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Trump Has Settled On a Core Demand for the North Korea Summit The president wants Kim to commit to a timetable for denuclearization. If Kim agrees, he might get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago.
By Eric Levitz
Report: Assad to Meet With Kim Jong-un in North Korea The autocrat summit would be Kim’s first with another head of state on his home turf.
By Benjamin Hart
Trump Says June 12 Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Back On The announcement came after an Oval Office meeting with Kim Yong-chol, the highest level North Korean official to visit the White House in 18 years.
By Adam K. Raymond
Kim Jong-un Meets With South Korean Leader in Surprise Visit The two discussed how to move forward after President Trump canceled his summit with the North Korean dictator.
By Benjamin Hart
Trump: U.S. and North Korea Are Talking Again, Summit May Still Happen A day after he told Pyongyang that the U.S. military is “ready,” Trump sounded a more optimistic tone.
By Adam K. Raymond
foreign policy
May 24, 2018
What Happens When You Treat Nuclear Diplomacy Like a Reality-TV Show Trump has had his share of political successes from his reckless, narrative-focused approach. But the real-world dangers are building.
By Heather Hurlburt
6 Ways Trump Could Repurpose the Kim-Summit Commemorative Coin No. 3: Pretend this was the plan all along and make other coins for events that will never happen.
By Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
May 24, 2018
Trump Cancels North Korea Nuclear Summit Again His plan to out-crazy Kim Jung-un may not be working.
By Jonathan Chait
North Korea’s ‘Nuclear Showdown’ Threat Shows Détente Could Quickly Fade Despite Trump’s celebratory tone in recent weeks, the U.S.–North Korea situation could still quickly devolve to where it was in 2017.
By Margaret Hartmann
Trump Says His Meeting With Kim Jong-un ‘May Not Work Out’ Turns out, agreeing to unprecedented summits on a whim might not be a sound way to make foreign policy.
By Eric Levitz
foreign policy
May 22, 2018
Trump Pushes a New International Order Based on U.S. Bullying The administration thinks military might, and threatening to use it, are key. Iran and North Korea developments show the plan is off to a shaky start.
By Heather Hurlburt
U.S. Mints Garish Coin for Trump-Kim Summit That Might Not Happen This has the potential to be a collector’s item for all the wrong reasons.
By Benjamin Hart
foreign policy
May 21, 2018
Trump Aides Worry He Doesn’t Have Good Grasp on the North Korea Situation They say Trump doesn’t seem up on the details he’ll need to negotiate with Kim Jong Un, and he has a low tolerance for briefings.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign policy
May 18, 2018
Is Trump Getting Played by North Korea? Kim Jong-un’s hot-and-cold behavior is messing with the administration’s already disjointed strategy for the upcoming talks.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign policy
May 16, 2018
North Korea Surprises Trump Administration by Acting Like North Korea Again White House officials were reportedly caught off guard by a threat to cancel the Trump-Kim summit if the U.S. doesn’t back off on denuclearization.
By Margaret Hartmann
North Korea Cancels Talks With South Over Military Exercises A reminder that Kim Jong-un isn’t a traditional negotiating partner.
By Benjamin Hart
North Korea Appears to Be Shutting Down Its Nuke-Testing Site But we’ve been here before, and there’s a long way to go before Pyongyang’s nuclear program is closed.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s Meeting With Kim Jong-un Set for June 12 in Singapore In a tweet, Trump said both leaders will “try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!”
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump Greets 3 Americans Freed by North Korea He met Kim Hak-song, Tony Kim, and Kim Dong-chul when they landed in Maryland, and said Kim Jong-un was “really was excellent” to them.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign policy
May 9, 2018
Pompeo Is Returning From North Korea With U.S. Captives Kim Hak-song, Tony Kim, and Kim Dong-chul have been freed.
By Adam K. Raymond
Now the President of South Korea Thinks Trump Should Get a Nobel Peace Prize Appealing to Trump’s ego is a time-honored strategy that South Korea seems to have mastered.
By Benjamin Hart
foreign policy
Apr. 29, 2018
Kim Jong-un Wants U.S. Promise Not to Invade in Exchange for Nukes But his rhetorical ramp-up to peace talks should be considered style without substance until proven otherwise.
By Chas Danner
Did Peace Just Break Out Between North and South Korea? Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in have taken a step toward a new future for their respective countries. But will they take a step back?
