Feb 12, 2021

North Korea–Iran Missile Cooperation Is Reason for Ambitious Diplomacy

The UN Panel of Experts reported that Iran and North Korea have resumed missile cooperation. Iran will not forgo its missile program. Policymakers should aim to negotiate a missile range limit and persuade Iran to accept transparency measures promptly.
Nov 12, 2019

North Korea: Outcomes and Implications

Despite the continuing efforts to resolve the North Korean challenge, there have been no signs that a resolution is near, and North Korea remains a global threat beyond its nuclear ambitions.
Aug 19, 2019

North Korea’s Biological and Chemical Weapons and the Path to Denuclearization

This emphasizes that South Korea needs to include biological and chemical weapons in negotiations and any eventual agreement on North Korean denuclearization.
Jan 21, 2019

North Korea’s New Year’s Address and Prospects for the North Korean Nuclear Issue in 2019

EAI experts assess Kim Jong Un’s 2019 New Year’s address and argue that given the United States and North Korea disagree on what constitutes complete denuclearization, the second Trump-Kim summit will not resolve fundamental problems.
Dec 17, 2018

Facets of the North Korea Conflict: Actors, Problems, and Europe’s Interests

For Germany and Europe, finding a peaceful solution to the North Korean conflict—or at least preventing military escalation—is critical. This collection addresses how to consolidate global order structures to avoid an all-out war.
Oct 30, 2018

Assumptions and Main Directions of North Korea’s Foreign Policy

Despite its openness to dialogue, North Korea does not intend to abandon its policy of nuclear deterrence. Instead, it aims to end its isolation, improve its economic situation, and gain recognition as a legitimate nuclear weapons state.
Jun 25, 2018

What’s Next for North Korea?

This piece lays out the challenges ahead for achieving the goals set out in the Singapore Joint Statement from Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.
Jun 06, 2018

North Korea: Beyond An All-or-Nothing Ultimatum

This piece discusses the distance between current South Korean officials and its partners on North Korea and the stubborn refusal to admit how unlikely complete, verifiable, irreversible disarmament (CVID) is. It then considers other alternatives to CVID.
Mar 19, 2018

How to Approach the Coming Inter-Korean and North Korean-U.S. Summits, and Future Challenges for South Korea

This explores the dynamics that will affect North Korea’s negotiations with the United States and South Korea, calling for a shift from a pressure-oriented strategy to one that includes credible incentives to denuclearize.
Dec 12, 2017

Russia’s Interest in North Korea Crisis

This outlines Russia’s solution to the North Korea crisis. Russia remains firmly opposed to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but wants to solve the crisis diplomatically. Russian ministers have outlined a state-by-stage plan, focused on dialogue.