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In the News

May 25, 2018

Kroenig in the Washington Post: Making Sense of the Canceled North Korea Summit

By Matthew Kroenig

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Korea

In the News

May 24, 2018

Braw in Defense One: Let’s Talk about Food — and What Happens In a Crisis

By Elisabeth Braw

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Northern Europe

In the News

May 24, 2018

Manning Quoted in The Los Angeles Times on North Korea Summit Exit

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

May 24, 2018

Manning Quoted in Foreign Policy on North Korea

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

May 24, 2018

Kroenig Quoted in Vox on Cancellation of the North Korea Summit

By Matthew Kroenig

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Korea

In the News

May 24, 2018

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss Trump’s Diplomatic Skills in Question Over North Korea Summit

By Jamie Metzl

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Korea

In the News

May 24, 2018

Manning Quoted in VOA on North Korea Denuclearization

By Robert Manning

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Korea

In the News

May 24, 2018

Nordenman Quoted in Business Insider on Sweden’s Preparation for a Response to Conflict

By Magnus Nordenman

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Northern Europe

New Atlanticist

May 24, 2018

With Summit Off, United States Needs to Think Through its North Korea Strategy

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump’s administration must use the opportunity presented by the president’s decision to scrap his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to think through its strategy on North Korea, according to the Atlantic Council’s Robert A. Manning. “There are technical issues that we ought to explore so we know […]

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

IranSource

May 24, 2018

Lebanon’s Elections: Hezbollah in the Driver’s Seat?

By Mona Alami

Hezbollah’s emergence as the strongest political faction during the Lebanese May elections confirms Iran’s sway over Lebanon, with the party now capable of securing an unchallenged veto at the parliamentary level and an absolute majority if it secures the right alliances. The recent electoral results also underline Hezbollah’s continued grip over its community despite ongoing […]

Iran Middle East

New Atlanticist

May 24, 2018

Trump Calls off Date with Kim Jong-un

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on May 24 abruptly called off a June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The highly anticipated summit—one frequently touted by Trump himself—was to be held in Singapore. “I was very much looking forward to being there with you. Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility […]

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

IranSource

May 24, 2018

Trump’s Plan B for Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

Several years ago, Henry Kissinger famously stated that Iran must decide if it wants to be a country or a cause. On May 21, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo re-articulated this question, offering Iran a sharp choice: to be welcomed back into the community of nations if it abandons its destabilizing security policies or […]

Iran

In the News

May 23, 2018

Braw in The Wall Street Journal: How Europe Can Work With Trump

By Elisabeth Braw

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European Union International Organizations

In the News

May 23, 2018

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss North Korea Summit

By Jamie Metzl

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Korea

New Atlanticist

May 23, 2018

Trump’s Plan B for Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

Several years ago, Henry Kissinger famously stated that Iran must decide if it wants to be a country or a cause. On May 21, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo re-articulated this question, offering Iran a sharp choice: to be welcomed back into the community of nations if it abandons its destabilizing security policies or […]

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

May 22, 2018

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss North Korea’s Tone Shift

By Jamie Metzl

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Korea

In the News

May 21, 2018

Oh Quoted in WBHM on Trump and Moon’s Washington Meeting

By Miyeon Oh

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Korea

IranSource

May 21, 2018

Dropping the Hammer

By Brian O’Toole

The Trump administration, acting through Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has wasted no time in setting a harried pace of Iran-related designations to up the pressure after the president announced the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8. In the seven business days following that fateful […]

Iran

In the News

May 20, 2018

Brandenburg Quoted in The Arab Weekly on Sadr’s Win in Iraq

By Rachel Brandenburg

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Iraq

In the News

May 19, 2018

Manning Quoted in The Hill on Kim Jong Un’s Power Plays

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea
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