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Emmanuel Macron Alexis Tsipras Angela Merkel

Macron’s German Challenge, What America Should Attempt in Syria

Angela Merkel is wary of risk-sharing. America should try to break up Assad, Iran and Russia.

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 18, 2018November 12, 2021

Trump Agrees to Meet Kim, Trans Pacific Partnership Continues Without Him

It would be the first time an American president met with the North Korean dictator.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 9, 2018November 27, 2021
American F-16 fighter jet

Don’t Risk War with North Korea: Experts

Experts doubt it’s possible to mount a limited strike without igniting all-out war on the Korean Peninsula.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 13, 2018November 20, 2021

Retired Military Chiefs Caution Trump Against North Korea Strike

Retired military officials warn that even a limited strike could have devastating consequences.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 9, 2018July 31, 2020

Trump Contradicts Chief Diplomat on North Korea

Unlike Rex Tillerson, the president is not prepared to hold talks without preconditions.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 16, 2017November 27, 2021

Worry More About Iran Than North Korea

North Korea is unlikely to trigger a war. Iran just might.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 11, 2017November 28, 2021

Trump’s Big Mouth Fails to Impress the World

And that’s dangerous. At some point, the American may feel he needs to make good on his threats.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 9, 2017November 27, 2021
Donald Trump

Trump Discovers That Bluster Is Not a Foreign Policy

The president thought he could browbeat the North Koreans into giving up their nuclear program.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 5, 2017November 27, 2021

North Korea in the Next Five Years

American preponderance in the Pacific, low oil prices and South Korea’s economic needs all argue for reconciliation.

Joseph ShupacJoseph ShupacJuly 4, 2017November 20, 2021

Imagining the End Game: How North Korea May Collapse

If America and China go from rivals to allies or China bungles its rise, North Korea will lose its strategic value.

Ryan BohlRyan BohlAugust 24, 2015November 28, 2021
Xi Jinping Barack Obama

Xi Seen Distancing China from North Korea

The Chinese president seem to regard relations with his communist neighbor dispassionately.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 4, 2014October 30, 2021

Top North Korean Party Official Reportedly Arrested

If Choe Ryong-hae is purged, it could signal that Kim Jong-un is concentrating power in his own hands.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 4, 2014July 2, 2020

South Korea Should Study Its Past to Deal with North’s Future

South Korea should emulate the successes and avoid the failures of previous policies toward North Korea.

Avatar photoDominic MeoliDecember 27, 2013July 2, 2020

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Has Uncle Executed for Treason

State media accuse Jang Sung-taek, the regime’s former number two, of plotting a coup.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 13, 2013July 2, 2020

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Dismisses Powerful Uncle

It is not the first time rumors have surfaced that Jang Sung-taek was sacked by North Korea’s ruling Kim family.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 4, 2013July 2, 2020

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