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Jun 15, 2018

How to increase pressure if diplomacy with North Korea fails

By Daleep Singh and Peter E. Harrell

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 […]

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In the News

Jun 13, 2018

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

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran Korea

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: China and Kim are Winners

By Daniel Fried

The summit between US President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 was not itself a bad idea. But signing an empty paper is questionable.  Adding a unilateral concession—suspending US-South Korean exercises without even consulting with our allies—smacks of careless frivolity.  Tactical unpredictability can be a tool. Strategic unreliability is […]

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In the News

Jun 12, 2018

Slavin Quoted in Bustle on the North Korea Summit

By Barbara Slavin

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New Atlanticist

Jun 12, 2018

Trump-Kim Summit: It’s What Happens Next that Counts

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump’s historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 is a diplomatic win for the United States, but whether it is a strategic victory will depend on the implementation of the joint agreement signed by the two leaders, according to Michael Morell, an Atlantic Council board […]

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In the News

Jun 12, 2018

Kempe in MarketWatch: President Trump shows he can tear down, but can he also rebuild?

By Frederick Kempe

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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 […]

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