(published on Nukes of Hazard) Last month, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) sought to authenticate North Korea’s status as a nuclear weapon state by citing a recent assessment by Robert Norris and Hans Kristensen. KCNA reported that “the Federation of American Scientists of the United States has confirmed (North) Korea as a nuclear weapon state.” [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) The love-hate triangle between the United States, North Korea, and South Korea continues. Pyongyang has called its recent naval clash with the South the result of Seoul’s meddling in U.S.-North Korean reconciliation. Referring to the incident as “deliberate, planned provocation” by South Korea, one of Pyongyang’s state-run newspapers reported today, “It goes [...]
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) While the United States has chastised both Iran and North Korea for their human rights abuses, it has typically kept the issue separate from denuclearization talks. Yet some experts recommend integrating human rights into broader discussions, as opposed to pursuing single-variable negotiations, in order to create valuable synergies within the diplomatic [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) As the Obama administration closes in on an agenda for bilateral talks with Pyongyang, it looks as though the United States and South Korea are back on the same page after a protracted spell of miscommunication…
Thursday, October 22, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) Are the U.S. and South Korea struggling to effectively coordinate policy on North Korea? Last week Kurt Campbell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, applauded the current level of international cooperation on the North Korea issue, but recent interactions between the U.S. and South Korea paint [...]
Friday, October 2, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) On September 21, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak proposed a “grand bargain” with North Korea. Tired of counterproductive step-by-step negotiations with Pyongyang, Lee’s deal was a one-shot process: complete and irreversible denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees and economic aid. On September 30, the North responded to the offer, calling it “ridiculous.” [...]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
President Obama is now officially neck-deep in a decisive diplomatic test. In the wake of a confusing mixture of conciliatory and provocative gestures by North Korea, the Obama Administration announced on Friday that it is open to direct bilateral talks with Pyongyang, provided that they would be a stepping stone to reestablishment of the Six-Party [...]
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Ok, so what exactly is going on with North Korea? It is often difficult to separate public diplomacy from the real diplomacy. Similarly, it is also difficult to separate hard analysis from catchy headlines. As a ‘rogue’ nation, North Korea is under the constant scrutiny of the media and governments worldwide. Thus, there is an incredible [...]
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