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign policy
Apr. 27, 2018
The Campaign for Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Has Begun His biggest boosters, and even a few others, say Trump deserves the award for developments on the Korean peninsula.
By Adam K. Raymond
Everything You Need to Know About the Historic North and South Korea Summit Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in promised to work toward formally ending the Korean War and denuclearizing the peninsula, but didn’t get into specifics.
By Margaret Hartmann
Pompeo Confirmed As Secretary of State, With Seven Democratic Votes Once Trump and Pompeo brought Rand Paul around, the hawkish CIA director’s confirmation was inevitable.
By Ed Kilgore
South Korea Stops Blaring K-pop at North Korean Border Bad news for North Koreans who enjoy BtoB and live near the DMZ.
By Benjamin Hart
North Korea Announces Indefinite Suspension of Nuclear Program The dramatic move comes ahead of a planned meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un.
By Benjamin Hart
foreign policy
Apr. 17, 2018
With Pompeo-Kim Jong-un Meeting, Trump Underscores State Department Irrelevance The CIA director’s deep involvement in talks with the North Korean leader shows Trump has little regard for Senate or diplomatic procedure.
By Margaret Hartmann
Trump Says U.S. and North Korea Have Already Begun Talks At least a month before the main event, a sit-down between the president and Kim Jong Un.
By Benjamin Hart
respected lady
Apr. 17, 2018
By Amanda Arnold
foreign policy
Mar. 29, 2018
With Kim Jong-un Meeting, China Tells the U.S. It Won’t Be Ignored Xi Jinping threw off summit calculations, and the U.S. must respond with patience and diplomatic skill. Too bad Trump’s team possesses the opposite.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign policy
Mar. 28, 2018
How the U.S. and North Korea Are Preparing for the Trump-Kim Summit As Trump undercuts the effort with hawkish hires, Kim is making diplomatic overtures to his neighbors — and starting up a new nuclear reactor.
By Margaret Hartmann
Kim Jong-un (Reportedly) Makes Surprise Visit to China As his historic summit with Trump approaches, the North Korean leader heads to China for the first time since taking power.
By Eric Levitz
Senators Worry Trump Will Get Played by Kim Jong-un Even supporters of the president are worried that he doesn’t quite know what he’s doing.
By Benjamin Hart
foreign policy
Mar. 8, 2018
Trump and Kim Jong-un to Meet It’s unclear if there’s been a real breakthrough, or it’s just another move in a long, frustrating chess game.
By Ed Kilgore
North Korea Is Ready to Discuss Forfeiting Nukes, South Says The U.S. said it wouldn’t negotiate with Pyongyang unless denuclearization was on the table. Now it is.
By Eric Levitz
winter olympics 2018
Feb. 14, 2018
By Lisa Ryan
the national circus
Feb. 14, 2018
It’s Time for John Kelly to Go The White House chief of staff’s handling of the Rob Porter fiasco is making the Scaramucci interregnum look like a golden age.
By Frank Rich
fake politicians
Feb. 9, 2018
By Lisa Ryan
global politics
Feb. 7, 2018
Kim Jong-un’s Sister Is Going to the Olympics She’ll be the first member of the North Korean leader’s immediate family to go to South Korea.
By Gabriella Paiella
Half of Republicans Think Trump’s a Genius And over half of Democrats think Trump’s mentally unstable. We’re not all just going to get along.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Trump Thinks Kim Jong-un, Who Called Him a ‘Dotard,’ Might Be His Friend Either he’s been secretly talking with Rocket Man, or he just has faith in his ability to charm the dictator.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign policy
Jan. 9, 2018
Trump Team Mulls Giving North Korea ‘Bloody Nose,’ Betting Kim Won’t Retaliate Top officials are reportedly considering whether the U.S. could launch a limited strike on Kim Jong-un’s regime without starting a war.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign affairs
Jan. 3, 2018
North Korea Reopens Hotline to South: Breakthrough or Another Ploy? Reestablishing communication could help ease tensions, or drive a wedge between the U.S. and South Korea.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign affairs
Jan. 2, 2018
What Kim Jong-un’s Mixed Messages Reveal About His 2018 Strategy In his New Year’s Day address, the dictator offered an olive branch to South Korea, and threatened the West with a “nuclear button.”
By Jonah Shepp
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