February 12, 2019
United StatesChances are you haven’t heard of Andrew Yang even though he’s been running for president for more than a year now. By any objective standard, he is the longest of long shots. He has never held politi…
January 22, 2019
North KoreaTrump must put his affairs in order to strengthen his hand going into a second meeting with Kim Jong-un.
January 9, 2018
South KoreaThis post is co-authored by Sungtae "Jacky" Park, research associate for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Since its establishment in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nat…
February 15, 2019
South KoreaDespite both leaders’ desire to highlight their own achievements, the second summit’s outcome may be determined more by the ability of each side to respond to each other’s weaknesses than by the abil…
February 4, 2019
JapanThis post is co-authored with Brad Glosserman, deputy director of and visiting professor at the Tama University Center for rule making strategies and senior advisor for Pacific Forum. Scott A. Snyder…
December 31, 2018
South KoreaFrom testing intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs, Kim moved to testing diplomatic prospects for the normalization of himself as an international leader and of North Korea as a nucle…
February 4, 2019
South KoreaU.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun's first public speech provides a useful status report, only three weeks before Trump and Kim meet for a second time.
January 9, 2019
North KoreaKim’s meetings with Xi are an effort to drive up the price in negotiations with the United States beyond what North Korea would be able to demand on its own.
November 15, 2018
South KoreaThe biggest risk the United States and South Korea face is the apparent progress in inter-Korean conventional tension reduction measures without commensurate diplomatic progress on North Korea's denu…
January 3, 2019
North KoreaDressed in a finely-tailored suit and ensconced in his plush personal library, Kim Jong-un made the business of wooing Donald J. Trump a main theme of his New Year’s address, setting the tone of Nort…