The climate crisis and Korea
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
President Biden let the Trump-era rule continue, which blocks people-to-people contact and humanitarian assistance.
Reports that a key reactor has been restarted indicates Kim Jong Un is frustrated with Biden’s lack of diplomatic urgency. Is he right?
The beleaguered regime is making a lot of demands these days — the administration would be wise in what it offers.
The move will mitigate crises and open the door to resolving wider issues diplomatically.
Nearly seven decades after the armistice, the status quo on the Peninsula does not serve American interests.
But will the Senate take up the mantle and finally bring about reunions between North Koreans and their families in America?
The administration may be overhauling punitive sanctions — but some countries will still be treated differently than others.
Offering limited sanctions relief now and abandoning denuclearization up front will be a good start.
Bringing about this turn of events will depend on the actions of the United States as the most important external actor.
Encouraging Seoul to do more militarily was an unplanned result of the recent summit between Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in.
So far, the White House has been vague, even contradictory, when it comes to its strategy for restarting talks with Pyongyang.
If the president wants to prove that ‘diplomacy is back,’ he needs to step it up and start shedding past failed approaches.
Tucked into this 400-page document is a recipe for keeping ‘maximum pressure’ on Kim Jong Un and a 70-year war going.
The first in a series about a Senate bill enshrining a zero-sum approach to Beijing that will surely set us on a course of escalation.
For the administration’s strategy to work, they will need bold moves to get North Korea back to the negotiating table.
US, Japanese, and South Korean officials met today to coordinate their approach: they should start by focusing on a peace regime.
The State Department’s terrorist lists have become politicized and counterproductive.
A recent Quincy Institute event explored how the US can work toward greater regional stability while engaging allies on shared interests.
Absent quick US action to return to the JCPOA, Iran may be pushed to follow the North Korean model.
Conventional thinking holds that sanctions and isolation will make North Korea give up its weapons. Wrong.