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North Korea Calls U.S. Diplomatic Posture ‘Regrettable’ It turns out that getting the country to discard its nukes probably won’t be so easy — shocking no one who has been paying attention.
By Benjamin Hart
Mike Pompeo Will Give Kim Jong-un Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ on CD In their first meeting, the North Korean dictator told Trump he hadn’t heard the song that inspired Trump’s nickname for Kim.
By Adam K. Raymond
foreign policy
June 30, 2018
North Korea May Have Ramped Up Nuclear Production Kim Jong-un is working to covertly expand his nuclear arsenal, according to an assessment leaked by U.S. intelligence officials.
By Chas Danner
the national interest
June 25, 2018
By Jonathan Chait
foreign policy
June 14, 2018
Pompeo Tries to Clean Up Trump’s Messy Claims About North Korea Summit While the president was hazy on timeframes, Pompeo offered a clearer (yet unrealistic) aim: “major disarmament” by the end of Trump’s first term.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign policy
June 13, 2018
Trump and Kim Stir Confusion About What They Actually Agreed To North Korean media claims Trump agreed to lifting sanctions and “step-by-step” denuclearization. That’s not what the president said.
By Margaret Hartmann
Trump’s 5 Weirdest Remarks About His Summit With North Korea “They have great beaches. You see that whenever they’re exploding their cannons into the ocean … Think of it from a real-estate perspective.”
By Eric Levitz
Trump Suspends ‘Provocative’ War Games With South Korea At his summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore, Trump announced that the U.S. will suspend such military exercises, as talks proceed.
By Eric Levitz
foreign policy
June 12, 2018
Everything That Happened at the Trump-Kim Meeting Featuring historic handshakes, a tour of the presidential limo, and a teary Dennis Rodman — but no detailed commitments on denuclearization.
By Margaret Hartmann
nuclear war
June 12, 2018
This Is What a Nuclear Attack in New York City Would Look Like If America is attacked, the strike probably won’t come from North Korea. And it will be even scarier than we imagine.
By The Editors
foreign policy
June 12, 2018
The Winners and Losers of President Trump’s Meeting With Kim Jong-un Both Trump and Kim benefitted personally, but diplomatic norms, and everything they’re meant to protect, took a hit.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign policy
June 12, 2018
The Trump-Kim Summit Was a Great Photo Op, and Maybe Nothing More The meeting in Singapore fulfilled both men’s desires for respect and media attention, but the actual work lies ahead.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump Will Leave Summit With North Korea Early The White House says the talks are moving more quickly than expected. But there’s reason to suspect they aren’t moving anywhere at all.
By Eric Levitz
On Eve of North Korea Summit, Trump Shows He’s Focused … on Trudeau Feud Shortly before his first meetings in Singapore on Monday, Trump was still unloading about trade on Twitter.
By Margaret Hartmann
foreign policy
June 10, 2018
Trump Is Making Decline Great Again Six fundamental truths that Kim Jong-un and the rest of the world now know about Trump on the eve of the Singapore summit.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump Says He’ll Know Outcome of North Korea Summit After One Minute North Korea’s Supreme Leader will be no match for President Trump’s supreme confidence.
By Chas Danner
Dennis Rodman Is Going to Singapore to Shill for a Marijuana Cryptocurrency The NBA legend and Kim’s “friend for life” is being sent to Singapore by a cryptocurrency for pot.
By Adam K. Raymond
foreign policy
June 8, 2018
Trump’s Plan to Wing It at North Korea Summit Is Already Going Poorly As he declared “attitude” beats prep work, aides made contradictory remarks that could potentially derail talks and undermine his goals.
By Jonah Shepp
the national interest
June 7, 2018
President Trump Still Way Too Lazy to Do His Job News reports continue to convey the president’s aversion to presidenting.
By Jonathan Chait
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
Trump Sidelines Bolton to Keep Peace With North Korea Trump did not invite Bolton to his recent meeting with a North Korean envoy, after being advised that including him would be “counterproductive.”
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
foreign policy
May 31, 2018
The Trump-Kim Summit May Be Back on — But Success Is Still a Long Shot While the North Koreans understood that Trump’s cancellation was just a ploy, the two sides remain miles apart on substance.
By Heather Hurlburt
the chain gang
May 30, 2018
By Clint Rainey
foreign policy
May 27, 2018
U.S. Officials Meet With North Koreans to Discuss Summit The U.S. has sent an experienced diplomat across the border in an effort to salvage and resume preparations for the still-cancelled June 12 summit.
By Chas Danner
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
foreign policy
May 26, 2018
Trump’s Credibility Problem Is Now America’s The president’s propensity for breaking agreements and surprising our allies is damaging America’s international reputation and ability to lead.
By Jonah Shepp
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 25, 2018
North Korea Summit Ended Like It Started: With a Quick, Chaotic Call by Trump Behind the scenes, Trump remained optimistic about meeting with Kim Jong Un — then he rapidly reversed, sending aides and allies scrambling.
By Margaret Hartmann
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
Trump Sounds Like He’s Itching for War With North Korea In his first comments since cancelling the planned summit with Kim Jong-un, Trump boasted that the U.S. military is “ready.”
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
U.S. Scraps Military Exercise in Order to Appease North Korea For decades, Pyongyang has been asking for a meeting with the U.S. president. Now, Kim is winning concessions by threatening to stand up to Trump.
By Eric Levitz
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 Vows to Help Sanctioned Chinese Tech Company The president says he will help the Chinese phonemaker ZTE, which is struggling after being banned from buying U.S. components.
By Chas Danner
foreign policy
May 13, 2018
Pompeo Says North Korea Will Get Americans Instead of Aid The Trump administration apparently thinks the communist nation will accept capitalism in exchange for its nukes.
By Chas Danner
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