrence and strategic stability by allowing both sides an assured second-strike capability.

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