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In the News

Jun 25, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Hill on the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Russia

In the News

Jun 21, 2018

Vershbow in the Washington Post: Trump’s ‘Grand Bargain’ with Russia is an Illusion

By Alexander Vershbow

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Russia

In the News

Jun 20, 2018

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

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Jun 19, 2018

Vershbow in RealClearWorld: NATO Can Help Itself by Pulling Ukraine Closer Now

By Alexander Vershbow

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 17, 2018

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

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Jun 17, 2018

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

By Barry Pavel

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Korea

In the News

Jun 17, 2018

Geers Quoted in The Hill on the Russian Threat to Undersea Cables

By Kenneth Geers

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Cybersecurity Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 14, 2018

Political Football: The World Cup’s Middle East Challengers

By Owen Daniels

The author and political thinker George Orwell was many things, but a soccer fan he was not. In an essay titled “The Sporting Spirit,” written in 1945 during then-Soviet soccer club Dynamo Moscow’s Cold War British tour, Orwell called soccer “a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of […]

Russia

In the News

Jun 14, 2018

Braw in Defense One: NATO Needs More Big Exercises, Too

By Elisabeth Braw

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 13, 2018

Vershbow Joins VOA Korea to Discuss Kim-Trump Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Korea

In the News

Jun 13, 2018

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

By Todd Rosenblum

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Korea

In the News

Jun 12, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in The New York Times on Trump’s Faux Movie Trailer About a Transformed North Korea

By Alexander Vershbow

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2018

Trump-Kim Summit: What About Denuclearization?

By Alexander Vershbow

In terms of personal rapport between US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the Singapore summit on June 12 looks like a success, but on the substantive issues—not so much. As the United States’ ambassador to South Korea from 2005 to 2008, I witnessed first-hand the tense military standoff at the […]

Korea United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2018

A First Historic Step… But to Where?

By Barry Pavel

There were many outcomes of the historic first Trump-Kim Singapore summit on June 12; overall, it is clear that most of the hard diplomatic work remains ahead, yet the summit was helpful in establishing a top-down process that still could lead to real breakthroughs for peace on the Korean Peninsula and denuclearization.

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2018

Trump and Kim Jong-un Make History

By Atlantic Council experts

US President Donald J. Trump made history when he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12. This was the first time that a sitting US president has met the leader of North Korea. Atlantic Council analysts shared their thoughts on the outcome of the summit. This is what they had to […]

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

Jun 12, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Guardian on North Korea Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Korea

In the News

Jun 11, 2018

Manning Quoted in Newsweek on North Korea Summit

By Robert Manning

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Korea

In the News

Jun 11, 2018

Vershbow Joins Fox Business to Discuss North Korea Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Jun 11, 2018

Trump-Kim Summit: Expect the Unexpected

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Even if US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fail to achieve a breakthrough in their highly-anticipated summit in Singapore on June 12—Trump administration officials have been privately ratcheting down expectations—the summit in and of itself will be historic. It will be the first time that a sitting US president has […]

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jun 11, 2018

Trump-Kim Summit: A Disarmament Checklist

By Patrick O’Reilly

These are the steps that should be taken to ensure denuclearization and disarmament of North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation
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