The 75th anniversary of the Korean Workers Party in October 2020 was not the festive affair that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wanted it to be. Despite the fireworks, military flyover, and procession of new intercontinental missiles, Kim appeared to wipe ...

The United States and South Korea have converged on the idea of dialogue with North Korea. But can it work? Will it? North Korea advanced pragmatic and gradual arms reduction proposals to the United States when it sought to improve bilateral relations ...

The emergence of an “Axis of Upheaval” consisting of revisionist states—which, to borrow language from former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, seek to “alter the foundational principles of the international system” while “entrenching ...

In the summer of 2017, the United States learned a humbling lesson. For years, American intelligence agencies had assessed that North Korea would need several more years—until 2020 or even 2022—before it could field a missile capable of striking the ...